Tank warfare

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Witmeyer, John "J.J." Hating the Enemy
John Witmeyer led his platoon through a break in a concrete wall out into a wheat field after being assured by an...
Rice, Darold Heading Inland
Darold Rice and his men made their way over the sand dunes and passed by the bodies of several dead Germans. They came...
Tunnicliff, Ed Heading to Salem, Germany
Ed Tunnicliff was assigned to another tank. A couple days later, after they got knocked out, he thought he was the only...
Quinn, Harry Hedgerow Fighting
Harry Quinn and his buddy attempted to locate the paratroopers the day after the landing [Annotator’s Note: the date...
Gast, William Hedgerows
William Earl Gast was assigned to the 743rd Tank Battalion [Annotator's Note: Company A, 743rd Tank Battalion, 1st...
Tatum, John Hell Itself at Peleliu
John Wesley Tatum went to Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, September to...
Davis, Jack Heroics and Post Traumatic Stress
Jack Davis and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company D, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division]...
Reynolds, Harley Hill 609
Harley Reynolds notes that when the sun went down that night fighters would sweep over German positions dropping flares...
Jackson, Arthur Hill 660 and Being Wounded Twice
Most of the combat they [Annotator's Note: Arthur Jackson and his fellow Marines of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 7th...
Denius, Franklin "Frank" His first Silver Star
[Annotators Note: Franklin Denius was an artillery forward observer in Battery C, 230th Field Artillery Battalion, 30th...
Dumas, Floyd Hit at Salerno and Captured at Anzio
Floyd Dumas was injured at Salerno when a fragment from a hand grenade hit him. He was patched up and stayed on the...
König, Karl Hitler Youth to German Tanks
Karl Friedrich "Charley” König [Annotator's Note: or Koenig] went from Annaburg Annotator's Note: Annaburg, Germany] to...
Heffron, Edward "Babe" Holland
Edward "Babe" Heffron jumped into Holland and spent over 78 days there. The jump into the drop zone meant kill or be...
Pierce, Wayne Holland to VE-Day
Wayne Pierce returned to England after Normandy. The regiment stayed there until September when the paratroopers...
Fontana, Frank Holland, Belgium and the Bulge
Frank Fontana went into Holland then Belgium. He was a supply sergeant for the whole outfit [Annotator's Note: 93rd...
McCool, William Holocaust Denial
William McCool is frustrated that some educators deny that the Holocaust occurred. Some authors have had books...
Courtney, Melbourne House-to-House Fighting
When Melbourne Sanford Courtney 's company [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th...
Kingsley, Thomas Initial Combat and Dachau
Thomas Kingsley and his battalion [Annotator's Note: Kingsley was a member of Company C, 27th Tank Battalion, 20th...
Boyles, Edward Inland Fighting on Leyte
As a few days had past, Edward E. Boyles and his platoon [Annotator's Note: at the time, Boyles was serving as a...
Schleider Jr., Benjamin Into Combat
Benjamin Schleider and his unit [Annotator's Note: 6th Armored Division] landed at Utah Beach on 18 July 1944. The...
Simpson, Joseph Into Germany
When Joseph Simpson entered enemy towns as his unit advanced into the German home land, white flags would come out and...
Davis, Jack Into Germany and Wounded
Art Williams [Annotator's Note: phonetic spelling; unable to verify identity] from Kentucky told Jack Davis they had to...
Sgobbo, Dominick Introduction to Combat
Kept waiting, Dominick Sgobbo was disappointed that he didn't get to Normandy until August 1944. The whole 2nd...
Stix, Charles Invasion of Okinawa
When Charles Stix went into Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] on a Higgins boat [Annotator's Note: Landing...
Young, James Invasion of Peleliu
James Franklin Young was shipped from Pavuvu [Annotator's Note: Pavuvu, Russell Islands] to Peleliu [Annotator's Note:...
Schilling, Ira Invasion of Saipan
Ira Schilling and his outfit of assault engineers landed in the third wave during the invasion of Saipan. They landed...
Poliseno, Dominick Invasion of Sicily
Dominick Frank Poliseno says that although the newer Rangers were trained by, and got along well enough with the older...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Invasion of Sicily
Theodore Finkbeiner jumped into Sicily on the first night of the invasion [Annotator's Note: 9 July 1943]. His plane...
Bale, Edward Invasion of Tarawa
Edward Bale and his Marine Corps Medium Tank Company were told that the enemy resistance on the island of Tarawa would...
Lemme, Thomas Iwo Jima
Thomas Joseph Lemme went directly from Hawaii to Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan with Company G, 2nd...
Schicker, Tom Japanese and Food on Okinawa
Thomas Francis Schicker and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine...
Sapp, Walter Jets and Nazi Women
Walter Sapp never personally saw a German tank in combat. He could hear them. At the Remagen Bridge [Annotator's Note:...
Tunnicliff, Ed Joining the 10th Armored Division
Ed Tunnicliff rode on a troop train that was just box cars. There was nothing in the box cars so they had nothing to...
Reynolds, Harley Kasserine Pass
Harley Reynolds’s 2nd battalion was in Faid Pass when the Germans made an attack to penetrate their lines and take some...
Welch, Darrell Kasserine Pass
Darrell Welch did encounter 190s [Annotator's Note: German Focke-Wulf Fw-190 fighter aircraft], which looked a lot like...
Martello, Dominic Kasserine Pass and Being Captured
[Annotator's Note: Dominic Martello served in the Army as a half-track driver and gunner in Cannon Company, 39th...

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