Life in the Field/aboard ship

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Grass, Philip New Guinea
Philip Grass sailed on a new vessel called the Sea Snipe. The ship was made in Seattle [Annotator’s Note: Seattle,...
Votrobek, Jr., John New Guinea and Australia
After John Votrobeck graduated, he took a train through Omaha, [Annotator's Note: Omaha, Nebraska] and on 20 April [...
Bellecci, John New Guinea and the Philippines
John Bellecci boarded a ship from California to Australia. The ship went alone in September 1943. It was a converted...
Willett, Richard New Orleans and Le Havre
When Richard Willett was at Camp Shelby [Annotator's Note: Camp Shelby, near Hattiesburg, Mississippi], he would go to...
Colburn, George Night Action on Iwo Jima
George Colburn called for a stretcher. One of the ones who brought the stretcher got hit. They put his friend,...
Hackler, Maurice "Hack" Night Moves
When Maurice Hackler got to England, he stayed at Bovington for about a week, and experienced air raid warnings for the...
Howard, Taylor Night Patrol
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks very slowly throughout this segment.] Taylor Howard was sent overseas [Annotation...
Bender, Harry Nights on Okinawa
Harry Bender [Annotator's Note: an assistant BAR man, or Browning Automatic Rifleman, with Company K, 3rd Battalion,...
Harold, Paul Nijmegen and the Bulge
Harold Paul [Annotator's Note: a paratrooper in Company A, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division]...
Klenoski, Richard Ninth Mission Crash
[Annotator's Note: Richard Klenoski joined his bomber crew in Casper, Wyoming in late 1944.] He was married on New Year...
Romano, Joseph Nissei, Blacks, Whites, and Germans
Joseph Romano went to Germany after Italy. He was on guard duty there. He went to Le Havre, France from there. [...
Albarado, Nolan No Money in the World
Nolan Albarado was not on the front lines because he was assigned to artillery units. The 9th Air Force needed them to...
Fili, William No Parachute Training and Thoughts of Switzerland
William Fili had not been trained how to bail out of an aircraft. They had one bit of instruction. OSS [Annotator's...
Sparacino, Paul No Protection from Radiation
When readying for nuclear test, Paul Sparacino and the crew [Annotator's Note: Sparacino served aboard the USS...
Lochra, Albert Non-combat Flights
Albert Pultz Lochra, Jr. had several good, non-combat-related flights [Annotator's Note: with the 351st Bombardment...
Zingheim, John Nordhausen Concentration Camp
Dr. John Julien Zingheim does not remember going to Cologne [Annotator's Note: Cologne or Köln, Germany], but thinks he...
Beal, Harold Normady Beach Landing
Harold Beal remembers there was a lot of noise. He did not go a minute without hearing some sort of blast. [Annotator's...
Geraci, Dominic Normandy
Dominic Geraci knew there would be an invasion, but did not know when or where. His was in a replacement unit that...
Aleksandrowicz, Frank Normandy
Frank Aleksandrowicz remembers that Normandy [Annotator's Note: Normandy, France] was a great place. Americans were...
Harkness, Henrietta Normandy
Henrietta Harkness [Annotator's Note: an Army nurse with the 24th Evacuation Hospital] left on D-Day [Annotator's Note...
Burchell, Raymond Normandy
Raymond Burchell was in Sainte-Mère-Église [Annotatror’s Note: Sainte-Mère-Église, France] with about six or seven...
Harold, Paul Normandy and Leave
Harold Paul [Annotator's Note: a paratrooper in Company A, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division]...
Riggsby, Norman Normandy D-Day
Norman Riggsby went through maneuvers and practice landings in preparation for the invasion of France. Riggsby...
Cruise, Leslie Normandy Invasion
[Annotator's Note: The video is out of focus and Leslie Cruise continuously refers to a book that he has off camera.]...
Duffy, Gowan Normandy Landing
Gowan Duffy remembers the waters were still rough from the storm the day before. As they hit the shore [Annotator’s...
Luce, Dwain Normandy then England
Going into this invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944] was not...
LaRose, Bruce Normandy to Aachen
Bruce LaRose [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division in Normandy after...
Roach, Paul Normandy to Belgium
Paul Roach was a city engineer. He was in the reserves for two weeks in the summer. He was taking classes in command...
Halloran, Walter Normandy to St. Lo
Walter Halloran spent his first night in France in an apple orchard [Annotator’s Note: Halloran had landed that morning...
Aleksandrowicz, Frank Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge
Frank Aleksandrowicz remembers that they were coming in on small ships. They went up a hill and to the bunkers on Omaha...
Abate, Sam Normandy to the Rhineland
Sam V. Abate was attached to the 1st Infantry Division [Annotator's Note: Abate was a member of Reconnaissance Company...
Craig, James North Africa
James Craig knew he would be leaving home and did not know if he would get back. He was engaged to be married. After he...
Payne, Carl North Africa
Carl Payne told his men they had to be in operation as quickly as possible. [Annotator’s Note: Payne was stationed in...
Buckner, Jack North Africa and General Patton
Jack Buckner and his aircrew would get orders each late afternoon as to what bombs to load. They did not know the...
Heim, Henry North Africa and Italy
Henry Heim was sent to North Africa and then to Italy. They bombed on the other side of the Alps out of Italy. His...
Pedersen, Allen North Africa to Italy
Allen Pedersen landed in Oran, North Africa on 11 May [Annotator's Note: 11 May 1943]. It was supposedly the largest...

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