Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO)

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Cravens, Rudy Entrance into Service
Rudy Cravens was born in Tennessee in February 1918. The Depression [Annotator's Note: Great Depression; a global...
Leonard, Edward Entrance into Service
Edward J. Leonard was in a National Guard unit that was federalized. They put out a call for volunteers. Leonard had a...
Burchell, Raymond Entrance into Service
Raymond Burchell was a sergeant in the 82nd Airborne Division when he finished his service. On his way down south, he...
Horn, Arnold Entrance into Service
Arnold Horn remembers that they had to help build barracks while they slept in tents. They trained with wooden guns....
LaRose, Bruce Entrance into Service
Bruce LaRose was born in Pennsylvania. He remembers the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: Great Depression; a global...
Smith, Clifford Entrance into Service
[Annotator's Note: A dog barks in the background throughout video.] Clifford Smith was born in Jeannette, Pennsylvania...
Rogers, Lloyd "Frenchie" Entrance into Service
Lloyd Rogers joined the service in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. He had basic training in St...
Neyland, Leedell Entrance into Service
Leedell Neyland joined the Navy in January 1941. He was supposed to do four years, but they were going to do six years...
Holt, Thomas Escape and Return to US
Thomas Michael Holt was in a prison camp [Annotator's Note: Oflag 64 in Szubin, Poland] that the Germans decided to...
Pickens, Olin Escape from POW Prison
[Annotator’s Note: After being captured in North Africa by Germans and sent to Italy,] Olin Pickens boarded an...
Doundoulakis, Helias Escaping Crete and Joining the OSS
Helias Doundoulakis [Annotator's Note: an American citizen living in Crete, Greece and working for the British Special...
Pbert, Herman Escaping the Prison Camp
Herman Pbert's mother helped him, and others escape [Annotator's Note: from a Nazi concentration camp in Italy]. His...
Finklang, Frank Exciting Trip Home
In late May 1945, because Frank Finklang did not have enough points to go home, he was transferred to 346th Bombardment...
Clark, Merrill Experience with Death
Merrill J. Clark dug a small hole to take cover in [Annotator's Note: he was on Mount Belvedere in Italy with Company K...
Amore, Frederick Experiences in Africa
When he was overseas, Frederick Amore was servicing mostly C-46s [Annotator's Note: Curtiss C-46 Commando transport...
Van der Pool, Ivan Experiences in North Africa
Ivan Van der Pool's unit [Annotator's Note: Company L, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division]...
Clark, Earl Experiences in the Aleutian Islands
In May 1943, Earl Ervin Clark and the 87th Mountain Infantry [Annotator's Note: 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 10th...
Ashton, Harold Experiences in the War
Harold Ashton felt like the Germans would be better fighters, smarter people, and better trained. He thought the...
Johnson, Alfred Experiencing Combat
The Allied campaign in Italy was cold and miserable. Alfred A. Johnson, Jr. fought with some Mexican-American troops....
Kirk, James Experiencing Combat
There must have been 1,500 guns around Ploesti [Annotator's Note: Ploesti, Romania]. That was where they [Annotator's...
Ledford, Robert Farm Life to Warfare
Robert Ledford was born in December 1924 in northern Missouri. His family moved to Illinois when he was about 12 years...
Raner, Norman Field Commission
On Christmas Day 1943 [Annotator's Note: 25 December 1943], Norman Raner was transferred to a little airfield. Mark...
Lawler, John Fighter Pilot
John Lawler flew a P-51 [Annotator's Note: North American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft] with the 2nd Squadron, 52nd...
Breard, Reneau Fighting at Anzio
Reneau Breard was stationed in the mountains of Italy near Naples [Annotator’s Note: Naples, Italy]. His unit was...
Reynolds, Harley Fighting at the top of the bluffs
Harley Reynolds remembers artillery fire coming in from one of the supporting ships out at sea. The shells came just...
Nerison, James "Jim" Fighting German Ships in the Darkness
[Annotator's Note: James Nerison served in the Navy as a torpedo man aboard PT-305 in Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 22 (...
Gatlin, Carl Fighting in Casablanca
Carl Robert Gatlin enlisted in the Army and after training, he was sent to Blackstone, Virginia to be shipped overseas...
Maki, Howard Fighting in Italy
Howard T. Maki and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company D, 1st Battalion, 339th Infantry Regiment, 85th Infantry...
Reynolds, Harley Fighting in North Africa
Harley Reynolds notes that today everything is different from what they were doing. Reynolds notes that they had to do...
Reynolds, Harley Fighting in North Africa
Harley Reynolds was one of the first people under fire during the invasion of North Africa. Reynolds saw fighting on...
Peterson, Carl Fighting in North Africa and Sicily
At one time in North Africa there was a big tank battle going on. Carl Peterson was up in the mountains and could see...
Reynolds, Harley Fighting in North Africa comes to a close
Harley Reynolds notes that a few of the wounded men were dragging behind. They made it to the trench area. They had men...
Pbert, Herman Fighting in the Alps
When Herman Pbert joined the resistance [Annotator's Note: Italian resistance movement, an umbrella term for the...
Rogers, Lloyd "Frenchie" Fighting in Tunisia
Lloyd Rogers remembers that there were temporary airfields in the Sahara Desert. Each airplane was dispersed with 100...

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