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Garbo, William Several Weeks in a Hospital
After over a week in combat on a mountain ridge, William Garbo and the men of G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 112th Cavalry...
Burrus, William Siegfried Line
[Annotator's Note: Ths interview clip starts mid-question regarding the Siegfried Line, the German defensive line in...
Moran, John "Jack" Six Days in the Bulge
John Moran and the 87th Infantry Division were headed to join the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: he describes a...
Miller, Irving Southern France, the Bulge and Frostbite
Irving Miller landed in the French Riviera near Saint-Maxime [Annotator's Note: Saint-Maxime, France]. The equipment...
Shaw, Roger SS George Gayle
Roger Shaw was assigned to the SS George Gayle on the Industrial Canal while it was still being completed by the...
Campbell, John Sunk Twice in Icy Waters
John Campbell was on ships that sunk twice. The first one [Annotator's Note: the SS Andrew G. Curtin, sunk 1944], he...
Hull, Lester Supply Situation and Guard Duty
[Annotator's Note: Lester Hull served in the Army as the battery clerk of Battery C, 976th Field Artillery Battalion...
Oplinger, Robert Surrender of Japan
Robert Oplinger never had issues other than sunburn from being in the water during his time as a frogman. Some of the...
Kibort, Reva Surviving after the Nazi Camps
Reva Kibort was liberated in a hostile country with no one to protect them [Annotator's Note: she had been an inmate at...
Wickersham, Obie Swimming the Rhine River
After the Battle of the Bulge, Obie Wickersham went back to France, only to be sent back to the front between...
Walter, Robert The Battle of the Bulge
Robert Walter thinks the population of Krinkelt was about 5000 before the war. There was a church on Krinkelt. Water...
Guidry, Lewis The Battle of the Bulge
Lewis Guidry entered combat first in France. The troops all knew exactly what to do and were prepared for their jobs....
Field, Richard The Battle of the Bulge
[Annotator's Note: Richard Field served in the Army as a paratrooper with the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, then...
Guarnere, William "Wild Bill" The Bois Jacques
[Annotators Note: William Guarnere was a paratrooper in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,...
Bucher, Francis The Campaign in the Aleutian Islands and Squeaky Anderson
The invasion of Attu [Annotator's Note: Battle of Attu, Alaska, 11 to 30 May 1943] was made with fresh troops from the...
Schmitt, Warren The last months of the war
It was not quite dark when Warren Schmitt linked up with the engineers who had stopped him [Annotators Note: Warren...
Blonder, Erwin The Lost Battalion and Going Home
Erwin Blonder remembers Marty Higgins [Annotator's Note: US Army Captain Martin J. Higgins] sending a sergeant and 35...
Hill, Jennings The Murmansk Run
[Annotator's Note: Jennings Paul Hill, Sr. went to Oran, North Africa aboard the SS Buffalo Wallow in 1943.] They...
Ryan, John The Siegfried Line and Experiencing Enemy Fire
[Annotator's Note: The audio level of this interview is very low.] Before John Ryan reached the Siegfried Line, he came...
Pendleton, Arthur The VA, Joking Around and Food
Arthur Pendleton never claimed his injuries. The system is incredibly wrong. It can be different. Pendleton did ask for...
Schaller, Henry The War Ends
Henry Schaller's bomber [Annotator's Note: a Boeing B-17 FLying Fortress heavy bomber] flew at 23,000 feet. It was 33...
Foy, John Through France to Belgium
John Foy's division [Annotator's Note: Foy was a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 347th Infantry Regiment, 87th...
Trahan, Clifton Torpedoed and Burned
On the big merchant ships, Clifton Trahan was a fireman and water tender [Annotator's Note: Trahan worked in the engine...
Jenkins, Samuel Transported to the Hammelburg POW Camp
Samuel Jenkins was captured by German forces. They were lucky that they were not SS Troops because they would have been...
Wilkins, Byron Traveling into Germany by Foxholes
Byron Othello Wilkins packed everything up and moved with the men to Aubel [Annotators Note: Aubel, Belgium]. The 2nd...
Harris, Carroll Treatment and Discharge
The first treatment Carroll Harris received was heat lamps on his legs. However, his legs and feet began blistering, so...
Grahlfs, F. Treatment for Radiation Sickness
Besides the atomic tests, F. Lincoln Grahlfs found other work to do while at Bikini Atoll [Annotator's Note: Bikini...
Thrift, Clem Undisclosed Suicide Mission
The Army had not yet finished on Leyte because of bad weather, and Clem Thrift said that in the process of readying to...
Maresca, Frank W. Winter 1944
When Frank Maresca's unit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 289th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division...
Kiefer, Keith Working with Contaminated Soils
[Annotator's Note: Keith Kiefer was assigned to a Radiological Cleanup detail on Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands while...
Lansford, William Wrapping Up Guadalcanal and Heading to New Caledonia
William Lansford took part in the Long Patrol with the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion on Guadalcanal. Most of the time he...
A teenaged girl receives medical attention near St. Elia, Italy, 1944
Photograph. A 14-year old girl receives medical attention for a wounded foot. A ¾ ton truck with a canvas cover has...
Burnt Japanese corpse in a foxhole, Engebi Island, 1944
Photograph. A Japanese soldier's burnt corpse halfway out of a foxhole. Official caption on reverse: "3339. From:...
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