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When Lazarick got back to his outfit on 5 December [Annotator's Note: 5 December 1944] they were up in the hills. The...
On the 3rd of January 1945 the 101st [Annotator's note: 101st Airborne Division] attacked through the Bois Jacques...
Around 8:15 or 8:20 [Annotator's Note: on the morning of 16 April 1945] the first 4 Japanese kamikaze planes heading...
Vernon Baker arrived in Italy on around 28 June 1944. His Medal of Honor action did not happen until the following year...
Theodore Finkbeiner went on a patrol to snatch a prisoner one night and came to a bridge that had been blown out. They...
Wojiy was very paranoid and took the civilians back to the lieutenant [Annotator's Note: during fighting in the Alsace-...
Robert Shoens knew that the planes coming towards him were not the much hoped for escort. In the briefing room after...
[Annotators Note: Robert Murphy served in the army as a paratrooper in Company A, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,...
When Edward LaPorta was in training all of the guys in the outfit were very good friends. After going through their...
Rankin had made "Ace in a Day." [Annotator's Note: a term used to describe a fighter pilot scoring five or more...
From 20000 feet the Japanese carriers could be seen maneuvering below. The carriers could be identified by their size...
The Gothic Line goes all the way across Italy. The area where Mancel Kirk and his Company G, 168th Infantry Regiment...
Sherman was going to hit a target on Formosa. They took off and flew practically at sea level. When they got back to...
Blanchard was still feeling the effects of the smoke inhalation when he was in Honolulu. He dealt with this injury for...
After going past the site of the Malmedy Massacre, they kept going and their next major battle was in a town called...
Wilburn K. Ross had his molars knocked out in France by shrapnel. His company commander had sent him and about eight of...
At night around Henderson field the fighting was rough [Annotator’s Note: on Guadalcanal]. Quintana could only aim at...
Their first dive bombing mission was a railroad trestle in Burma. Henderson lined up over his bomb sight. He dropped...
John Vessey learned a lot from his 34th Infantry Division leaders. His experience in North Africa colored his outlook...
William Barnes manned a 20 millimeter antiaircraft gun aboard USS PC-590. When an enemy plane came at the ship it...
The intelligence was good for the southern France operation. The intelligence officers claimed to know the rank and...
Robert Christie notes that the armored tank units worked with the armored infantry. One of the residents at Christie's...
Leonard Spivey notes that the Schweinfurt experience was his major experience in combat. It is considered to be one of...
Karr recalls having to go up on deck with buckets of water from down below. One of the times he went up to dump a...
To Richard Greer the staff NCOs in the weapons company were the heroes. They had a lot of old staff NCOs that they...
The USS San Francisco (CA-38) replenished and headed down towards the Coral Sea. They raided New Guinea airport and the...
John Noack was apparently knocked out momentarily when he was hit. Noack himself does not remember losing consciousness...
The 88's [Annotator's Note: German 88 millimeter artillery] started coming in at them around 5:00am [Annotator's note:...
James witnessed one of the atomic bomb blasts at Bikini Atoll after the war. That is how he realized how the war really...
The first person Lynn Compton met up with after the jump into Normandy was Winters [Annotators Note: Richard Winters]....
Ardell Bollinger learned about his mission to France the night before 23 September. [Annotator’s Note: Bollinger is...
David Paul Spencer was not afraid much. It may be strange to hear. In the infantry they just accepted what was going on...
When Mann's unit broke out of the Anzio beachhead they walked in the direction of the Alban Hills.At 1 point they were...
John Weinart could only stay scared for so long. He did his best to maintain his excitement and adrenaline. There was a...
McClellan did not keep in touch with any of the men he served with after the war. He never attended any reunions. He...
On the 16th [Annotator’s Note: 16 May 1945 on Okinawa] Bailey moved out but got pinned down again and took cover in...

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