Experience with death

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Schmedemann, Keith Segment 7
Back in the United States the main role he had was to see that everybody's personnel records were in order before they...
Biddle, Melvin Segment 7
The Germans had no idea what was going on. The worst part of the Battle of the Bulge for Biddle was when his friend was...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 7
Leonard Spivey was hanging in his parachute and it was cold. Spivey was not uncomfortable because he thinks he had a...
Karr, Robert Segment 7
They were escorting 1 of the carriers and their flight crew. Their flight crew got caught out at night. They attempted...
Delewski, Lawrence Segment 7
Before going out on duty at Picket Station Number 1 the men of the Laffey saw all sorts of damage to ships while docked...
Ward, Harold Segment 7
[Annotators Note: Harold Ward served in the navy as a mess attendant aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38...
Noack, John Segment 7
John Noack notes that everything was fine that day. They had escort until they had to turn back. The fighters reached...
Disanza, William Segment 7
William Disanza was in one group of guys but they had multiple outfits in Burma. There was an outfit called the 101...
Hawk, John Segment 7
Hawk describes his war wounds from shrapnel and having the pieces picked out of his skin. He describes the results of...
Crain, Joe Segment 7
The air raid sirens that would warn the ships of incoming kamikazes kept the men up day and night. Psychologically it...
Akins, Robert Segment 7
The veterans felt better having other veterans around. When replacements came in Robert Akins knew that they were well...
Keema, John Segment 7
Keema had flown back to back to back missions on eight, nine, and ten [Annotator’s Note: 8, 9, and 10 October 1943]....
Deen, Braswell Segment 7
Deen recalls thinking how lucky he was that he was not killed on the first day [Annotator’s Note: 15 September 1944 on...
Earnest, Albert J. Segment 7
They [Annotator’s Note: the dive bombers] would cut the engines if nothing came back from the PBY's and call it a day [...
Childers, Lloyd Segment 7
When Childers strapped in he said over the radio that it was his birthday and that he wanted to celebrate.Three of the...
Luckadoo, John Segment 8
After the Bremen mission [Annotators Note: on 8 October 1943] John Luckadoo was temporarily grounded because he was...
Ford, Richard Segment 8
Richard Ford was wading through the water on Omaha [Annotators Note: on Omaha Beach on 6 June 1944]. An LCI driver came...
Currey, Francis S. Segment 8
Currey didn't agree with the non-fraternization rule. There were apparently military fears that the Germans would...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 8
Leonard Spivey was told that the war was over for him and that he would not be fighting again. Spivey gave them name,...
Karr, Robert Segment 8
The ship that the Laffey relieved had been there a week and never got hit. They got off of the coast of Okinawa on a...
Greer, Richard Segment 8
Richard Greer was in the hospital when John Basilone was awarded the Medal of Honor. Greer was supposed to have been in...
Delewski, Lawrence Segment 8
When Delewski resumed firing he had to sit in a different position to fire his gun. The fire had warped the area where...
Noack, John Segment 8
John Noack pitied his copilot because he had to endure that rough take off. They got above the clouds and assembled...
Disanza, William Segment 8
William Disanza was in the Boy Scouts as a kid but it did not prepare him for Burma. Disanza had originally joined the...
Myers, Leroy Segment 8
Sometime in the spring of 2004 [Annotator's Note: Myers means 1944] there was a Japanese, who Myers thought had been...
Compton, Lynn "Buck" Segment 8
Lynn Compton knew the Germans were nearby while he and his men stayed in the area. Compton had to go to the listening...
Mann, Karl Segment 8
Mann's group walked to the other side of the valley to join the battalion [Annotator's Note: 3rd Battalion, 157th...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 8
Both sides honored their gentleman's agreement to meet at the river in order to collect the bodies. There was one other...
Jefferson, Alexander Segment 8
Alexander Jefferson went into Stalag Luft III with about 75 to 100 prisoners. The rooms were crowded so they turned the...
Keema, John Segment 8
John Keema and a lot of the guys he flew with had qualms about the Münster raid. Unfortunately he did not have anyone...
Bailey, Herman Segment 8
On Kunishi Ridge on 15 June [Annotator’s Note:  15 June 1945, Okinawa] Bailey and several other Marines went along the...
Deen, Braswell Segment 8
Deen believes the mortar team helped to save the men at the point [Annotator’s Note: on Peleliu, September 1944]. He...
Earnest, Albert J. Segment 8
Earnest tried to get a lead on the cruiser so he could drop his torpedo [Annotator’s Note: after being hit during the...
Rackley, Clifford Segment 9
On the Memmingen mission, which was the first day after he arrived, the ball turret gunner was killed on another plane...
Gross, Clayton Segment 9
Clayton Kelly Gross recalled the date he shot the jet down was in April of 1945. The last month of the war they could...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 9
The guard spoke to Lyle Bouck in German and stuck the barrel of his weapon against Bouck's stomach. Bouck heard a snap...

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