Amphibious invasions

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Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 2
The next morning, possibly around 3 am, Baldwin and the rest of Cannon Company were told to get ready to go ashore. To...
LaPorta, Edward Segment 2
Edward LaPorta was a member of the 1st Armored Division. The first tanks they had overseas were riveted together. They...
Gravois, Francois "F.D." Segment 2
Gravois had had plenty of amphibious landing training. He also had a lot of combat training in boot camp. He did a lot...
Church, Ray Segment 2
Church did not know what to expect when he surrendered. There was about 5000 troops with over 4500 backups. There were...
Schmedemann, Keith Segment 2
They left Fort Dix in October 1943. They sent their families home.They went to Europe on a liberty ship. The whole...
Wahlen, George Segment 2
Aboard ship, Wahlen's platoon leader would talk to his men about what to expect when they landed [Annotator’s Note: on...
Greer, Richard Segment 2
After basic training Richard Greer and the other Marines from his boot camp class went to Norfolk, Virginia where they...
Crain, Joe Segment 2
When Crain was in the armada heading towards the beaches [Annotator's Note: during the invasion of Sicily, July 1943],...
Perrett, Marvin Segment 2
Perrett was sent on a truck to Little Creek, Virginia. When Mr. Higgins [Annotator’s Note: Andrew Higgins] finished...
Ehlers, Walter Segment 2
The 3rd Infantry Division assimilated all of its regiments into the 3rd Division's headquarters at Fort Lewis,...
Carrington, James Segment 2
[Annotator’s Note: James Carrington enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1939 and spent two years in China...
Leisey, Alvin Segment 2
Leisey was told before he deployed that he was going to go to Officer Candidate School, yet that never developed. He...
Lazarick, Len Segment 3
Lazarick knew he was going to the Pacific. In March of 1944 the 96th Division was classified as an amphibious division....
Phoutrides, Ari Segment 3
The invasion at Ormoc Bay was small and consisted mainly of destroyers and rocket firing landing craft.The Laffey [...
Phillips, Henry Segment 3
For Henry Phillips Sicily was a cake walk. They landed in Palermo from a big transport. The Germans used aircraft...
Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 3
On 16 December 1944, the Germans started the biggest battle of offensive fighting in the world's history, the Battle of...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 3
During the initial attack Rogers was in the bushes away from the air field and could see them fly over. That was around...
LaPorta, Edward Segment 3
When Edward LaPorta landed in Oran all he could see was the German fortress which had two giant spotlights shining out...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 3
Yellin had to fly the next day after he bailed out in the ocean. He notes that the P-40 was a great airplane. There was...
Ross, Wilburn Segment 3
When Wilburn K. Ross landed on Sicily he landed from a Higgins boat. The beach being laden with obstacles and barbed...
Jackson, Donald Segment 3
They moved on south into Bavaria. The war ended while they were in Rosenheim.When they went overseas they were told not...
Bell, Bryan Segment 3
Bell's initial experience in England consisted mainly of training and trying to avoid boredom. They were gradually...
Mack, Frank Segment 3
Mack was attached to the Sixth Marine Division and sent to Guadalcanal for training. The Sixth Marine Division was...
Karr, Robert Segment 3
It was decided that the Laffey was going to head to Washington, DC and be tied up next to the Naval Gun Factory. The...
Delewski, Lawrence Segment 3
Delewski took part in the Normandy operation. That was the first time the Laffey saw action. He was put in charge of...
Crain, Joe Segment 3
Crain was 1 of the seaman in the boat. They were on a transport ship originally. When Crain was on the transport ship...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 3
When Charles Scheffel became a platoon leader, he used all of the ammunition that they could teaching his men about...
Perrett, Marvin Segment 3
After going over the side, the boats would then form up waves of ten or twelve boats which rode around in circles until...
Starnes, James Segment 3
They started back to Australia to begin the process of removing the dead from the ship [Annotator’s Note: from the USS...
Bailey, Herman Segment 3
Bailey had been walking around the ship [Annotator's Note: the ship that was taking him to the invasion of Okinawa]. He...
Kassal, Bentley Segment 3
Kassal was sent back to the United States for five weeks before finally making it overseas. They traveled through...
Ehlers, Walter Segment 3
After the war ended in Africa they continued training in the desert. The men were given passes to go into Tunisia but...
Smith,James "Horse Collar" Segment 3
[Annotators Note: James Smith served in the USMC as a radioman and rifleman in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.] They...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Segment 4
Sicily was an easier operation than Italy. Theodore Finkbeiner and his company [Annotators Note: Company H, 2nd...
Phillips, Henry Segment 4
[Annotators Note: Henry Phillips served as an officer in Company M, 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry...
Ford, Richard Segment 4
Richard Ford left Bampton and went through Tidworth, England. They were there in the winter of 1942 to 1943. They were...

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