Interactions with Allied troops

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Huber, Robert 104th Division in Normandy
After going ashore three months after D-Day, Robert Huber's unit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 3rd Battalion, 415th...
Johnsen, Erik Aboard the SS Louis Hennepin
After Erik Johnsen graduated from his final training at Kings Point, [Annotator's Note: US Merchant Marine Academy,...
Alison, John R. After Burma
John Alison's departure from Burma occurred when he was behind enemy lines. He left in a damaged RAF [Annotator's Note...
Rudloff, George Allied Troop Interactions
George Rudloff saw a competition between the American and British soldiers. The territory of India belonged to the...
Auerbach, Herbert Allied Troops in Burma
While in Burma, Herbert Auerbach saw American transport aircraft resupply Allied troops with airdrops. Bags of rice...
Lansford, William Ambushing the Japanese with the Help of the Solomon Islanders
William Lansford served as a machine gunner in the weapons platoon of Company E, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion on...
Peters, Madeleine American Liberation
Madeleine Peters remembers the Allies landing in France [Annotator's Note: The Normandy D-Day invasion began the...
Boitnott, Monty Anzio to Monte Cassino
Monty Joe Boitnott was on tour [Annotators Note: on an overseas tour of duty] for 16 months. The only member of...
Lansford, William Aola Bay and Henderson Field
William Lansford continued training while he was in Hawaii waiting for the Raiders who had carried out the raid on...
Pena, William Arrival and Deployment
William Pena traveled on the Queen Elizabeth over to England where he was given lots of food. Only one day he remembers...
Kopp, Alois Arriving in Burma and Survival
Alois Kopp escaped from a sinking Hell Ship and swam to the beach on Burma only to be recaptured by the Japanese. The...
Sharp, Horace Assault into Germany
Horace Sharp and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division]...
Scholes, George Assignment on Truk
George Scholes was flown to Pearl Harbor, which was just a muddy mess then. Much of the damage from the attack had been...
Riddle, Robert Assignment to the SS Typhoon
Robert Riddle was assigned to the Merchant Marine ship SS Typhoon, transporting supplies and soldiers throughout the...
Troemel, Ben Assignment to Training Command
Benjamin Troemel recalls an occasion when he was supposed to get leave at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, but he was...
Lee, Lewis Atomic Power
Lewis M. Lee, Sr. said his ship was anchored off Enewetak Atoll when the atomic bomb was being tested. Their ship was...
Hogan, Moses Attack on Pearl Harbor
Moses Hogan was on the USS Montgomery (DD-121) when Pearl Harbor was attacked. As one of three stewards, he cooked and...
Weatherwax, Clarence "Uncle Herb" Back to the Infantry and Combat in Europe
Clarence Herbert Weatherwax rose through the ranks quickly [Annotator's Note: while assigned to Fort Shafter as an...
Simmons, Curt Bad Weather and German U-Boats
[Annotator's Note: Curt Simmons served in the Navy in the Armed Guard as a gunner aboard merchant ships in the North...
Frazier, Glenn Battle of Bataan
Glenn Frazier was responsible for delivering ammunition to the Philippine Army at the front lines after the invasion of...
Sharp, Horace Battle of the Bulge
Horace Sharp arrived in Le Havre, France following his deployment from the United States. The town was utterly...
LaPook, Sidney Battle of the Bulge
Sidney LaPook heard that things were getting rough up there [Annotator's Note: in the Ardennes Forest] and that Bastone...
Riddle, Clinton "Clint" Battle of the Bulge
During the Battle of the Bulge, glider infantryman Clinton Riddle rode into battle on a tank during the American...
Pena, William Battle of the Bulge
William Pena recalls the situation in the Ardennes before the Germans arrived, how they laid tripwires and mines. They...
Wilkins, Byron Battle of the Bulge POW
Byron Othello Wilkins experienced the artillery barrage around 5:30 in the morning [Annotators Note: on the morning of...
Fulton, Robert Battle of the Java Sea
Robert Fulton and the USS Houston (CA-30) sailed in search of the Japanese fleet for a few days before discovering the...
Polito, Felix Becoming a Soldier
Felix Polito was drafted into the Army in November 1942. He went to Camp Maxey for his infantry training and was there...
Halloran, Walter Being a POW
Walter Halloran would carefully pick his spots as he advanced in enemy territory. He would try to keep trees and brush...
Joslin, Harold Being a POW in Japan
Harold Joslin was transported from Guam directly to Japan on the Argentina Maru. [Annotator's Note: Joslin had been...
Fulton, Robert Being a POW in Japan, the End of the War and Liberation
Robert Fulton had been brought to Japan to be interrogated by the Japanese Navy general staff in a camp called Ōfuna....
Dietzel, Paul Being Based on Tinian
Paul Dietzel flew from the Hawaiian Islands over Kwajalein to Tinian. During the flight they had not had anything to...
Schloss, Eva Being witht he Russian Army after Liberation
[Annotator's Note: Eva Schloss is an Austrian born Jew who fled to Amsterdam with her family after the Nazis came to...
Boitnott, Monty Being Wounded
Monty Joe Boitnott was wounded when he was bringing supplies on a mule and a mortar shell hit the path. The mule went...
Wilkins, Byron Belgian Border
Byron Othello Wilkins was given an automatic rifle after they cleared the foxholes on the hill. All the men had M1...
Bradley, Aubrey Between Captivity and Repatriation
Aubrey Bradley said when the war was over, the Germans just folded; the guards all discarded their uniforms and left....
Wilkins, Byron Bicycling POWs
Byron Othello Wilkins left the infirmary and was placed on a farm where there were a lot of British and various other...

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