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Rogers, Ernest Segment 10
They [Annotator's Note: the Japanese] let some of the Red Cross packages go to pot. They would put them in store house...
Smith,James "Horse Collar" Segment 10
James Smith watched the battle [Annotators Note: the battle of Gavutu] from Tulagi. [Annotators Note: Smith gets off...
Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 12
Jack feels that World War II is important enough that they shouldn't take it out of the history books. He felt it was...
Bell, Bryan Segment 2
At Ft. Benning, Bell ended up training with the 79th Infantry Division. As an officer, Bell remembers going through...
Bacon, Giles Segment 2
Giles Bacon remained at Merritt Island for five months before transferring to Quantico, Virginia. He then transferred...
Galloway, Thomas Segment 2
Galloway lost his radio at one point and had to join up with another radio operator. Galloway recalls one afternoon...
Hawk, John Segment 5
After leaving the aid station [Annotator’s Note: near Chambois, France on August 20, 1944] Hawk was looked at by...
Crain, Joe Segment 5
The Germans would use flares at night and drop them over the American convoy. At night this would illuminate the fleet...
Galloway, Thomas Segment 5
Galloway was able to write back home which was nice. Galloway's parents found out that he was in a POW camp because of...
Armanini, Joseph Segment 5
Joseph Armanini describes explaining why he missed the target from the previous mission to Colonel Harding [Annotators...
Duchossois, Richard Segment 6
Richard Duchossois and his company were set up on the south eastern tip of the Bulge [Annotators Note: during the The...
Baynham, James Segment 6
Baynham recalls writing a couple of postcards per month. His folks wrote a lot but he only received a couple of letters...
Lazarick, Len Segment 7
They had a couple of rainy days in April [Annotator's Note: April 1945] but the rains got heavy after Lazarick left. He...
Greer, Richard Segment 8
Richard Greer was in the hospital when John Basilone was awarded the Medal of Honor. Greer was supposed to have been in...
Terrebonne, Leo Service in Europe
Leo Terrebonne was assigned to the 1302nd Engineer General Service Regiment, 1st Battalion, Company C, and he endured a...
Grun, Frederick Service in the Philippines
At the end of January [Annotator's Note: January 1945] in Leyte Gulf, Frederick Grun had his first experience with...
Miller, Sam Serving Aboard the USS Edgecombe (APA-164)
Sam L. Miller reported aboard the USS Edgecombe (APA-164) in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California...
Haines, Joseph Skirmishes on Okinawa
Joseph Haines wrote home. The letters were censored. He could not say more than he was doing fine. [Annotator's Note:...
Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" Sleep and Food in the Camp
During Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine's early days in the internment camp [Annotator's Note: Santo Tomas Internment...
Baker, Bernard Southern France
Bernard Baker boarded a LST [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] and landed in Saint-Tropez, France, on 15 August...
Willette, Edward Special Services
Edward G. Willette was in Verviers, Belgium, and wrote home quite often. One of his letters described how, when the...
DuBose, John SS Bostonian and Staying One Stap Ahead of the Draft Board
John DuBose reached his new ship [Annotator's Note: the SS Bostonian] and was immediately given lifeboat training. He...
Lichtenfeld, Seymour Stalag IV-B
Seymour "Sy" Lichtenfeld and his fellow prisoners reached Mühlberg [Annotator's Note: Mühlberg, Germany] and Stalag IV-...
Sacks, John Stalag Luft I
John Sacks was in a camp [Annotator's Note: Stalag Luft I in Barth, Germany] with four compounds that housed about 9,...
Jostad, Glen Stalag Luft IV and Stalag VI
Glen Jostad thought life at Stalag VI was much better than Stalag IV. [Annotator's Note: Jostad was initially held at...
Matsumoto, Roy Stateside Service
Roy H. Matsumoto returned to the United States and served five years in each of two separate locations. He had a good...
Barnes, Alvin Strange and Funny Incidents
Alvin Barnes had coincidental meetings with a childhood friend during the war. He had a friend named Paul [Annotator's...
Rinas, Bruno Surrender
Bruno S. Rinas believes that had the Americans been given better training and equipment, they would have held out...
Gorman, Robert Surrender of Brest and Heading to Belgium
While on forward observation with Task Force Sugar, Robert Gorman received a stack of mail from home. He learned that...
Bollich, James Surrendering
When James Bollich ran out of food, he started hunting. He was using World War 1 era ammunition. One day while hunting...
Faust, Virgil Taken Prisoner in Germany
Taken captive, Virgil Faust went with the farmer to his house, and an older girl went off on a bicycle to alert the...
Hecht, Lester The Atomic Bomb
When Lester Hecht was in Mindanao [Annotator's Note: Mindanao, Philippines], the aircraft he was in charge of always...
Peterson, Cleveland The CBI
Cleveland Peterson was aboard the SS Johnson when he heard about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. They had been...
Hackler, Maurice "Hack" The Drama of Combat
On the last mission that Maurice Hackler flew over Ludwigshafen [Annotator's Note: Ludwigshafen, Germany], his aircraft...
Bridgforth, Carolyn The G.I. Wives Club
Carolyn Bridgforth was going to be a dietician. There were very few jobs available to women. She did not finish her...
Caraway, John The Great Typhoon
There was ongoing correspondence with people back home, and John Caraway was able to keep abreast of what was going on...

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