Terrain

The map only displays records that have geographic information. Switch to the grid view to see all records.

Map is loading...
Timeline is loading...

The timeline only displays records that have date information. Switch to the grid view to see all records.

Collie, C. Life on a Destroyer
C. Charles Collie found that he was right where he wanted to be while on his destroyer [Annotator's Note: he was the...
Amico, Thomas Life on a PT Boat
Thomas Amico was assigned to PT-155, which was one boat in a squadron of 12. The crew was friendly, in spite of being...
Trim, Carl Life on a Submarine Chaser
After his induction in Little Rock [Annotator's Note: Little Rock, Arkansas], Carl Trim was sent to Farragut, Idaho for...
McLaurine, Luke Life on an Airfield and Bomb Runs
Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. was based in Italy in 1944. Card playing consumed a big part of the idle time spent on base...
Solomon, Robert Life on Guadalcanal
Robert M. Solomon remembers that it was very hot during monsoon season. [Annotator’s Note: He was stationed on...
Oliver, Byron Life on Guam
Bryon Oliver boarded a ship in Norfolk, Virginia. Twenty one days after passing through the Panama Canal, Oliver was at...
Scales, James Life on Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] only had black sand in the southern part of the island. Iwo Jima means...
Glusing, Benjamin Life on New Caledonia
Benjamin Albert Glusing lived near some hills that blocked the nearby city [Annotator's Note: Magenta, New Caledonia]....
Schicker, Tom Life on Ship and Pavuvu
Thomas Francis Schicker went to Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] and did maneuvers offshore...
Thomas, Wilbur "Will" Life on the Pipeline
Wilbur Thomas supervised the logistics of the pipeline, so the frontline had enough fuel supply. He goes on to talk...
David, James Life on Tulagi
James Warren David remembered that the ship was full of people. The beds stacked nine bunks high. He recalled that he...
Schicker, Tom Living and Fighting in Mud
There would be holes in the line where there were not enough men [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of Okinawa, 1...
Severance, Dave Living in Foxholes
Iwo Jima as the worst place Dave Severance fought. They could not see the enemy. The terrain was rough and open. Living...
Spangenberg, Nicole Living Through the Fall of France
Nicole Sabbag Spangenberg was born in Paris [Annotator's Note: Paris, France] on 18 January 1928. She remembers her...
Huber, Robert Looking Back
Robert Huber believes that camaraderie is what kept the men in his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 3rd Battalion,...
Ballew, Thomas Looking Back
Thomas Ballew likes history, he likes people, and he likes to travel. In July 1945 Sergeant Smith, who was a member of...
Jaber, Anton Losing a Buddy Near the End of the War
They [Annotator’s Note: Anton Jaber and other American forces] had been on the Roer River where the dam had been...
Gulotta, James Losing a Good Friend
James Gulotta did not have any friends to keep up with after the war. They were all either killed or maimed. His unit [...
Fallon, John Losing a Good Man
John T. Fallon ended up in Germany [Annotator's Note: with the Company G, 3rd Battalion, 36th Engineer Combat Regiment...
Johnson, Erwin Losing Bataan and Manila
Erwin Johnson was an aircraft mechanic at Fort McKinley in Manila, Philippines when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor...
Radford, Charles Losing Friends and Hating the Enemy
After the combat that Charles Radford initially saw, a feeling of hatred began brewing towards the Germans. The fact...
Jindra, Leonard Losing Friends in Combat
Leonard Jindra lost friends at the point of a German ambush [Annotator's Note: on 10 June 1944 while serving as an...
Soong, Tsuyin Losing His Younger Brother
Tsuyin Soong notes that the Burma Road [Annotator's Note: a road linking Burma with southwest China built in 1937 and...
McLaurine, Luke Loss of Aircraft and Capture
Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. flew his final mission on 16 November 1944 [Annotator's Note: McLaurine was bombardier...
Williams, Kenneth Loss of Airplane
By March of 1944, Kenneth R. Williams [Annotator’s Note: a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the 355th Fighter...
O'Rorke, James Loss of Bataan
James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a member of Signal Corps Aircraft Warning, 5th Interceptor Command,...
Garcia, Ray Louis Fraser
Ray Garcia's worst experience happened in January 1945 when he could not fly because he had a cold. His best buddy,...
Wombacher, Delbert Louisiana Maneuvers
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Delbert Wombacher was his role was in the Louisiana Maneuvers, series of Army...
Brister, Delano Louisiana Maneuvers
Delano Brister witnessed the Louisiana Maneuvers in 1941. The operations took up much of central Louisiana including...
Pierce, William "Bill" Luck
William Pierce reveals a lucky find of a BAR [Annotator's Note: Browning Automatic Rifle] trigger assembly with a hand...
Bowers, Roger Luxembourg
By December 1944, Roger Bowers and his unit [Annotator's Note: 103rd Medical Battalion, 28th Infantry Division] had...
Simon, Albert Luzon
Albert Simon was at Woodpecker Ridge in Luzon [Annotator’s Note: Luzon, the Philippines]. They landed on Leyte Island [...
Poliseno, Dominick Mainland Italy
Dominick Frank Poliseno compares his first amphibious landing in Sicily [Annotator's Note: Sicily, Italy] to the second...
Cart, William "Bill" Majuro Atoll
William Cart and his squadron [Annotator's Note: Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 141 (VMSB-141)] were going to get on an...
Kawamoto, Yukio Manila
As far as Yukio Kawamoto could tell, he did not experience too much racism or ill feelings towards him. Most of his...
Marich, Robert Manila and Raid on Los Baños
Robert Marich's unit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st Battalion, 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne...

Pages