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Raner, Norman Fondouk, Tunisia
The area Norman Raner was in was where the eight-inch howitzers [Annotator's Note: M1 eight inch, 203mm howitzer; heavy...
Wilson, James Food, History, and Race Relations
There were different concoctions in the C-rations [Annotator's Note: prepared and canned wet combat food] and K-rations...
Taffel, Nathan Forced Labor
Nathan Taffel and other Jews were forced by the Germans to build roads in Poland. At times, his life was threatened....
Tallon, Donald Forced Labor at Stalag II-B
Don Tallon was taken to Stalag II-B, near Hammerstein [Annotator's Note: Stalag II-B in Hammerstein, Pomerania, now...
Frydman, Louis Forced March to Dachau
Louis Frydman and the inmates of the Kochendorf concentration camp were forced marched to avoid discovery by the...
Smith, John Formation of the 271st Field Artillery Battalion
G.I.s from John Smith's Battery B, 61st Field Artillery were transferred to form C Battery 271st Field Artillery...
Guisewite, Myron Formation of the Pathfinders
After the Holland invasion [Annotator's Note: Operation Market Garden, Netherlands, 17 to 25 September 1944] partly...
Van Huylenbrouck, Omer Forming a Crew
Omer Van Huylenbrouck was assigned to a crew [Annotator's Note: Van Huylenbrouck indicates to the interviewer he has a...
Synder, Harold Forming a Crew
Harold Daniel Snyder was assigned to one of the veteran gunners for training. After that gunner shipped back out,...
Heller, Robert Forming a Crew
The ten member B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] crew that Robert Heller joined was...
Fienup, Victor Forming Crews and Going Overseas
Victor Fienup and his crew [Annotator's Note: in the 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force...
Knudsen, Elmer Fort Driant
Elmer Knudsen's first combat was at Fort Driant, about a week after he got off the boat in France. It took him about a...
Peto, George Four Battles Without Being Wounded
Lieutenant Hagerty was promoted as a liaison officer for the 1st Marine Division and coordinated all of the regiments...
Peto, George Four Campaigns in 32 Months
George Peto served in the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. He spent 32 months overseas and...
Twible, Harlan Four Days and Five Nights
During the first night they [Annotator's Note: Harlan Twible and the other survivors of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)]...
Prager, Herman "Dutch" Four War Patrols Aboard USS Kingfish (SS-234)
Herman Prager was transferred aboard the Kingfish [Annotator's Note: USS Kingfish (SS-234)] after she had returned from...
Carver, Jack France
Jack Carver arrived at Utah Beach about six weeks after D-Day [Annotator's Note: D-Day was the Allied invasion of...
Lichtenfeld, Seymour France and Belgium
Seymour "Sy" Lichtenfeld had a horrible experience in the English Channel. He, along with many other troops, got very...
Puissegur, Baptiste France, Holland and Belgium
Baptiste Puissegur reached Cherbourg, France and spent two or three months there. Additional training was provided to...
Dyson, Freeman Frank Thompson
Freeman Dyson attended school with Frank Thompson and admired him greatly. He was an older boy with a grand sense of...
Reissig, Floyd J. Free Time
When he had free time, Floyd James Reissig would chip paint and paint the ship. When he was on an island, the crew...
Payne, Robert Friction Between Officers
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Robert Payne about friction between the officers of his 463rd Parachute Field...
Billingsley, James Friendly Fire and Decorated by General Stilwell
[Annotator's Note: This clip starts with James Billingsley midsentence in a new story.] Billingsley says that after the...
Orlando, Joseph Friends and Enemies
Joseph Orlando had two men in his squad who had been on Guadalcanal [Annotator’s Note: Battle of Guadalcanal; Operation...
Gatewood, Otis Friends and Fire
Otis Gatewood's unit [Annotator's Note: Battery C, 3rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 9th Armored Division] came...
Medway, Irwin Friends and Tanks
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip Irwin Medway looks at photographs, mostly off-camera, and talks about the men...
Wulf, Lawrence Frightening Adventure on Angar Island
Lawrence Wulf [Annotator's Note: a pilot with the 19th Bombardment Squadron, 22nd Bombardment Group, 5th Air Force] was...
McCowen, William Frightening Nuclear Mission
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks William McCowen to discuss a comparison of his nuclear bomb missions in the...
Della Vedova, Dominic From Africa to Italy
Dominic Della Vedova completed landings in North Africa [Annotator's Note: the Allied invasion of North Africa,...
Bucksell, Norris From Anzio to the Arno River
Norris Bucksell arrived in Italy with the 370th Regimental Combat Team, 92nd Infantry Division July 1944. They went...
Scholl, Richard From Australia to Combat Operations in New Guinea
Richard Scholl was sent from Panama to New Guinea on an Italian ocean liner that the United States Government had...
Leibold, William From Destroyer-Mine Layers to Submarines
Richard O'Kane [Annotator's Note: US Navy Rear Admiral Richard H. "Dick" O'Kane] gave William Leibold a nice 35mm...
Leibold, William From Destroyers to Subs
Richard O'Kane gave William Leibold a nice 35mm camera. O’Kane snuck it in the trunk of Leibold's car one day during a...
Parra, Pedro From Engineer Training to Kwajalein Atoll
[Annotator's Note: Pedro Parra was assigned to the 854th Engineer Aviation Battalion in February 1943.] They did not...
Nussenbaum, Seymour From England to France
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Seymour Nussenbaum and his outfit [Annotator's...
Brien, Russel From Flight School to Italy
Russell Brien was 16 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor but he does not know exactly where he was. He...

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