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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...
Dendy, Lloyd Hospitalization and Going Home
Lloyd Dendy was in the hospital with malaria and did not return to Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Peleliu, Palau]. He had...
McCowen, William Hospitalized and Sent Home
William McCowen [Annotator's Note: a member of the US Army Air Forces out of Naples, Italy] had something strange...
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...
Alaniz, George Hospitals Back Home
[Annotator's Note: George Alaniz arrived in San Diego, California after being severely wounded on Attu Island, Alaska...
Sherman, Joyce Hospitals in Africa
Joyce Sherman formed some close friendships and they kept in touch. Most were from Pennsylvania [Annotator's Note: like...
Gross, Ernest Hunger and Liberation
Ernest Gross, a prisoner at Kaufering [Annotator’s Note: Kaufering; subcamp of Dachau; Landsberg am Lech, Germany] says...
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...
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...
Slack, Otis In Alaska During Pearl Harbor
Otis Arthur Slack [Annotator's Note: with the 37th Infantry Regiment (Separate)] was on Kodiak Island [Annotator's Note...
Fili, William In the Romanian Prison Camp
The first night William Fili was in the prison camp [Annotator's Note: in Bucharest, Romania], the British came over...
Dyer, Jimmie Infantry Training and Overseas Deployment
Jimmie Dyer went through infantry training at Camp Pendleton, California. When he landed at Guadalcanal, where the 6th...
Simons, F.M. Infantry Training to Pisa, Italy
F.M. Richard Simons had infantry training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia [Annotator's Note: in Macon, Georgia]. On the rifle...
Spinato, Angelo Infantry Unit Assignments
Angelo Joseph Spinato went to Camp Maxey [Annotator's Note: in Lamar County, Texas] and all of the men had to stand in...
Galbraith, Wendell Injured and Captured
Wendell Galbraith landed in a yard that was like an apple orchard [Annotator's Note: after being shot down on 22 March...
Jones, Johnnie Injured and Preparing for Japan
Johnnie A. Jones, Senior's feels we have to learn how to avoid killing and war. We are advanced in civilization and are...
Dietrick, Alfred Injured out of Combat
Alfred Dietrick took a patrol [Annotator's Note: of men from Company B, 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th...
Engel, Russell "Russ" Injuries from Fighter Attack
[Annotator’s Note: This interview is conducted in a question and answer style]. Russell Engel was a navigator in the...
Devoe, Susan Internment Camp Life
[Annotator's Note: Susan Magnuson Devoe and her family were forced into the Santo Tomas Internment Camp or Manila...
Pickens, Olin Interrogated and Liberated
[Annotator’s Note: After being captured and escaping from a prisoner of war camp] Olin Pickens and a fellow prisoner,...
O'Donnell, Joseph Interrogation
A German officer who could speak English took Joseph O'Donnell into a barn. The officer started asking him questions....
Baum, Irving Interrogation
Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: and US Army Air Forces Second Lieutenant Edward T. Badder were captured after their...
Davis, Jack Into Germany and Wounded
Art Williams [Annotator's Note: phonetic spelling; unable to verify identity] from Kentucky told Jack Davis they had to...
Andriano, Louis Into the Navy
Louis Andriano graduated high school at 17 [Annotator's Note: January 1944]. His father wanted him to work but he could...
Eshelman, Raymond Into the Pacific
Ray Eshelman was in San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California] and went to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...
Colburn, George Introduced to War on Iwo Jima
George Colburn only heard scuttlebutt [Annotator's Note: a period slang term for a rumor]. He was just a Private and...
Tyson, Marvin Invasion of Okinawa
Marvin Tyson was in Little Creek, Virginia [Annotator's Note: Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, now Joint...
Rasmussen, Ervin Invasion of Okinawa and Back to the United States
Ervin Lloyd Rasmussen was in Manila [Annotator's Note: Manila, Luzon, Philippines aboard the USS Butte (APA-68)]...
Dawson, Ruffin Island Hopping
Ruffin Walker Dawson [Annotator's Note: with the 51st Defense Battalion] found out he was going overseas in February...
Hayashi, Shizuya Italy and Returning Home
The terrain in Italy was mountainous. Shiyuza Hayashi wonders how people live in the mountains. It must be a tough life...
Reissig, Floyd J. Iwo Jima
The 3rd Marine Division was loaded up and brought to Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan on 22 February 1945...
Ciotta, Angelo Iwo Jima
After boot camp, Angelo Ciotta was sent Camp Pendleton, California for advanced training. He left there in October 1944...
Ronson, Harold Iwo Jima
When Harold Ronson got onto the beach at Iwo [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945, Iwo...
Swinney, Lauren Jack Swinney
Lauren Swinney displays a hat from the 1940s with the V for victory emblem on the front of it. The V was a very...
Tweedt, Vernon T. Japanese-American Soldiers
Vernon Tweedt does not recall where he was when a trainload of people came through the town. They were packed like...

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