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Lewter, Robert Induction and Japan
Robert Lewter was inducted in Georgia. From there he got on a train to Camp Polk, Louisiana [Annotator's Note: now Fort...
Schmidt, Vernon Infantry Replacement
Vernon Schmidt [Annotator's Note: a replacement on his way to be assigned to a regiment] passed through the ruins of...
Bowers, Roger Initial Training and Overseas Deployment
Roger Bowers entered the Army from Pennsylvania when he was 18 years old in 1943. He was sent to Ft. Indiantown Gap,...
Baumgarten, Aaron Initiation into Flight
From basic training, Aaron Baumgarten was sent to Great Falls, Montana which, at the time, was one of the headquarters...
Campbell, John Integration in Merchant Marine
In 1944, John Campbell came back from Karachi Annotator's Note: Karachi, Pakistan] with a load of British trucks to...
Geist, Lloyd Interaction with Locals and Shooting Down a Plane
Lloyd Geist learned the art of bartering by trading a fifth of whiskey for a BMW [Annotator's Note: Bayerische Motoren...
Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" Internment at Santo Tomas
When the Japanese ceased the bombing [Annotator's Note: Fall of the Philippines, invasion by the Empire of Japan, 8...
Devoe, Susan Internment Camp Life
Susan Magnuson Devoe says that people had to adapt to camp life [Annotator's Note: as internees at the Santo Tomas...
Yoshihashi, Tokuji Internment of Japanese-Americans and Having Relatives in the Japanese Army
In January or February 1942, President Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt] signed Executive Order...
Kanter, Joseph Interrogating Prisoners
Many Jewish people in the Army spoke other languages, and sometimes the words would get mixed up. Yiddish [Annotator's...
Baum, Irving Interrogation
Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: and US Army Air Forces Second Lieutenant Edward T. Badder were captured after their...
Siracuse, James Interrogation and Evacuating Stalag Luft III
[Annotator's Note: James Siracuse served in the USAAF as a pilot flying Douglas A-20 Havoc light bombers in the 669th...
Ram, Walter Interrogation then Transit to Stalag XVII
Walter Ram was taken from the hospital and transported to Frankfurt am Main, Germany for interrogation. He was...
Uttero, Cosmo Into Brest then Liege
Cosmo Uttero spent 14 days without a rest [Annotator's Note: while serving with Company H, 2nd Battalion, 175th...
Whitcomb, Robert Into Captivity
When Robert Whitcomb neared the ground [Annotator's Note: after bailing out of his damaged aircraft over Gymnich,...
Blunt, Rockie Into Combat
[Annotator’s Note: The sound is muffled.] Rockie Blunt’s father told him to join the Army. He attended Fort McClellan,...
Simpson, Joseph Into Germany
When Joseph Simpson entered enemy towns as his unit advanced into the German home land, white flags would come out and...
Halloran, Walter Into Germany and Horrors
Walter Halloran fought in the Battle of the Bulge after making his way across France and participating in many small...
Garbo, William Into the War
William Garbo was born in 1924 in Laurel, Mississippi. He was in high school when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor....
Porteau, Leo Intramural Sports Star
Leo Porteau's squad [Annotator's Note: Porteau was a squad leader in Company B, 1st Battalion, 185th Infantry Regiment...
Baranek, Martin Introduction to Auschwitz
The Jewish prisoners traveled for three days in a boxcar, and when Martin Baranek arrived at Auschwitz, he faced killer...
Theodore, Theodore Introduction to Bombing Missions
The crew left from San Francisco, California, and Theodore Theodore remembers that during the overnight flight the...
Boyer, Robert Introduction to Combat
In describing what it was like to go into combat for the first time, Robert Boyer said he saw a comrade "go to pieces"...
Sgobbo, Dominick Introduction to Combat
Kept waiting, Dominick Sgobbo was disappointed that he didn't get to Normandy until August 1944. The whole 2nd...
Jaccarino, Richard Introduction to Combat on Leyte
For a couple of weeks, Richard Jaccarino unloaded ships and moved supplies inland. The enemy was expected to come back...
Harris, Carroll Invading Attu
At three in the morning [Annotator's Note: of 11 May 1943], Carroll Harris disembarked from the submarine one mile from...
Smith, Charles Invading Germany
The rains came while Charles R. Smith and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 417th...
Goss, Samuel "S. Richard Goss" Invading Iwo Jima
Samuel Goss practiced at Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands aboard the USS Bladen (APA-64)]. He...
Pryor, Frank Invading Iwo Jima
Frank Pryor combated loaded his troopship in Hilo, Hawaii. The fleet came together at Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...
Curley, Walter Invading Iwo Jima
On 19 February [Annotator' Note: 19 February 1945], Walter Joseph Patrick Curley Junior [Annotator's Note: with the...
Stewart, Roy Invading Iwo Jima
Roy Stewart was a replacement in the 4th Marine Division. The unit [Annotator's Note: 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...
Gilbert, Lawrence Invading Salerno
Lawrence Richard "Red" Gilbert had come down with malaria while in Sicily. Gilbert recalled the good weather on the...
Lansou, David Invasion at Iwo Jima
David Lansou [Assigned to the 5th Joint Assault Signal Battalion, 5th Marine Division] made an invasion on Iwo Jima [...
Maymon, Paul Invasion of Italy and Southern France
After defeating the enemy in Sicily [Annotator’s Note: Sicily, Italy], Paul Maymon [Annotator’s Note: with the 17th...
Lucas, Jack Invasion of Iwo Jima
[Annotator's Note: Jacklyn Lucas stowed away aboard the USS Deuel (APA-160) on 10 January 1945 for the trip from Pearl...
Radice, Gerard Invasion of Leyte
Gerard V. Radice and the 7th Infantry Division left Hawaii and headed for Manus Island [Annotator's Note: Manus Island...

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