Amphibious invasions

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Scales, James Saipan and Tinian
James Shelton Scales landed on Saipan [Annotator's Note: Battle of Saipan, 15 June to 9 July 1944, Saipan, Mariana...
Bird, Henry Saipan and Tinian
Henry James Bird [Annotator's Note: with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 18th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division] never saw...
Sichler, George Salerno and Anzio
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks George Sichler how their second landing, at Salerno, Italy on 9 September 1943...
Cassady, William Salerno to Okinawa
William Cassady [Annotator’s Note: serving aboard the USS Frederick Funston (APA-89)] remembers German intelligence was...
Reed, Raymond Saving Audie Murphy
Raymond A. Reed went from Reykjavik [Annotator's Note: Reykjavik, Iceland] to Keflavik [Annotator's Note: Keflavik,...
Laborde, Lucien Saving Private Ryan, Premonitions of Death, and Nightmares
To Lucien Laborde, the first 20 minutes of the movie Saving Private Ryan accurately depict what they experienced when...
Holt, Thomas Scotland, North Africa, and Capture
Thomas Michael Holt's Ranger training was arduous [Annotator's Note: the 1st Ranger Battalion]. Darby [Annotator's Note...
Eads, Arthur Seabee at Work
Arthur L. Eads [Annotator's Note: as a 1st class shipfitter for the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion] was on a ship...
Ganitch, Michael Second Attack Wave at Pearl Harbor
Michael Mickey Ganitch was aboard the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) in the Pearl Harbor dry-dock on the morning of 7...
Johnson, Malcolm Second Japanese Attack
Malcolm Johnson was a civilian contractor working on Wilkes Island when the Japanese attacked Wake Island. He...
Kelley, Archie Secret Weapon on the Gansevoort
Archie Kelley landed at Abemama [Annotator's Note: Abemama Atoll, Kiribati]. They were told there were Japanese...
Curley, Walter Securing Iwo Jima
Walter Joseph Patrick Curley Junior [Annotator's Note: with the Military Police Company, Headquarters Battalion, 5th...
Donovan, Robert Securing Leyte
Robert L. Donovan landed in Leyte [Annotator’s Note: Leyte, the Philippines] on 20 October [Annotator’s Note: 20...
Powers, Robert Securing Okinawa
After the attack, Robert Powers continued moving south towards the battalion CP [Annotator's Note: command post]. They...
Rosenbaum, James Securing Peleliu and Rest on Pavuvu
In early September 1944, James Stewart Rosenbaum shipped out for the Pacific from San Diego [Annotator's Note: San...
Saunders, David Securing Taal Lake and Transporting Japanese POWs
David R. Saunders saw his first combat at Lingayen Gulf [Annotator's Note: Luzon, Philippines]. He was not injured...
Ambrose, Haney Securing the Philippines
After securing Bougainville [Annotator's Note: Bougainville, Solomon Islands], Haney Ambrose [Annotator's Note: with...
Phoutrides, Ari Segment 1
Ari Phoutrides was born in Seattle in 1925. His father was a priest who was moved around the country often.After high...
Gardner, Clinton Segment 1
Clinton Gardner was born in New York City on December 26, 1922. The family moved to Larchmont, New York when Gardner...
Phillips, Henry Segment 1
[Annotators Note: Segment begins with a female telling Phillips that she is going to the grocery store and will be...
Rosen, Harold "Hank" Segment 1
Harold Rosen was born in Dallas, Texas in April 1925. His father owned his own business so the depression did not hit...
Gravois, Francois "F.D." Segment 1
Gravois was born in Saint Gabriel, Louisiana and grew up in Edgard, Louisiana until he was 17.Pearl Harbor was on 7...
Kirk, Mancel Segment 1
Mancel Grant Kirk was born near Finger, Tennessee in 1925 and spent his whole life there except when he went away for...
Ross, Wilburn Segment 1
Wilburn K. Ross grew up in Strunk, Kentucky. He worked on a farm until he was 18 then went to work in a coal mine but...
Church, Ray Segment 1
Church was born in Henryville, Utah. After high school he ended up going to Dixie College in St. George. He knew that...
Jackson, Donald Segment 1
Jackson was born in Covina, California in 1924. He was a senior in high school on 7 December 1941 when Pearl Harbor was...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 10
They were attempting to cross a river in order to capture an airfield that was suspected of housing German transport...
Earnest, Albert J. Segment 10
The torpedo planes flew into Espiritu Santo. They stayed on Espiritu Santo for about a week. They sent 6 TBF's [...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 12
When they landed in England, Charles Scheffel had been shuffled around as an officer in the regiment. He was all over...
Ford, Richard Segment 14
Richard Ford recalls one time when they got a bunch of replacements. He thought those guys were something else. Four or...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 14
Charles Scheffel notes that had anyone else been there they would have done the same thing. There are people fighting...
Myers, Leroy Segment 15
Myers was discharged from the Navy as a Seamen Last-Class [Annotator's Note: either apprentice seaman or seaman 2nd...
Malarkey, Donald Segment 2
The men learned to pack parachutes and jump from a tower. They had to pack the first 10 parachutes they would use at...
Phoutrides, Ari Segment 2
Phoutrides took part in the Normandy invasion. He knew what was happening but couldn't understand the enormity of the...
Connick Sr., Harry Segment 2
Connick's boat [Annotator's Note: an LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel)] held roughly thirty-six men. Each boat...
Gardner, Clinton Segment 2
Clinton Gardner learned in May 1944 that he and other officers would be sent to a special camp to learn the details of...

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