Naval shore bombardment

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Field, Richard Southern France
[Annotator's Note: Richard Field served in the Army as a paratrooper with the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, then...
Coolidge, Charles Southern France and Combat Exhaustion
When Charles Coolidge landed in Southern France there was little opposition after the major shelling the Germans took...
Harless, Paul Supporting Invasions
Paul Harless was assigned to the USS John Rodgers (DD-574) as a boatswain’s mate second class. At Tarawa [Annotator’s...
Lebow, Cleatus Supporting Pacific Campaigns
The first island the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) approached was Tarawa [Annotator's Note: Tarawa, Gilbert Islands], and...
Heath, David Surprise Attack
David Heath served on Guadalcanal for six months and ten days. He had a colonel that was sent back to Camp Lejeune [...
Gilbert, Lawrence Taking Sicily
When the American troops landed in Sicily, Lawrence Richard "Red" Gilbert recalls receiving heavy fire from the...
Rodrigue, Lowell Tarawa and Christmas at Home
Lowell Rodrigue and his crew [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Zeilin (APA-3)] picked up some Marine troops and brought...
Klimas, Irvin Targets off Normandy
The Germans had several towers with radars on them that Irvin C. Klimas and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS...
Klimas, Irvin Task Force and D-Day
In the early part of 1944, Irvin C. Klimas and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Thompson (DD-627)] were put in a...
Fox, Charles The Battle of Iwo Jima
Charles Joseph "Charlie" Fox's [Annotator’s Note: serving with Company H, 2nd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, 5th...
Swan, Robert The Battle of Midway
Robert Swan saw a carrier the first day [Annotator's Note: on 3 June 1942, the first day of the Battle of Midway] but...
Hutchinson, Louis The Battle of Okinawa
Before the Marines landed on Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) bombarded the...
Bucher, Francis The Campaign in the Aleutian Islands and Squeaky Anderson
The invasion of Attu [Annotator's Note: Battle of Attu, Alaska, 11 to 30 May 1943] was made with fresh troops from the...
Renstrom, Keith The First Few Days on Iwo Jima
When Keith Renstrom went to Iwo Jima he fought well because the excitement was not there. He functioned better as a...
Taylor, Claude The G.I. Bill and Service During the Korean War
Claude Taylor returned from China and disembarked in San Francisco. He returned to Louisiana where he was discharged...
Duff, Clarence The Great Depression to the Invasion of Saipan
Clarence Robert Duff was born in 1923 in the farm country of North Dakota. He was one of nine children. His family was...
Henleben, Edwin The Invasion of Attu
Edwin Henlebin loaded onto a troop ship in San Francisco, California. He was issued Army clothing so that he couldn't...
Thomason, David The Mariana Islands and the Battle of Iwo Jima
[Annotator's Note: David Thomason served in the Navy aboard the destroyer USS Mannert L Abele (DD-733).] They went...
Burke, Murphy The Marshall Islands, Mariana Islands and the Mission After Darkness
The USS Yarnell (DD-541) first met the enemy, according to Murphy Burke, at Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands...
Carter, Alex The Mediterranean to the Pacific
Alex Carter Sr. went to Southern France. They used 50-cycle electricity. Carter met a girl that spoke perfect English....
Duffy, Gowan The Morning of D-Day
Gowan Duffy remembers around five in the morning [Annotator’s Note: on their way to D-Day, the Allied invasion of...
Gutman, Jack The Normandy Invasion
After a brief leave, Jack Gutman shipped out, and after a tour through United Kingdom ports picking up supplies and...
Woolf, Basil The Normandy Invasion
Basil Woolf and his landing craft [Annotator's Note: LCH-269] beached on D-Day at Ouistrehan [Annotator's Note: Sword...
Snyder, John The Pacific War
After leaving Italy, John Snyder was transported to another ship in the Pacific because they needed more corpsman out...
Jennings, Edward The Philippines
Edward Bruce Jennings never saw so many planes bombing a place. The naval bombardment was terrible as well. They could...
Dabney, William G. The scene on the beach
William Dabney and his unit dug into the sand as soon as they landed on the beach. They could not move inland until the...
Morehead, James B. The Thirst for Blood and Evacuating Java
James Morehead's first combat action was an intercept of bombers determined to destroy the 19th Bomb Group's [Annotator...
McCormick, Bruce The War Ends
Bruce McCormick was in a convoy when the war ended. The fleets mustered in the Philipines. Then they got together to go...
Dunlavy, Jack Third Fleet Actions
On 16 April [Annotator's Note: 16 April 1945], the Third Fleet was off the coast of Japan and sent planes out to hit...
Werner, Jack Thoughts on Combat
Jack Werner was the highest ranking non-commissioned officer of his company [Annotator's Note: H...
Maddox, Claire Training and Deployment
When Claire Maddox went into the service [Annotator's Note: in the summer of 1943], he had the option to pick any of...
Griffenhagen, George Training in England and the Normandy Invasion
After George Griffenhagen's unit [Annotator's Note: Griffenhagen arrived in England as a member of Company E, 20th...
Yavenue, Richard Training in Hawaii and the Invasion of Saipan
Richard Yavenue was told to pack his sea bag and wait to be shipped out as a replacement. He was later assigned to the...
Renstrom, Keith Training on Maui and the Invasion of Saipan
Keith Renstrom notes that one of the hardest things for a Marine, or anybody, is to see your first American blood [...
Hatch, Norman Training the Film Crew
Norman Hatch joined the 2nd Division [Annotator's Note: 2nd Marine Division]. The 2nd Division did not have any...
Loges, Richard Troops and Southern France
Richard "Dick" Loges was deployed to Italy [Annotator's Note: and assigned to Company H, 2nd Battalion, 180th Infantry...

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