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Armentaro, Louis First Combat
Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte, Philippines] was lousy to Louis J. Armentaro because it was hot. He spent a week there...
Moskin, Alan First Combat
The first time Alan Moskin realized he was in combat and war, something hit the top of his head. There were mortar and...
Ledesma, Trinidad First Combat
Trinidad Ledesma received orders to ship out from Fort Ord [Annotator's Note: in California] at around three or four o'...
Keller, Luba First Experience of Nazis
Luba Keller was born in May 1926 in Szydłowiec, Poland. She attended school there. She had never seen airplanes as it...
Squire, Vernon First Jet Plane and Being Wounded
[Annotator's Note: Vernon Squire was in the 821st Tank Destroyer Battalion, 29th Infantry Division.] They fired far...
Taylor, Robert Five Months on Guadalcanal
Robert Taylor arrived in Samoa in April 1942. The Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] campaign...
Payne, Robert Flying German Aircraft
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer reads a list of things Robert Payne has written about.] Robert Payne was in Southern...
Bernardi, Joseph Flying Missions
Joseph Richard Bernardi, Senior was assigned to the 351st Bomb Group [Annotator's Note: 509th Bombardment Squadron,...
Holt, Thomas Food and Exercise in Camp
For Thomas Michael Holt, the worst part about being a prisoner of war was not having food. One American officer was a...
Tallon, Donald Forced Labor at Stalag II-B
Don Tallon was taken to Stalag II-B, near Hammerstein [Annotator's Note: Stalag II-B in Hammerstein, Pomerania, now...
Kneflin, Charles Forming the 29th Bombardment Group
[Annotator's Note: Charles Kneflin was sent to Camp Shelby, Mississippi for combat engineer training, which he did not...
Davis, Romay France and Postwar Life
Romay Catherine Johnson Davis [Annotator's Note: a Private in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the...
Kitts, James France to Belgium
James Albert Kitts landed in France [Annotator's Note: on 13 December 1944] and it was not cold, just muddy. It got...
Shapiro, Lester Frenchy the Cajun
Lester Shapiro's experience before getting to Burma [Annotator's Note: present day Myanmar], was guarding some oil...
Medway, Irwin Friends and Tanks
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip Irwin Medway looks at photographs, mostly off-camera, and talks about the men...
Bell, Harry Friendships and Reflections
After the war, Harry Bell kept up with several guys he served with but those contacts slowly faded away except for his...
Grant, Olen "Reb" From a pub to the Yankee Raider
Grant was in town the night before the Stuttgart mission. He had waited around until about 8:00 o'clock before taking...
Trahan, Clifton From an Orphanage to a Troop Ship
Clifton Trahan was born in October 1922 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was put in an orphanage at five years old. His...
Bucksell, Norris From Anzio to the Arno River
Norris Bucksell arrived in Italy with the 370th Regimental Combat Team, 92nd Infantry Division July 1944. They went...
Synder, Harold From Biak to the Philippines
On Biak [Annotator's Note: Biak, West New Guinea], it would rain every day at about one o'clock for about ten minutes....
Johnson, Erwin From Camp to Hell Ship
Erwin Johnson assigned to work details. If they worked, they got a little more to eat so he volunteered for any detail...
Spaulding, Arthur From Enlistment to France
Arthur Spaulding decided to enlist in the Army because his brother was in the V-12 unit [Annotator's Note: V-12 US Navy...
Darphin, Irma "Irma Boulet" From Liverpool to Utah Beach
Second Lieutenant Irma Darphin, a nurse in the US Army, docked in Liverpool, England and went to Bishop's Lydia,...
Mills, George From Soldier to Prisoner in Europe
After liberating Paris France, George F. Mills [Annotator's Note: with the Company E, 2nd Battalion, 109th infantry...
Ngai, Johnny From Southern France to Germany
Johnny Ngai did not do any special training for the landing in Southern France. They were physically fit. He only had...
Weber, Ed From the 23rd Marines to Pearl Harbor
After cutting himself badly on coral in the Marshall Islands, Ed Weber was put on a hospital ship [Annotator's Note: 31...
Cole, John From the Philippines to Okinawa
After Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte, Philippines] was secured [Annotator's Note: on 14 January 1945], John H. Cole...
Dyer, Jimmie From the United States to China
Jimmie Dyer went overseas on a ship that was designed as a tanker. It was a sorry piece of machinery. It was a tough...
Stricklan, Mary From the WACs to the Pentagon
Mary R. Stricklan's uniform [Annotator's Note: in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) then Women's Army Corps (WAC...
Cart, William "Bill" Funny Stories from Kwajalein
[Annotator's Note: William Cart served in the US Marine Corps as a pilot in Marine Fighting Squadron 155 (VMF-155)...
Kerner, John Gardelegen, Germany
After the Bulge [Annotator’s Note: Battle of the Bulge or Ardennes Counteroffensive, 16 December 1944 to 25 January...
Siracuse, James German Guards, Flies, and a Honey Pot
[Annotator's Note: James Siracuse served in the USAAF as a pilot flying Douglas A-20 Havoc light bombers in the 669th...
Bodis-Wollner, Ivan German Liberation to Bergen-Belsen
Ivan Bodis-Wollner remembers when he was playing with an older child who was the son of a local lawyer. The child's...
Hicks, Ora Pierce German POW Camp
Ora Hicks entered the military at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. She then went to Fort Huachuca [Annotator's Note: in...
Tweedt, Vernon T. German Resistance and Hepatitis
Vernon Tweedt and his unit [Annotator's Note: Battery A, 131st Field Artillery Battalion, 36th Infantry Division] were...
Deiglmayr, Erna German Suspicions
There were no SS [Annotator's Note: Schutzstaffel; German paramilitary organization] in the office where Erna Deiglmayr...

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