Tank warfare

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Simpson, Joseph Advance Through Germany
Joseph Simpson advanced with his unit [Annotator's Note: Company C, 1st Battalion, 334th Infantry Regiment, 84th...
Hirsekorn, Fred Alsatian Villages and Facing a Tiger
[Annotators Note: Fred Hirsekorn served in the army as a gunner, then tank commander, and finally tank platoon...
Epperson, William Anzio Beachhead
William Epperson received two Purple Hearts for being wounded. Epperson felt strongly that women in the service would...
Pogue, John Ardennes and the Battle of the Bulge
John Pogue experienced his first combat in the Ardennes at an unknown location. He went in by glider. His glider and a...
Hazard, Mark Arthur Swanson
By daylight, combat started again. Mark Gordon Hazard, Jr. and Swaney [Annotator's Note: Arthur Swanson from Boston,...
Bell, Elmo Artillery Fire Mission
Sergeant Elmo Bell and the men of Company C, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division repelled all...
Sharp, Horace Assault into Germany
Horace Sharp and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division]...
Hazard, Mark Attacking with the French 2nd Armored Division Toward Neulauterburg
[Annotator's Note: Mark Gordon Hazard, jr. served in the Army as the commanding officer of Company E, 2nd Battalion,...
Maresca, Frank W. Battle of Grandmenil
Frank Maresca saw his first combat at Bristol. Shortly after they were issued their ammunition and k rations they were...
Hatch, Norman Battle of Iwo Jima
[Annotator's Note: Norman Hatch served as a combat cameraman with the 5th Marine Division on Iwo Jima.] On Iwo Jima,...
Poole, John Battle of Sélestat
John Poole was in the 103rd Infantry Division which was relieved by the 36th Division after the battle of Sélestat....
Bell, Harry Battle of the Bulge
Harry Bell served in Company F, 422nd Infantry Regiment [Annotator's Note: 106th Infantry Division] as a mortar gunner...
East, Clyde Battle of the Bulge
Clyde East stayed with the 15th Squadron [Annotator’s Note: 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron] and continued his...
Berkman, Harold Battle of the Bulge
Harold Berkman fought in the Battle of the Bulge. The battle lasted from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945. [...
Riddle, Clinton "Clint" Battle of the Bulge
During the Battle of the Bulge, glider infantryman Clinton Riddle rode into battle on a tank during the American...
Freedman, Henry "Hank" Battle of the Bulge
Henry Freedman received an additional month of training in England prior to shipping out to France. He moved across...
Weller, James Battle of the Bulge
James Weller knew something was going on while he was near the German border. The OPs [Annotator’s Note: outposts] and...
Quigley, Tom Battle of the Bulge
Tom Quigley remembers how one night before they blew the pillboxes, he and some other men were watching what they...
Seltzer, Arthur Battle of the Bulge
Arthur Seltzer was a participant in the Battle of the Bulge. The battle began in December 1944. It was cold and...
Phillips, Sidney Battle of the Tenaru River
Sidney Philips remembers explosions everywhere. Small arms fire everywhere. The total concern was for yourself. It is...
Bale, Edward Becoming a Marine Officer
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Edward Bale was sent to Philadelphia to the Marine Corps basic officer's course and...
Puissegur, Baptiste Becoming a Soldier
Baptiste Puissegur saw a man at Camp Beauregard that he knew from home [Annotator's Note: Puissegur had grown up on a...
Wolczyk, Stanley Becoming a Soldier
Stanley Wolczyk was born in Cleveland, Ohio in December 1917. His father and mother were both Polish immigrants. They...
Puissegur, Baptiste Being a Staff Car Driver and Nightmares After the War
Baptiste Puissegur was a staff car driver during the war. He liked the officers he served with. He enjoyed the duty...
Hirsekorn, Fred Breaking Through the Siegfried Line
When they attacked the Siegfried Line Fred Hirsekorn and his fellow soldiers knew they were attacking into Germany. On...
Price, John Bulge to Discharge
[Annotator’s Note: John H. Price, Jr. commanded a tank destroyer in Company B, 609th Tank Destroyer Battalion...
Roderick, David Capturing Cherbourg
David Roderick knew the true goal was to capture Cherbourg at the end of the peninsula which took until 25 June. It was...
Boitnott, Monty Changing Command
Monty Joe Boitnott fought in bad weather and only received support when the skies cleared. The Junkers would be...
Simpson, Joseph Combat
Joseph Simpson joined the 84th Infantry Division in January 1945 during the Battle of the Bulge. He was in Company C,...
Price, John Combat Experience
The first dead people John H. Price, Jr. saw were Germans and that had little effect on him. They could hear field...
Poole, John Combat in France
John Poole found out after the fact that Marseilles, France, where he landed, was a communist hotbed. The dock workers...
Berkman, Harold Combat in Germany
Harold Berkman and Company F [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry...
Schilling, Ira Combat on Tarawa
After Ira Schilling and Company L, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment hit the beach at Tarawa, Company L split up and...
Pierce, Wayne Command Decisions
Wayne Pierce felt the night attack on Cauyuigy was the right thing to do. The attack failed because the 400 Americans...
Hirsekorn, Fred Comparing the Sherman to German Tanks
Fred Hirsekorn's battalion [Annotators Note: Company C, 25th Tank Battalion, 14th Armored Division] was made up of four...

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