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Engels, Emile Second Liberation
Emile Engles said that as long as his parents were calm under enemy fire, he was not very afraid. Sheltering in a...
Balza, Firman Second Wave Attack at Pearl Harbor
Firman Balza lost track of time until mid-afternoon. He heard that his division officer, Mr. Crow, had been killed by...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 10
Alexander Vraciu knew that the next time they saw air action it would be part of a landing somewhere. When his group...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Segment 2
Theodore Finkbeiner shipped out of Cape Cod aboard the USS George Washington [Annotators Note: SS George Washington] in...
Kirk, Mancel Segment 3
Mancel Kirk and his unit continued to move up toward Pisa, Italy. They were moving pretty good did not have much...
Duchossois, Richard Segment 5
When Richard Duchossois and his unit got up into the Bulge [Annotators Note: the Battle of the Bulge] it was very cold...
Greer, Richard Segment 5
To Richard Greer the staff NCOs in the weapons company were the heroes. They had a lot of old staff NCOs that they...
Weinart, John Segment 5
John Weinart could only stay scared for so long. He did his best to maintain his excitement and adrenaline. There was a...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 7
Alexander Vraciu and the other members of his squadron [Annotators Note: Fighting Squadron 16 (VF 16)] were in their...
Kirk, Mancel Segment 8
Mancel Kirk was a squad leader. When he would send people out on a patrol or mission he would usually out on point. If...
Kirk, Mancel Segment 9
When Mancel Kirk was in the Anzio beachhead the only time they could get out [Annotators Note: of their foxholes] was...
Tatum, John Shell Shock and Japanese Fighters
There were plenty of men with shell shock [Annotator's Note: psychological disturbance caused by prolonged exposure to...
Jensen, Mervin Shipped overseas
Mervin Jensen went to advanced training at Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San...
Sandoz, James Shooting Down German Planes
James Sandoz's battery [Annotator's Note: Battery A, 554th AAA (AW) Battalion, 29th Infantry Division] was credited...
Bertucci, George Shore Bombardments
George Joseph Bertucci and the USS Mississippi (BB-41) participated in the invasions of the Marshall and Gilbert...
Nussenbaum, Seymour Shot At For a Stamp
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Seymour Nussenbaum was an avid stamp collector...
Ngai, Johnny Sicily and Italy
When Johnny Ngai was fighting in Sicily [Annotator's Note: Sicily, Italy], there were so many soldiers coming over, he...
Pierce, Wayne Sicily and Salerno
Wayne Pierce and the 325th Glider Infantry did not make the fight in Sicily. A couple of days prior to entry into that...
Compton, Bryan Sicily to Anzio
For two or three days, the Germans would stop, shoot at the American troops and then run [Annotator's Note: during the...
Linkous, Melvin Siegfried Line and Normandy
Melvin Linkous [Annotator's Note: as a member of Cannon Company, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division] was...
Moran, John "Jack" Siegfried Line and the End of the World
After leaving the Battle of the Bulge, John Moran and the 87th Infantry Division chased the Germans out of Belgium. In...
Reluga, Matthew Silver Star Actions
Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States] died in April [Annotator's...
Quigley, Tom Slapton Sands and D-Day Landing
Tom Quigley jumped on a train and made his way with the other soldiers down to central England to a military base at...
Kerner, John Slipping Through Enemy Lines
John Kerner was in the Battle of Mortain [Annotator's Note: Operation Lüttich, German counterattack during Battle of...
Brannan, Joseph Southern France
Joseph Brannan was stationed in Southern France after being based in Italy. In France, liberty was more available than...
Zuras, Nicholas Southern France Invasion
Nicholas J. Zuras was on the USS Barnett (APA-5), which formed part of the landing force in Southern France [Annotator'...
Lomax, Charles "Charlie" Special Task Force D-Day Mission
Charlie Lomax [Annotator's Note: a Naval officer in a special communications task force in the Naval Amphibious Forces...
Weiner, Reuben St. Marcouf
Reuben Weiner has gone through compact disc collections of photos from World War 2 and he sees a lot of photos that...
Derrington, Clarence "Earl" Stalag VI-G
Clarence Derrington was captured by the Germans and taken to Stalag VI-G [Annotator's Note: near Bergisch-Neustadt]...
Houseman, Donelson "Don" Stalag VI-G and Stalag XII-A
[Annotator's Note: Donelson Houseman served in the Army as the 81mm mortar platoon leader in Company D, 1st Battalion,...
Derrington, Clarence "Earl" Stalag XII-A
Clarence Derrington and other POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] arrived at Stalag XII-A in Limburg. [Annotator's...
Jostad, Glen Stalag XIII
Glen Jostad was moved to Stalag XIII near Nuremburg. The Royal Air Force and the 8th Air Force provided a morale boost...
Tyler, Vernon Stationed in Germany
Vernon Leo Tyler was a cannoneer on gun crews [Annotator's Note: in the 100th Infantry Division]. Gun crew duties...
Flannigan, James Storming Normandy, A Bronze Star, and Fighting On
When he landed in Normandy with Battery A, 29th Field Artillery Battalion [Annotator's Note: Battery A, 29th Field...
Jones, Robert Strafing Missions
Robert Jones was a late replacement pilot and went overseas in a convoy. It was so rough that for three days, they did...

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