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Kerner, John Helping the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne
John Kerner was having Christmas Eve dinner in Metz, France. He thought they would get to take a day off to reorganize...
Gilmore, Selwyn Henry Erwin and Beer
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Selwyn Gilmore about a Medal of Honor recipient he knew.] Henry Erwin [...
Staymates, Arthur Hess, Streicher and Some Tricks
Arthur Staymates thought Hess [Annotator's Note: Rudolf Hess was one of the highest ranking Nazi leaders under German...
Dumas, Floyd Hiding from the Germans
They [Annotator's Note: Floyd Dumas and the English soldier he had escaped the prisoner of war camp in Cinecitta, Italy...
Elliott, Lucy Higgins Memories
Lucy Elliot knew of the area off Gentilly Road where Higgins [Annotator's Note: Andrew Jackson Higgins, owner of...
Smith, William J. Hit A Bird In A Tree
William Smith was dating the sister of a friend, but it did not last long because he went overseas. He really never saw...
Burke, Murphy Hits and Near Misses
Soon after the Battle of the Philippines, Murphy Burke remembers spending a week at one of the larger ports, Ulithi....
Dietrick, Alfred Hitting a German Patrol
A lot of men are killed because of carelessness. You get tired of lying in a hole. A cook got drunk and was then sent...
Alter, Joseph Hitting Omaha Beach
The weather was rough when Joseph Alter crossed the Channel [Annotator's Note: the English Channel on 6 June 1944]. It...
Mero, Robert Holding the Saint-Nazaire Pocket
When his company [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion, 263rd Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division] got to...
Scherer, Monroe Holidays in Korea
Some weeks after Monroe Scherer arrived in Korea, some of the older members went back to the United States. Scherer...
Burchell, Raymond Holland
Raymond Burchell returned to England [Annotator’s Note: from combat in France]. They were brought to an airfield and...
Riddle, Clinton "Clint" Holland and the Battle of the Bulge
During the invasion of Normandy, Clinton Riddle and most of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment landed in British Horsa...
Pierce, Wayne Holland to VE-Day
Wayne Pierce returned to England after Normandy. The regiment stayed there until September when the paratroopers...
Fontana, Frank Holland, Belgium and the Bulge
Frank Fontana went into Holland then Belgium. He was a supply sergeant for the whole outfit [Annotator's Note: 93rd...
Donovan, Robert Hollandia
Robert L. Donovan boarded a troop transport to go to Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea. The infantry landed ahead of them. As...
Schneider, Irwin Hollandia and Mios Wundi
Irwin Schneider arrived at Hollandia just after the landings there. There was no opposition to the assault. He had not...
Emerson, Alonzo Homecoming and Reflections
Returning home from overseas, Alonzo Emerson remembers enjoying steak and fresh milk, two foods they didn't have while...
Armstrong, Henry Horrors of Combat
It was not Henry Armstrong's first time in combat [Annotator's Note: when his Battery B, 607th Field Artillery...
Blunt, Rockie Horrors of War
Rockie Blunt served with the 333rd Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division in World War 2. After their support in the...
Mikus, John Hospital on Guam
John Mikus, Jr. was never attacked from the air [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26...
Simons, F.M. Hospital Stay
Looking back, F.M. Richard Simons and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 3rd Battalion, 87th Mountain Infantry...
Nannini, James Hospital Stay in England
James Nannini says it was freezing in Europe. They never went inside and had to endure the frigid weather. [Annotator's...
Jagers, Robert Hospital Stay in North Africa
From Gibraltar [Annotator's Note: Gibraltar, British Overseas Territory], Robert Jagers and his ship [Annotator's Note...
Malec, Henry Hospitalization
It was dark when Henry Malec was removed by stretcher from the cellar where he had been treated after being wounded at...
Schicker, Tom Hospitalized with Malaria
Thomas Francis Schicker knows there is a lot he has forgotten to tell. They took Kunishi [Annotator's Note: Kunishi...
Evans, Donald Hospitals at Home
Donald Evans had a couple of operations and could see [Annotator's Note: after being wounded when his armored car was...
Buckley, James Human Interactions
In the whole time James Buckley was on duty in the Pacific [Annotator's Note: as Deck Officer on the USS LST-1013], he...
Gross, Ernest Hunger and Liberation
Ernest Gross, a prisoner at Kaufering [Annotator’s Note: Kaufering; subcamp of Dachau; Landsberg am Lech, Germany] says...
Hogan, Moses Hunting Submarines
Moses Hogan doesn't think movies about Pearl Harbor are authentic. After Pearl Harbor, Hogan was on a destroyer [...
Alter, Joseph Hürtgen Forest
Joseph Alter lost men in his platoon. He lost two men in the Hurtgen Forest [Annotator's Note: Battle of Hürtgen Forest...
LaRose, Bruce Hurtgen Forest
Bruce LaRose [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, veteran of North Africa...
Floravante, Emile Hurtgen Forest
Alfred Anthony Alvarez became a lawyer after the war. In Vietnam [Annotator's Note: Vietnam War, or Second Indochina...
Bowling, Don Hürtgen Forest to Home
The Hurtgen Forest [Annotator's Note: Battle of Hürtgen Forest, 19 September 1944 to 10 February 1945, Hürtgen (Hurtgen...
Pena, William Hurtgen Part 1
William Pena remembers how his battalion commander was a gung-ho, brave, and tall man who refused to stay at the rear...
Mesken, Lorraine Hysteria and Paranoia in the First Days of the War
Very soon, Lorraine Mesken became aware that the Japanese-American citizens in her area were being gathered at the...

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