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Bertolini, Roger Taking a Causeway
Roger Bertolini served in the Army as a staff sergeant in 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division and...
Creek, Roy Taking Chef-du-Pont
Roy Creek remembered taking the bridge at Chef-du-Pont [Annotator's Note: Chef-du-Pont, France]. The bridge was intact...
Smith, William S. Taking Oran, Algeria
William C. Smith, Junior [Annotator's Note: with the 1st Infantry Division] and his unit were fighting the Germans in...
Leonard, Edward Taking Rome
Edward J. Leonard remembers going into Rome [Annotator’s Note: Rome, Italy]. They had not had any sleep for a few days...
Ventura, Nicholas Taking Rome and on Patrol
Nicholas Ventura Sr. [Annotator’s Note: with the 351st Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division] took part in...
Coxe, John Taking the Offensive Through Germany
Describing his journey to Marseilles, France, John Coxe said his transport ship traveled in convoy with destroyers and...
Trauner, Walter Tank Destroyer Unit
Walter Trauner did not get into any hand-to-hand combat with the Germans. They moved forward again after the Bulge [...
Spint, Robert Tank Destroyers and Gliders
When Robert Spint first went in the TDs [Annotator's Note: tank destroyers; Spint was a member of the 651st Tank...
White, Charles Tank Warfare
Charles White remembers traveling at night was bad. They could only proceed based on the exhaust from the tank in front...
Mason, Raymond Tank Warfare
Raymond Mason is looking at a map. [Annotator’s Note: Mason points out positions on the map to the interviewer.] They...
Leonard, Edward Tank Warfare
Edward J. Leonard always had at least one Frenchmen who kept him informed of what the underground would be doing. They...
Hatch, Norman Tarawa Battle Footage
Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the US Marine Corps] shows the footage of "Marines at Tarawa" [...
Hatch, Norman Tarawa Film
Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 2nd Marine Division] was on the airstrip on the second day [...
Hatch, Norman Tarawa Film Footage
Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the US Marine Corps] served in World War 2. He was on active duty in...
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...
Redmond, Leroy Tearing Through Europe
Leroy Redmond started at Fort Dix [Annotator's Note: Fort Dix, New Jersey] and was then sent to Camp Breckenridge,...
Cervantes, Enrique "Henry" Testing Aircraft
Following his duty at McConnell Airbase in Wichita, Kansas, Enrique Cervantes was assigned to test aircraft in the...
Adams, J. Texas Boy to Bombardier
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Jones Quincy Adams Jr. and the interviewer in conversation.] Adams was...
Bice, Austeen Texas Farm Boy to Combat Soldier
Austeen Bice was born in August 1923 in New Boston, Texas with five brothers and one sister. His father was a farmer...
Gilmore, Selwyn Texas to Enewetak
Selwyn Gilmore was drafted and went in on 17 August 1943. He stayed in Camp Beauregard [Annotator's Note: Pineville,...
Rice, Rip The 104th Enters Holland
Rip Rice went into combat in late October in northern Belgium and southern Holland. There is a book called Timberwolf...
Paris, Thomas The Aleutian Islands
Thomas Paris went from radio school to Houston [Annotator’s Note: Houston, Texas] in order to go to Alaska. He got his...
Lingo, Alfred The Aleutians
[Annotator's Note: Running water can be heard throughout segment.] Alfred A. Lingo returned from the Aleutian Islands...
Hamilton, George The Aleutians
After his Navy training, George Hamilton was assigned to the USS King (DD-242) and spent 16 months aboard her in the...
Rockforte, Joseph The Army Before Deployment
Joseph Rockforte was sent to Camp Beauregard in Alexandria [Annotator's Note: Alexandria, Louisiana]. There, he got all...
Cummings, John The Asiatic Fleet
Albert Elmer "John" Cummings was with the Asiatic Fleet [Annotator's Note: United States Asiatic Fleet, 1902 to 1942]....
Poulson, Ernest The B-24 and Bombing Ploesti
Ernest L. Poulson recalled driving around with a friend and a couple of girls when he heard the news on the radio that...
Rans, Robert The B-24 and Flying to Benghazi
Robert Rans' first impression of the B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber] was that it was...
Hayward, David The B-25 and India
David K. Hayward loved the B-25 [Annotator's Note: North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber]. It seemed big to him...
Hendrick, Robert The Battle of Iwo Jima
Robert Erskine Hendrick's [Annotator's Note: with Battery B, 6th Marine Defense Battalion] father [Annotator's Note:...
Luers, Harold The Battle of the Bulge
Harold Luers arrived in Scotland [Annotator's Note: with Regimental Headquarters, 347th Infantry Regiment, 87th...
Goyette, Donald The Beloved B-29
Donald F. Goyette got to Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Mariana Islands], really early in the air war, but as a...
Mason, Raymond The Build-Up Force
Raymond Mason remembers that his commanding officer had to make sure people knew that he was the boss. He understood...
Claassen, Gerald The Bulge
Gerald Claassen was sent overseas to Europe and assigned to the 109th Field Artillery Battalion, 28th Infantry Division...
Gohlke, Marvin The Bulge and Siegfried Line
Marvin H. Gohlke went to basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia. The ASTP [Annotator's Note: generally referred to...
Combs, Monroe The Bulge and War's End
[Annotator's Note: Can hear muffled chatter throughout this segment.] In December 1944, Monroe "Tex" Combs [Annotator'...

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