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- Veterans Memories
- Stories 1 to 50
- Stories 51 to 100
- Stories 101 to 150
- Stories 151 to 200
- Stories 201 to 250
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Here you will find the stories from the men and women that fought WWII. My website is made in their honor. It is a collection of stories about what effect a war like the second world war can have on the men and women fighting it. The stories are unedited and it is in the words of the men and women who have contributed to my project.
Sit down for a while, grab a  and read a few of these stories. To access the stories please click on the tabs above, every tabs hold 50 eyewitness stories. I hope you will find your stay on my website worth your time. If you want to leave me a message after you have read a few of the stories please feel free to do so.
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Nr |
Veteran |
Unit |
Location |
Date |
Country |
Category |
More... |
1 |
Ray
Aebischer |
F
Co.
506th P.I.R., 101st |
Berchtesgaden,
Germany |
June,
1945 |
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Photo
Story |
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SPECIAL!
Food and weather |
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Story |
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2 |
David "Buck" Rogers |
Hqs.
Co. 1st Bat,
506th P.I.R.,101st |
Sainte-Marie-Du-Mont
France |
June
6th, 1944 |
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Photo
Story |
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Going
Home via the
German Autobahns |
End
of 1945 |
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Photo |
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3 |
David
Phillips |
G
Co.
506th P.I.R., 101st |
Home
United States |
June,
1945 |
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Poems |
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4 |
Mike
Ingrisano |
Staff
Sergeant
316th TCG |
Market
Garden - Arnhem
The Netherlands |
September
17th 1944 |
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Photo
Story |
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5 |
Kenneth
Cordry |
3rd
Bat.
502 P.I.R., 101st |
A
diary of a war |
1943
- 1945 |
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Story |
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6 |
Marshall
'Oakie' Clayton Oliver |
Surgical
Technician
506th P.I.R., 101st |
Normandy,
Ardennes, Rhineland |
1942
- 1945 |
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Photo
Story |
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7 |
Bert
Pulles |
Dutch
Army |
Eindhoven,
The Netherlands |
1944 |
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Photo
Story |
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8 |
Herman
J. Moulliet |
Hqs.
Co. 1st Bat.
506th P.I.R., 101st |
Battle
of the Bulge
Ardennes, Belgium |
January,
1945 |
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Photo |
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9 |
William
Merit True |
F
Co.
506th P.I.R., 101st |
Normandy,
France |
June,
1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
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10 |
Bob
Hammons |
825th
Tank Destroyers Bat. |
Normandy,
France
Battle of the Bulge |
1944
- 1945 |
|
Story |
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11 |
Duiel
J. Miller |
Hqs.
Co. 3rd Bat.
4th Inf. Division |
Utah
Beach,
Normandy, France |
June
6th, 1944 |
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Photo
Story |
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12 |
Rocco
N. Gedaro |
C
Co., 357th Inf.
90th Division |
Normandy,
France |
1943
- 1945 |
|
Photo
Story |
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13 |
Merle
Lauer |
HQs
Co.
506th P.I.R., 101st |
Not
yet known |
1942
- 1945 |
|
Photo |
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14 |
Eugene
Carson |
560th
Bomber Squadron,
8th Air Force |
Schweinfurt,
Germany |
October
14th, 1943 |
|
Photo |
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15 |
Ed
Walsh |
242nd
Field Artillery Bat. |
Normandy,
France |
August
19th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
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16 |
Victor
Miller |
E.
Co.
5th Ranger Bat. |
Omaha
Beach,
Normandy, France |
June
6th, 1944 |
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Photo
Story |
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17 |
Paul
D. Neumann |
8th
Air Force |
RAF
Burtonwood,
England |
1943
- 1945 |
|
Photo
Story |
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18 |
Edgar
Gamble |
819th
Aviation Engineers |
Utah
Beach,
Normandy, France |
June
6th, 1944 |
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Story |
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19 |
John
Frost |
Ordnance
Field Park,
11th Arm. Division |
Aldershot,
England |
1939
- 1946 |
|
Photo
Story |
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20 |
William "Wild
Bill" Guarnere |
E Co.
506th P.I.R., 101st |
Normandy, France
Battle of the Bulge |
1942 - 1945 |
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Photo
Story |
Click |
21 |
Elizabeth
Hillmann |
U.S.
Army Nurse |
England,
France, Germany |
1942
- 1945 |
|
Photo
Story |
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22 |
Jerry
Bartling |
E
Co., 41st Cav.
11th Arm. Division |
Gaisbach,
Austria |
May
23rd, 1945 |
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Letter
Home |
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23 |
Cyril W. Crain |
Queen's
Own Rifles
of Canada |
Juno Beach,
Normandy, France |
June 6th, 1944 |
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Story
Poem
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Click |
24 |
Colonel
X. B. Cox Junior |
81st
AA Bat.,
101 st Airborne |
Normandy,
Holland
France, Belgium, Austria |
1942
- 1945 |
|
Story |
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25 |
Paul R. Miller |
Hqs. Co.,
506th PIR,
101st Airborne |
Normandy to Berchtesgaden |
1942 - 1945 |
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Story |
Click |
26 |
Ian MacPherson |
44th Royal
Tank Rgt. |
Caen and Falaise,
France |
1944 |
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Photo
Story |
Click |
27 |
Thomas Henry Goddard |
552 Co.
R.A.S.C.
