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Smith, William S. Landing at Normandy
William C. Smith, Junior [Annotator's Note: a forward observer with the 1st Infantry Division] was loading the ships [...
Tweedt, Vernon T. Landing at Salerno, Italy
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Vernon Tweedt how difficult the landing at Salerno, Italy in Operation...
Balfour, Fred Landing Craft Nucleus
Fred Arthur Balfour went into service in 1944. He went to Electrician Mate's school in Bainbridge, New York. They...
Durocher, Edmund Landing on Guadalcanal
[Annotator's Note: Edmund Durocher served in the US Marine Corps as a radio telephone operator in Company H, 2nd...
Stewart, Frank Landing on Guadalcanal and Setting Up Guns on the Tenaru River
Frank Stewart stopped to see one of his brothers in Oklahoma on his way to Boston when he returned to the United States...
Scales, James Landing on Iwo Jima
James Shelton Scales boarded a troop ship on New Year's Eve, 1944. He boarded APA-154, the Lowndes [Annotator's Note:...
Jagers, Robert Landings at Sicily and Palermo
Robert Jagers' ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-351] had no defensive weapons. They started out with three-inch 50s...
Ruiz, Nolan Last Mission and Capture
Nolan Ruiz and his crew had completed 20 of the requisite 25 missions in their tour of duty and he comments that they...
Lindquist, Donald Law, the Korean War and the McCarthy Era
Donald Lindquist was an officer in the US Merchant Marine. After the war, he went to school for Business Administration...
Alter, Joseph Lead Up to D-Day
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Joseph Alter what the trip overseas aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth was like.]...
Zuras, Nicholas Lead-Up to the Normandy Invasion
Neither Nicholas J. Zuras nor his crew were told about the Normandy invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied...
Geiger, John Leadership
John Geiger [Annotator’s Note: part of an intelligence and reconnaissance team known as the Alamo Scouts, the US 6th...
Marr, John W Leadership
Captain Ben Schwartzwalder, Lieutenant John Marr's superior in command of Company G, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment...
Halpern, Gerard Leading a Combat Patrol
Of all the prisoners Gerard Halpern interrogated there is one who really stands out to him. The man was a German Army...
Smith, William S. Learning to Fly
William C. Smith, Junior [Annotator's Note: with the 1st Infantry Division] was asked if he knew how to fly an airplane...
Matsumoto, Roy Legion of Merit Citation
Roy H. Matsumoto found the high elevation of the Burma jungle and the winter weather resulted in temperatures cold at...
Alison, John R. Lend Lease in Russia
John Alison was at one of the RAF [Annotator's Note: Royal Air Force] bases when he got orders to report to London....
Marr, John W Lessons from La Fiere
For John Marr it is paramount to relentlessly train military leadership based on the lessons learned from failed...
Smith, Perry Lessons Learned from World War 2
Perry Smith saw the Second World War as a turning point for the United States. No longer could the nation back out of...
Trindal, Wesley Lessons of the Hurtgen Forest
Wesley Trindal had dreams about the war. He would dream that he was in it again and would keep the barracks awake while...
Marr, John W Levy's Outpost
After Lieutenant John Marr and the rest of Company G, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment crossed the La Fiere causeway,...
Bielec, William Liberating a Concentration Camp
Towards the end of the war, Germans were surrendering by the thousands to William F. Bielec and his unit [Annotator's...
Colbert, Hugh Liberation
As the war drew nearer and nearer to an end, Hugh Colbert and the rest of the American prisoners in the German labor...
Griffith, Ralph Liberation
The Japanese captors held the prisoners' mail and Red Cross packages until the war was over, and Ralph Griffith didn't...
Flynn, David Liberation
David Flynn lost almost half his weight while a prisoner, and was at about 80 pounds when he got out. Some of his...
Brooks, Leonard Liberation of Los Baños
Leonard Brooks and the other internees had no idea that they were scheduled to be killed at nine on the morning of 23...
Leith, Hal Liberation of POWs and Aftermath
Harold “Hal” Leith [Annotator’s Note: as a member of the Office of Strategic Service (OSS), the forerunner of the...
Matsumoto, Roy Lieutenant McLogan
Roy H. Matsumoto knows that Lieutenant McLogan [Annotator's Note: then US Army Lieutnenant, later Lieutenant Colonel...
Bass, Stewart Life aboard an Essex Class Aircraft Carrier
Stewart Bass served aboard an Essex class aircraft carrier. [Annotator's Note: Bass served as a Grumman TBM Avenger...
Buckley, James Life Aboard the USS LST-1013
James Buckley was assigned to the USS LST-1013, a Landing Ship, Tank. It was as long as football field and 50 feet wide...
Kinsey, Norman Life after VE-Day
[Annotator's Note: Norman Kinsey worked with military intelligence units in World War 2.] He never processed anything...
Haggerty, June Life as a WAVE
June Catherine Elliott Haggerty was 23 years old when she went into the Navy. Her brothers were in the service already...
Gerrits, Edward Life in the Field and War's End
Edward Gerrits was in Pratt, Kansas [Annotator's Note: Pratt Army Airfield, now Pratt Regional Airport, in Pratt,...
Gibfried, Paul Life in the Navy
Paul Gibfried worked at the Executive Office of the Secretary of the Navy. It was a data center that informed him of...
Scales, James Life on Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] only had black sand in the southern part of the island. Iwo Jima means...
Huber, Robert Looking Back
Robert Huber believes that camaraderie is what kept the men in his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 3rd Battalion,...

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