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Powers, Robert Northern Okinawa and Sugar Loaf Hill
Robert Powers went ashore unopposed at Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan]. He was in a foxhole with his buddy...
Bussel, Norman Nuremberg
Norman Bussel was in prison in Stalag Luft IV [Annotator’s Note: Stalag Luft IV (Stammlager Luft IV), Gross Tychow,...
Reilly, Joseph Nuremberg Trials
Catholic nuns looked after the wounded in Normandy [Annotator's Note: Normandy, France], Holland, and Bastogne [...
Gatewood, Otis Observations of Wartime Germany
When asked his opinion of the Germans, Otis Gatewood said it seemed to him that the kids of the war generation were...
Duffy, Gowan Occupation Duty
Gowan Duffy started his patrol duty on the American and Russian borders. He was rotated home in September [Annotator’s...
Barnett, William Occupation Duty and Postwar
William M. Barnett [Annotator’s Note: who served with the 222nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division in Europe]...
Fallon, John OCS to Anzio
Around the end of 1942, John T. Fallon went to Engineer OCS [Annotator's Note: officer candidate school]. He graduated...
Stewart, Frank Officers and Preparing for the Battle of the Tenaru River
There were a lot of good guys in Frank Stewart's unit with the exception of some of the officers. On Guadalcanal,...
Stiles, John Okinawa
John Stiles was on Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] and it was rather primitive. They got water out of...
Womack, Charles L. "Red" Okinawa and Peleliu
When Charles Womack and the other Marines in his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company M, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine...
Gallo, Peter Okinawa and War's End
From Leyte, the 7th Infantry Division went to Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], and Peter Gallo described...
Behr, Peter Okinawa Campaign
Peter "Pete" Behr [Annotator's Note: with Company B, 1st Battalion, 383rd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division]...
Arceneaux, Arthur Okinawa Fighter Missions
Arthur Joseph Arceneaux Junior arrived after the field [Annotator's Note: Yontan Airfield (Japanese name Kita Airfield...
Van Wart, Fergus Okinawa Landings
[Annotator's Note: Fergus Van Wart served in the Navy as a coxswain aboard the USS Bergen (APA-150).] Okinawa [...
Munch, Melvin Okinawa then Home
Melvin Munch was part of the invasion of Okinawa when it commenced on Easter Sunday in April 1945. He rode a landing...
Darling, William Okinawa Then Returning Home
William Darling [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion,1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] was told...
Barber, Clyde On the Farm to PBY Mechanic
Clyde Barber was born in May 1924 in Drennan, Colorado. Each of his five brothers and one sister were born in different...
Hazard, Mark On to Riepertswiller
[Annotator's Note: Mark Gordon Hazard, Jr. served in the Army as the commanding officer of Company E, 2nd Battalion,...
Jenkins, Samuel Opening Shots of the Battle of the Bulge
Samuel Jenkins recalls being in Hünningen for about a month before moving to Lanzerath, Belgium. Bouck [Annotator's...
Cruise, Leslie Operation Market Garden
[Annotator's Note: Leslie Cruise continuously refers to a book that he has on his lap.] Sometime in September 1944,...
Peniche, Ed Operation Market Garden
Eduardo Alberto Peniche Carvajal remarked that the decisions made by some of the commanders caused Operation Market...
Biagioni, William Operation Market Garden
William H. Biagioni jumped into Holland on 17 September 1944 [Annotator's Note: Operation Market Garden, Netherlands,...
Van der Pool, Ivan Operation Torch
On the ship, Ivan Van der Pool took part in a seminar where the officers told them their mission. He boarded his troop...
Hustead, Austin Operations in France
After D-Day, on 10 June 1944, Austin Hustead's squadron [Annotator's Note: 81st Fighter Squadron, 50th Fighter Group,...
Duncan, Reginald Overseas and into France
Reginald Duncan had left his bride in Connecticut and boarded a ship to England. He and his unit [Annotator's Note:...
Mc Murray, Steve Overseas Deployment
On 13 January 1944, Steve McMurray left on a troop transport ship and was amazed at the clear blue water of the Pacific...
Raby, Glynn Overseas Deployment
Glynn G. Raby, Jr. left Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston, Massachusetts] on 13 May 1944 and docked in Glasgow, Scotland...
Lafferty, Ralph Overseas Deployment
Ralph F. Lafferty traveled across the United States by train until he arrived at Newport News [Annotator's Note:...
Pierce, Wayne Overseas Deployment
Wayne Pierce was the Supply and Transportation Officer when his Battalion left Fort Bragg. The regiment travelled by...
Bornstein, Lester Overseas Deployment and Arriving in Normandy
Lester M. Bornstein was sent to New York for his deployment. He stayed in some barracks for a few weeks before he was...
Candella, Phillip Overseas Deployment and Combat in Europe
After his retraining period, Phillip Candella went by train to Camp Myles Standish in Massachusetts, and was deployed...
Lopez, Alex Overseas Deployment and Introduction to Combat
After nine weeks' training, Alex Lopez sailed on the Ile de France [Annotator's Note: the SS Ile de France was a French...
Nicholson, Elmer Overseas Deployment and the SS Leopoldville
Elmer Nicholson, Jr. went to Southampton, England first. They [Annotator's Note: Nicholson and the rest of the 66th...
Angel, Earl Overseas Duties
Earl Angel and the 11th Airborne [Annotator's Note: 11th Airborne Division] traveled overseas on the USS Edellyn [...
Wilkes, R. "Bud" Overseas Duty
On 10 September 1944, R.M. Wilkes was sent to Camp Shanks [Annotator's Note: near Orangetown, New York] and two days...
Moose, Warren Overseas in Europe
Warren Sanford Moose was at the University of Oregon [Annotator's Note: in Eugene, Oregon] when Pearl Harbor was...

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