Exposure injuries

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Milkis, Abe Becoming a Soldier
Abe Milkis was called up soon after finishing high school. After being drafted, he found himself on bivouac in a tent...
Witmeyer, John "J.J." Being Wounded and Hospitalized
John Witmeyer was first wounded in early July of 1944, just a month after the invasion of Normandy began. He went out...
Miksa, Robert Breakout and the Bulge
Bob Miksa [Annotator’s Note: Robert Miksa] and his outfit [Annotator’s Note: the 745th Tank Battalion] fought through...
Riddle, Pearson Captured and Sent to Japan
The US Navy had planes ready to help out at Wake Island but the admiral in charge figured that it was going to be too...
Griffenhagen, George Casualties and the Battle of the Bulge
For George Griffenhagen, seeing Trewick [Annotators Note: unsure of spelling. Captain Trewick was the chief medical...
Quigley, Tom Closing Stages of Battle of Bulge
Tom Quigley recalls how after having sufficiently halted the German advance, he and his men slogged their way back to...
Livaudais, James Dereliction of Duty
James Livaudais knew when he was given an order, he had to respond. When the man in front stepped off, the next...
Denius, Franklin "Frank" Fighting across France
After the fighting in the Paris area Franklin Denius and his unit boarded trucks and travelled north of Paris. The...
Acevedo, Anthony From Bad Orb to Berga
Anthony Acevedo was picked to be part of a group of 350 Jewish and other undesirables being sent to Berga in the Ulster...
Trindal, Wesley Go to the aid station in Grosshau
[Annotators Note: Wesley Trindal served in the US Army as a rifleman in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry...
Livaudais, James Holland, Belgium and Germany
James Livaudais flew from England to Holland on 17 September 1944. Flying at about 500 feet at 150 miles per hour,...
Riddle, Pearson Poor Medical Attention, Inflation in Japan, and Postwar Jobs
Pearson Riddle has received continuous medical care for some of his postwar medical problems induced by his prisoner of...
Milkis, Abe Postwar
Abe Milkis took a train home from New York. [Annotator’s Note: he arrived in New York after he returned from Europe...
Shaw, Roger Reflections
Roger Shaw was changed by World War 2. The war changed the world. Shaw had never been on a boat before, and that was a...
Riddle, Pearson Seeing an American Plane and Being Liberated
Pearson Riddle was sent to second camp that had high walls and an electric fence in 1943. He was then put on a ship to...
Pomroy, Frank Segment 1
Pomroy begins the interview by talking about the living conditions on Guadalcanal. Living conditions were as basic as...
Ross, Wilburn Segment 1
Wilburn K. Ross grew up in Strunk, Kentucky. He worked on a farm until he was 18 then went to work in a coal mine but...
Dennis, David Segment 10
They [Annotators Note: David Dennis and his fellow POWs] had been given their parcels [Annotators Note: Red Cross...
Zawada, Robert Segment 15
Zawada was trying to figure out what he was going to do [Annotator's Note: during the Hammelburg raid as a member of...
Blonder, Erwin Segment 2
Blonder remembers Marty Higgins sent a sergeant and 35 men back to battalion headquarters for supplies and to see if...
Gravois, F.D. Segment 2
Gravois had had plenty of amphibious landing training. He also had a lot of combat training in boot camp. He did a lot...
McClellan, James Segment 2
McClellan and two other people were selected to take the guns down to Paris. On the train ride down he was with a...
Corbin, Robert "Bob" Segment 2
They were taken into the pillbox and searched [Annotator’s Note: after being captured by Germans near Aachen in...
Stegmeier, James L. Segment 2
Stegmeier was told that he had shrapnel on his lung and that his feet appeared to be frozen. One doctor wanted to...
Blonder, Erwin Segment 3
Blonder was sent to a hospital in Illinois for his trench foot. He remembers another incident regarding his trench foot...
Milosevich, Risto Segment 3
Milosevich was informed that he had a daughter while he was still aboard ship to England. He thought about his child...
McClellan, James Segment 3
When he wasn't driving McClellan would stand guard. That's how he got the frozen toes; frostbite.They had three gun...
Standifer, Leon Segment 3
Standifer had been eating well and sleeping well in the hospital. He was put into a boxcar and shipped to the front. He...
Laborde, Lucien Segment 4
Lucien Laborde and the rest of the 115th Infantry Regiment were told that they would be getting about three weeks rest...
Ross, Wilburn Segment 4
It was dark and they were trying to figure a way out [Annotators Note: after landing on Anzio]. They stumbled upon some...
Rackley, Clifford Segment 4
Ploesti, Romania was a well known target. The group had gone there several times and had some substantial losses there...
Kalil, Louis Segment 5
Kalil mentions moving into the positions previously occupied by the 2nd Infantry Division at Lanzareth, Belgium. Kalil...
Jenkins, Sam Segment 5
Jenkins recalls being captured by German forces. He states they were lucky that they were not SS Troops because they...
Diamond, Joseph Segment 5
[Annotators Note: Joseph Diamond served in the army as a combat medic with the 413th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry...

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