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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'...
Evans, Donald The Bulge then Germany
Donald Evans stayed with his division [Annotator's Note: 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division] through the Bulge...
Gantz, Walter The Bushnell Project
Walter "Babe" Gantz volunteered for a secret mission made up of two medical officers and 58 enlisted me. They were sent...
Shirley, John The Cassino Front
John Shirley was an infantry replacement sergeant. He was stationed at Fort Meade, Maryland. After a three-day leave [...
Peterson, Cleveland The CBI
Cleveland Peterson was aboard the SS Johnson when he heard about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. They had been...
McLaughlin, Sr., James The Costs of Inexperience
James Kemp McLaughlin does not recall the modified B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] YB...
Howard, William The Crew
William Howard was flying in an airplane that another pilot had flown. They did not want to name their plane after his...
Denault, Leo The Crew
Leo Denault remembers his pilot would give them flight time. He decided Denault and the engineer were supposed to fly...
Bussel, Norman The Crew
Norman Bussel went to Florida to be assigned to a B-17 [Annotator’s Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress] crew. The pilot...
Campbell, John The Danger of U-boats
The first saltwater trip John Campbell made as a US Merchant Marine [Annotator's Note: Campbell regularly does not...
Dillon, Gerard The Day Before D-Day
Gerard Dillon learned from working with General Howell [Annotator's Note: US Army Brigadier General George P. Howell]...
Nolan, Warren The Decks Explode
Warren Nolan had been on bridge watch from 12 to four [Annotator's Note: midnight to four o'clock in the morning] on...
Schraub, Jesse The Effects of the Bulge
Jesse Schraub served in the Army as a mortarman in Company A of the 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion and took part in...
Roderick, David The End of the Hurtgen Forest and Being Sent Home
The artillery in the Hurtgen Forest was tree burst artillery which prevented men from digging foxholes in the cold...
Reynolds, Harley The end of the Sicilian campaign and the dreaded Screaming Mimis
Harley Reynolds thinks he was crazy to have assaulted that pillbox by himself. Only four hours before he had learned...
Carver, Jack The Enemy in the Ardennes
Jack Carver participated in the Battle of the Bulge when SS Panzer Divisions attacked green American units in the...
Bourgeois, Henry "Hank" The F4U Corsair, Charles Lindbergh and Wrecked Aircraft in Lake Michigan
[Annotator's Note: Henry Bourgeois served in the USMC as a pilot flying Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft with Marine...
Reynolds, Harley The first 3 days in Sicily
Harley Reynolds recognizes that the invasion [Annotators Note: the invasion of Sicily] was fairly easy in terms of...
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...
Gangwere, Blanche "Blanche Gregory" The Glenn Miller Band and General Henri Giraud
Blanche Gangwere was sent to Passau, Germany where she was billeted in an old castle on a hill. The castle was...
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...
Raquepau, John The Grumman Avenger
John "Jack" Raquepau and his group [Annotator's Note :Torpedo Squadron 51 (VT-51), Air Group 51, USS San Jacinto (CVL-...
Burns, Lloyd The Hammelburg Raid
[Annotator's Note: Lloyd Burns was a prisoner of war in Oflag XIII-B in Hammelburg, Germany.] One afternoon, Lloyd...
Hoff, Donald The Hiryu Carrier at Midway
Donald Hoff's [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in...
Murphy, Alfred The Horrors of Flak
For Alfred Pierse Murphy, the most difficult part of succeeding in a bombing mission was the flak [Annotator's Note:...
Flannigan, James The Hurtgen Forest and the Distinguished Service Cross
Asked to recall his worst memories of the Hurtgen Forest, James Flannigan replied, "The day I went in, 'til the day I...
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...
Callander, Sherwin The Invasions of Morocco, Salerno and Normandy
In the Atlantic, Sherwin Callander was on the USS Lyon (AP-71), a transport ship that brought troops and supplies to...
Witaker, Richard "Dick" The Japanese
Richard Witaker distrusted both civilians and soldiers on the Japanese held island of Okinawa. He once had to remove a...
Finn, John The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
John Finn was on the opposite side of the island from Pearl Harbor, at Kaneohe Bay, and he heard terrible explosions,...
Denzler, Edward The Japanese Enemy
The impression Edward Denzler had of the Japanese soldiers he saw in Burma was that they were mostly young kids. Their...
Marr, John W The Jump into Normandy
John W. Marr and the men of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment loaded into their transport airplanes on the evening...
Langrehr, Henry The Last Good War
Henry Langrehr looks at it [Annotator's Note: World War 2] as the last good war. The country was united, we were doing...
Brewer, Chester The Last Missions
[Annotator's Note: Chester Brewer served in the USAAF as a tail gunner aboard Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers...
Smith, Jacques The Leyte Campaign
Jacques Brewster Smith says Elmer Fryar [Annotator's Note: phonetic spelling] was the company [Annotator's Note:...
Bale, Edward The M4 Sherman Tank
Edward Bale operated the M4 Medium Tank [Annotator's Note: also known as the Sherman] during World War 2 except when he...

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