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Labat, Ubert The Push into Germany
When the big push toward Berlin commenced, Ubert Labat says the Americans brought all the big guns up to the line, and...
Edwards, Randall The Road to Recovery
Randall Edwards does not remember how he got "mixed up with the Russians," but he has photos that prove he did. He does...
Mabarac, Raymond The Role of a Human Being
Recalling 28 March 1945 when he went into Germany, Raymond Mabarac says he was on "recon" [Annotator's Note:...
Dietrick, Alfred The Salerno Invasion
After finishing training [Annotator's Note: with Company B, 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry...
Payn, Thomas The Ship's Mess
The English Navy provisioned the Canadian sailors' mess and Thomas Payn said they ate a lot of strong smelling mutton....
Boeke, Robert The Stolen Jeep
Robert Boeke's friends Sergeant Tate [Annotator's Note: phonetic spelling] and Corporal Gross [Annotator's Note:...
Young, James The Tribulations of Boot Camp
James Franklin Young was sent to Parris Island [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in Beaufort...
Trindal, Wesley The two Germans
Another reason Wesley Trindal crawled into the bunker was to take cover from the German and American shells that...
Lynch, James The USS Snook (SS-279) to the USS Sea Dog (SS-401)
James Paul Lynch had a wonderful experience on the Snook [Annotator's Note: USS Snook (SS-279)]. They had fine officers...
Martin, Robert The USS Vulcan (AR-5)
Robert Martin was taught to march and thought it was stupid [Annotator's Note: in US Navy basic training]. They went to...
Guidry, Edmond The USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
Edmond Guidry came back [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Ellet (DD-398)] to the Philadelphia Navy Yard [Annotator's...
Resta, Francis "Fran" The Vagaries of War and History
Francis Resta was in B Company [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st Battalion, 407th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry...
Cohen, Jack The War Begins for Greece
The war started for Jack Cohen when Mussolini [Annotator's Note: Italian fascist dictator Benito Amilcare Andrea...
Andriano, Louis The War Ends
Louis Andriano does not remember celebrating the war ending. They were always the last to know and it made no...
Stevens, Phineas The War Ends
Phineas Stevens was in every D-Day [Annotator's Note: D-Day denotes the day on which an important operation begins]...
Stevens, Kenneth The War Ends
Kenneth E. Stevens heard the war was over when they [Annotator's Note: Company E, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment,...
Sandoz, James The War Ends
James Sandoz was in Germany when the war ended. He does not recall how he heard, perhaps by an officer. They were moved...
Pbert, Herman The War Ends
Herman Pbert returned to his village [Annotator's Note: Piedicavallo, Italy, after escaping from a Nazi prison camp in...
Burrell, Joseph The War Ends
Joseph Burrell could see all of the damage from Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...
Light, Carl The War Ends
Carl Light and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company C, 61st Armored Infantry Battalion, 10th Armored Division] captured...
Bridger, Harley The War Ends
Harley Bridger's original crew stayed together the entire war except for the bombardier. He was a young, Jewish boy...
Scholl, Richard The War Ends or Does It?
Richard Scholl was sent back to the United States while his unit [Annotator's Note: Company M, 3rd Battalion, 158th...
Cristiano, Nick The War Is Over
Nick Cristiano feels that his Japanese prison guards did not know the war was coming to an end. They were brainwashed....
Gagel, Helen "Cosgrove" The War Winds Down
Helen Gagel was 20 years old when she was in the Philippines. She thinks the nurses get a bad name. Some of her nurses...
Bebko, Robert The War's End
A friend of Robert Stephen Bebko's [Annotator's Note: in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th...
Kerner, John The Wars End
John Kerner crossed the Elbe River where his unit [Annotator's Note: 110th Medical Battalion, 35th Infantry Division]...
Sutcliffe, Albert The West Loch Disaster
Albert G. Sutcliffe was sent to Pearl Harbor's [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] in preparation for going to the...
Doolan, Robert The YB-40 and England
The first time Robert Doolan ever flew was in a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] and...
Walter, Robert There was always snow
[Annotators Note: Robert Walter was a platoon sergeant in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 393rd Infantry Regiment, 99th...
Tatum, John Third Wave on Guadalcanal
John Wesley Tatum was in Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division when they landed on...
Monteyne, Joseph Thoughts About the Germans
You could not ask for a better enemy than the Germans. The Germans were very efficient, and Joseph Monteyne [Annotator'...
Kaiser, Raymond Thoughts About the War
The war did not change Raymond Kaiser a bit. He felt like he was doing his job. He was in [Annotator's Note: in the...
Caudle, John Thoughts and Discharge
John Caudle has had a lot of thoughts over the years. Especially when he came home out of the service and did not have...
Bussel, Norman Thoughts of Suicide
While in prison in Nuremberg, Germany, Norman Bussel would get information from the outside from a crystal radio a...
Davis, Jack Thoughts on Combat
Jack Davis' first combat was "scary as hell". He would be walking along the hedgerows [Annotator's Note: man-made...
Uttero, Cosmo Thoughts on Combat Life
Cosmo Uttero was in H Company [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry...

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