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Payne, Robert Service Decisions

Robert Payne graduated OCS [Annotator's Note: Officer Candidate School] as a Second Lieutenant and his father gave him...

Witmeyer, John "J.J." Seven Days in the Parroy Forest

During the battle in the Parroy Forest in eastern France, John Witmeyer had two Sherman tanks at his disposal to break...

Babbits, Oliver Small Town Boy to Soldier

Oliver Donald Anthony Babbits was born in Neenah, Wisconsin in December 1923. He grew up with three brothers. Babbits'...

McKnight, Harry Stateside Service

The first thing that happened to Harry McKnight when he reached boot camp was a haircut. He was then given a rifle and...

Lynch, James Submarine School

James Paul Lynch was going to submarine school in New London [Annotator's Note: New London, Connecticut]. LIFE magazine...

Bollich, James Surrendering

When James Bollich ran out of food, he started hunting. He was using World War 1 era ammunition. One day while hunting...

Spint, Robert Tank Destroyers and Gliders

When Robert Spint first went in the TDs [Annotator's Note: tank destroyers; Spint was a member of the 651st Tank...

Mesken, Lorraine The Difference a Day Made: 7 December 1941

Lorraine Mesken remembers the Sunday that Pearl Harbor was attacked [Annotator's Note: Sunday, 7 December 1941] started...

Hopkins, Ralph Thoughts on World War Two

Ralph Hopkins felt people thought that World War 1 was the war to end all wars. Yet, there will always be someone like...

Laughlin, Alexander Tommy Hitchcock

Alexander Laughlin heard his stepfather, Tommy Hitchcock [Annotator’s Note: Thomas Hitchcock Jr. was an American polo...

Lochra, Albert Training

Albert Pultz Lochra, Jr.'s father had been in World War 1. His brother went overseas on the Aquitania [Annotator's Note...

Forman, Edgar Training and Deployment Overseas

Edgar R. "Ross" Forman completed basic training at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He did most of his freshman term in the Army...

Dietrick, Alfred Training and Pearl Harbor

The only time Alfred Dietrick was concerned about what he had gotten into was when he would go to the movies and see...

Dietrick, Alfred Training in Africa

In the beginning, Alfred Dietrick would go to the movies before going overseas and the Germans looked invincible. The...

Lansou, David Training to be a Marine

David Lansou was drafted into the Marine Corps [Annotator's Note: in 1943]. His parents were proud that their sons were...

Cruise, Leslie Training to be a Paratrooper

Leslie Cruise and 200 new soldiers were shipped out to New Cumberland [Annotator's Note: New Cumberland, Pennsylvania...

Kerner, John Treating Severely Wounded Men

After landing in Normandy, John Kerner and his unit [Annotator's Note: 110th Medical Battalion, 35th Infantry Division...

Addison, Robert Tulagi and Guadalcanal

Robert Addison [Annotator’s Note: with the 1st Marine Raider Battalion] fought on Guadalcanal. The battle of Bloody...

de Marcken, Christian War Comes to Belgium

Christian de Marcken's parents had seen the harbingers of war talked about how the situation resembled the prelude to...

McCarthy, George War Experience Overview

George W. McCarthy was born in April 1925 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He father worked as a lumberman, but lost his...

Kiplinger, Austin War Rumblings and Pearl Harbor

World War 2 began in 1931 when Japan invaded north China [Annotator's Note: Manchuria region of China]. Austin H....

Keulegan, Emma War's End

During the war, Washington, DC was crowded. They had food rationing and gasoline rationing. Emma Keulegan and her...

Wood, Mary War's End and Reflections

Mary Frances Dorothy Wood was still in college and was delighted when the war ended in Europe. It was terrible to learn...

Nesossis, Richard War's End and Reflections

Richard Lamey Nesossis was at home on leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] in...

Popham, Donald Working at the Boeing Corporation

Donald Popham wanted to be out on the field so he put in his application for work on an engine crew. His five-months'...

Arrow, Kenneth World at War

Dr. Kenneth Arrow's concern for the rise of Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf Hitler] was intense. He...

MacCallum, Florence World War 1

Florence MacCallum [Annotator’s Note: a citizen of England working for the U.S. Army Joint Chiefs of Staff in London,...

Landwehr, Carl Wounded in Brittany

Carl Landwehr arrived in Southampton, England on D-Day [Annotator's Note: the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June...

Memorial honoring natives who served in World War I in Papua New Guinea in 1944

Granite portal with iron gates and iron fence. "'In memoriam'. Monument honoring those residents of the State of Papua...

Monument to the dead of World War I, Nice, May 1945

Photograph. The Monuments aux Morts, a French World War I memorial, carved into the side of a mountain. Personal...

U.S. monument to veterans of World War I at Chteau-Thierry, France in 1945