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Hochadel, Joseph Anzio, Being Wounded and Being Evacuated to Naples
Joseph Hochadel landed in the second wave at Anzio and they unpacked their aid station into a jeep. They commandeered...
Pogue, John Ardennes and the Battle of the Bulge
John Pogue experienced his first combat in the Ardennes at an unknown location. He went in by glider. His glider and a...
Braitman, Simon Army Life in Germany
Simon Braitman was in the Army in Dachau, Germany. He knew he had an uncle in the same situation as him. He was going...
Miksa, Robert Army Training
Bob Miksa [Annotator’s Note: Robert Miksa] was inducted into the service at Camp Grant, Illinois then sent to Camp...
Somogyi, Peter Arrival at Auschwitz
Peter Somogyi arrived in mid-afternoon in the cattle cars [Annotator's Note: after a horrible three day journey in a...
Altmann, Judith Arrival at Auschwitz-Birkenau and Losing Her Family
Judith Altmann arrived [Annotator's Note: Altmann arrived by rail car] at an unknown location and was greeted by men in...
Zygmuntowicz, Itka Arrival in Auschwitz
Itka Zygmuntowicz was 15 years old when she and her family were taken by train from the Nowe Miasto Ghetto. They rode...
Gorman, Robert Arrival in Normandy
Robert Gorman left England by transiting through Wales. In Wales, the 557th [Annotator's Note: 557th Field Artillery...
Brooks, Curtis Arrival of the Americans and the Deaths of His Parents
Curtis Brooks knew the Americans were approaching the Philippines. In 1944, the Japanese military posture in the...
Chandler, Howard Arriving at Auschwitz
Howard Chandler arrived at Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp complex in...
Williams, Earl Arriving at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese Attack
Earl Williams recounts his experiences as an assistant crew chief assigned to a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17...
Weissberger, Ela Arriving at Terezin
When Ela Weissberger arrived in Terezin on 12 February 1942, she found it "terrible." She had to walk about four...
Kopp, Alois Arriving in Burma and Survival
Alois Kopp escaped from a sinking Hell Ship and swam to the beach on Burma only to be recaptured by the Japanese. The...
Grunte, Leon Arriving in Germany
[Annotator's Note: Leon Grunte was a Latvian prisoner in a labor camp in the Soviet Union after World War 2.] There...
Beard, Oral Arriving in Leyte
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a person off-camera answers a lot of the interviewer's questions or gives...
Reluga, Matthew Artillery and Russians
The first rounds of artillery fire are often shot way over where you think the troops are and then you fire back to...
Bell, Elmo Artillery Fire Mission With a Captured French 75mm Gun
Elmo Bell and the men of Company C, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division repelled...
Sharp, Horace Assault into Germany
Horace Sharp and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division]...
Lightell, Harold Assault into Germany
Harold Lightell moved into Germany after progressing through France with the 79th Infantry Division. Lightell could...
Carver, Jack Assault into Germany
Jack Carver moved into Germany and crossed the Rhine River. Most of the bridges into Germany had been destroyed but one...
Lombardo, Samuel Assault Into Germany
Samuel Lombardo and his regiment [Annotator's Note: 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division] experienced light...
Segal, Harvey Assault into Germany
Harvey Segal knew nothing of the concentration camps before he entered Germany. When he and his battalion [Annotator's...
Raby, Glynn Assault into Germany
[Annotator's Note: Glynn G. Raby, Jr. was with Company H, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division...
Frey, Robert Assault into Germany
Robert G. Frey crossed the Rhine River in March [Annotator's Note: March 1945]. The Air Force had taken out most of the...
Honea, Chafer Assault into Germany and the Death of President Roosevelt
Whenever the 939th Field Artillery Unit [Annotator's Note: 939th Field Artillery Battalion] moved, Chafer Honea and C...
Wolczyk, Stanley Assault on Attu
The assault of Attu went well as Stanley Wolczyk landed at Massacre Bay. It was unopposed on the beach. They went over...
Bowsher, Walter Assault on Wake Island
Prior to becoming the postmaster, Walter Bowsher had manned three inch antiaircraft guns. He was familiar with those...
Hochadel, Joseph Assault Toward Monte Cassino
Joseph Hochadel and his squad started down the road and a German tank began to shell them. It was traumatic and they...
Forman, Edgar Assaulting Germany
Edgar R. "Ross" Forman's unit [Annotator's Note: Company A, 319th Engineer Combat Battalion, 94th Infantry Division in...
Bertz, Richard Assaulting Germany
Richard O. "Otto" Bertz when through the backstreets of Paris [Annotator's Note: Paris, France] on a truck. It was...
Nummer, Richard Assaulting Iwo Jima
While heading to the invasion of Iwo Jima, Richard Nummer's convoy of ships was joined by numerous ships at Saipan....
Hatch, Norman Assigned to Tarawa
Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 2nd Marine Division] was stationed in New Zealand. They portioned...
Lee, Arthur Assignment in Korea
After Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], Arthur Lee was sent to Seoul, Korea, where the American mission was...
Brannon, Mark Assignment to the 8th Naval District
When the overhaul on the USS Hutchins (DD-746) was complete, Mark Brannon took off for its next assignment, operating...
Lee, Arthur Assignments on Leyte and Okinawa
On Leyte in the Philippines, Arthur Lee, along with a major, served as liaison for the XXIV Corp with the 32nd Infantry...
Spencer, John Assuming Battle Stations on the USS Maryland (BB-46)
John Curtis Spencer said the USS Maryland (BB-46) was inboard of the USS Oklahoma (BB-37), and because the Oklahoma...

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