Tank warfare

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Howard, William From Anzio to Rome
William Edwin Howard says the fighting on Anzio [Annotator's Note: Anzio, Italy] beach was terrible. The Germans had a...
Abate, Sam From Being Inducted to Fighting in France
Sam V. Abate reported to New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] to get a physical and to get sworn in [...
Carter, Donald From Cherbourg to Paris
On the twelfth day of combat, Don Carter's squad [Annotator's Note: in Battery B, 44th Field Artillery Battalion, 4th...
Laborde, Lucien From D-Day to St. Lo
Lucien Laborde was a regimental adjutant in the 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division when he landed in...
Wold, Vernon From Le Havre to Linz
On 10 January 1945, Vernon Wold went by train to Camp Shanks, New York [Annotator's Note: Camp Shanks in Orangetown,...
Rooney, Andrew From Paris to China
Andrew A. Rooney [Annotator's Note: as a correspondent for the Stars and Stripes, American military newspaper] entered...
Wichterich, George From the 9th Ward to the Army
[Annotators Note: Interview begins with the interviewer and George Wichterich talking about a tank that was knocked out...
Martin, Oscar From the Hürtgen Forest to the Battle of the Bulge
Oscar Otto Martin, being a combat medic, moved around in different companies of the 28th Infantry Division [Annotator's...
Rogers, John Frozen Roads, Chow and Carrying a Tommy Gun
John Rogers recalls that the area they were operating in and out of was Modave, Belgium. Modave was where they lost the...
Redmond, Leroy General George Patton
Leroy Redmond was part of the invasion of southern France. It was unscathed as the war had been in the north for a long...
Schleider Jr., Benjamin General Patton’s Complaints
Benjamin Schleider and 6th Armored Division were advancing into Grostenquin, Germany. The 35th Infantry Division was...
Mason, Raymond German Artillery vs American
Raymond Mason does not remember much about the maintenance. They had some problems. They had to get replacements. [...
Seltzer, Arthur German Concentration Camps
Arthur Seltzer reached Munich, Germany. The troops could tell the war was coming to an end. That was the location of...
Abate, Sam German Defenses and Dinah Shore
The M10 tanks [Annotator's Note: M10three inch Gun Motor Carriage, tank destroyer] had a heavy turret but it was open,...
White, Alexander German Occupation and Resettlement of Polish Jews
Although there was a Gestapo presence in their town, Alexander White's father felt it was safe for his family to return...
Lesser, Benjamin German Occupation of Krakow
Benjamin Lesser recalled the early morning in September 1939 when his three story apartment building started to shake....
Baxter, Lionel German Prisoners
Lionel Baxter says they [Annotator's Note: the German Army] had some fast-moving vehicles and had the 88s [Annotator's...
Sichler, George German Weapons
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks George Sichler about different German weapons used against him.] Every night...
Yeagley, Richard Germans Out of Gas
[Annotator's Note: Richard Yeagely served in the Army on an anti-tank gun crew in Anti-Tank Company, 271st Infantry...
Hughes, Lowell Germans Shelling the Hospital at Anzio
Anzio, Italy was the worst place Lowell Hughes ever was. The morning they left, they had dug in about 500 yards from...
Miksa, Robert Germany and Czechoslovakia
Bob Miksa [Annotator’s Note: Robert Miksa] and the 745th Tank Battalion passed right through the Siegfried Lines...
Hazard, Mark Getting Hit by Shrapnel
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Mark Gordon Hazard, Jr. to tell the story regarding his canteen on the wall in...
Martello, Dominic Going Ashore and Not Knowing the Big Picture
During the invasion [Annotator's Note: the invasion of North Africa], Dominic Martello went down a rope ladder while...
Wichterich, George Going Home
Before George Wichterich went overseas he was in Camp Miles Standish near Boston for a couple weeks getting his shots...
Martello, Dominic Going Home, Kasserine Pass, and Being Lucky to Survive
One of the guys in the group with Dominic Martello went and got a scalp from one of the Germans that crashed in the...
Rupp, Robert Going into Bastogne
[Annotator's Note: Robert Rupp served with the 3rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 9th Armored Division. His...
Haslauer, Warren Guam to Home
After finishing up in Guam [Annotator's Note: Second Battle of Guam, 21 July to 10 August 1944 at Guam, Mariana Islands...
Pocoroba, Joseph Guarding Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill
Joseph Pocoroba said the march to Marrakesh, Morocco from Algiers, Algeria was around 1,200 miles. [Annotator's Note:...
Langrehr, Henry Guns Jamming and Reaching His Limit
Henry Langrehr had times his guns jammed and by the grace of God, he never got shot. The Thompsons [Annotator's Note: ....
Lopez, Alex Haguenau Forest and Crossing the Rhine
Going through the Haguenau Forest, Alex Lopez observed the area was torn up and mostly gone. He participated in a mop-...
König, Karl Hard Fight then Captured
Karl Friedrich "Charley” König [Annotator's Note: or Koenig] and his regiment [Annotator's Note: Panzer-Regiment 5,...
Young, James Hard Fighting on Peleliu
During his first night on Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, September to...
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...
Shirley, John Heading to Strasbourg
John Shirley [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division] was moving toward...

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