8th Arm. Brigade |
Portsmouth, England
Normandy, France |
June 6th, 1944 |
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Photo
Story |
Click |
28 |
George Roger
Connor |
9th Arm.
Inf. Bat.
6th Arm. Division
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near Wardin, Belgium
(5 miles E. of Bastogne) |
4 January, 1945 |
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Photo
Story |
Click |
29 |
Lawrence Bennett |
D Co., 341st
86th Black Hawk Division |
Ruhr Pocket, Germany |
September, 1944 |
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Photo
Story |
Click |
30 |
Charles "Ray" Reeder |
Recon Co.,
33rd Arm.
3rd Armored Division |
Omaha
Beach
and beyond |
24th June, 1944 |
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Photo
Story |
Click |
31 |
Ian "Roy" Williams |
D Co., 341st
86th Black Hawk Division |
Vohburg, Germany |
21st Apri,l 1945 |
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Photo
Story |
Click |
32 |
Allen
H. Knisley |
391st Field
Artillery Bat.
3rd Amored Division |
England, Normandy, Belgium,
Germany |
June 18th, 1944 |
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Photo
Story |
Click |
33 |
Arthur Platt |
8th Para
Bat. Group
6th Airborne Division |
Normandy, France |
June 6th, 1944 |
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Photo
Story |
Click |
34 |
James P. Hennessey |
E Co.,
345th
87th Infantry Division |
Battle of the Bulge
Ardennes, Belgium |
Februray 26th , 1945 |
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Photo
Story |
Click |
35 |
William E. Bramswig |
Co F 345th
Inf. Rgt.
87th Inf. Division |
Battle of the Bulge
Ardennes, Belgium |
1943 - 1945 |
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Photo
Story |
Click |
36 |
John E. McAuliffe |
M
Co. 347th,
87th Inf. Division |
Battle of the Bulge
Ardennes, Belgium |
1944 - 1945 |
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Photo
Story |
Click |
37 |
Charles J.
Adams Jr. |
3rd Machinist
Mate
United States Navy |
Utah Beach Landings
Normandy, France |
June 6th, 1944 |
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Photo
Story |
Click |
38 |
Donald King |
E Co.
506th P.I.R., 101st |
Battle of the Bulge
Ardennes, Belgium |
Christmas, 1944 |
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Photo
Story |
Click |
39 |
Archie Ross |
106th Div,
424th Reg.
Co. A 1st Bn |
Normandy, France |
June 6th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
40 |
Edwin G. Booth |
A Co., 9th
Para Bat.
6th Airborne |
Normandy, France |
June 6th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
41 |
Hampton E. Vaughan |
Seaman First
Class
US Navy |
Kwajalein Atoll,
Marshall Islands |
January 31st, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
42 |
Brian Guy |
246 Field
Co.,
Royal Engineers |
Overloon, Venray
The Netherlands |
November, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
43 |
Lew F. Kemp |
156th
Battalion,
Parachute Regiment |
Sicily, Italy
Holland |
October 20th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
44 |
Manuel
Baker |
3rd Amored
Division |
Omaha Beach
Normandy, France |
June 23d, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 45 |
George A. Davison |
320th AA
Barrage Balloon Battalion |
Omaha Beach
Normandy, France |
June 6th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 46 |
Robert R. Searl |
56th Signal
Battalion |
Falaise, France |
August, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 47 |
Darrell 'Shifty' Powers |
E Co.
506th P.I.R., 101st |
Normandy, Holland
Bastogne |
1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 48 |
James T. Lingg |
1st Inf.
Div, 26th Inf. Reg.
3rd Battalion, I Co |
Mayanne, France |
August 10th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 49 |
John W. Gibson |
3rd Bat.
Medical Detach.
506th, 101st Airborne |
Carentan, France |
June 6th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 50 |
Irving Smolens |
B
Btry, 29th Field Artillery Bat.,
4th Infantry Division |
Utah Beach and on |
June 6th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
Nr |
Veteran |
Unit |
Location |
Date |
Country |
Category |
More... |
| 51 |
John C. Ausland |
29th Field
Artillery Bat.,
4th Infantry Division |
Utah Beach and on |
June 6th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 52 |
Anthony
Leone |
United States
Coast Guard |
Omaha Beach
Normandy, France |
June 6th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 53 |
Robert Webb |
H Co., 3rd
Bat.
506th P.I.R., 101st |
Dropping into
Normandy, France |
June 6th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 54 |
Frank
Rosin |
104th, Timberwolves |
Battle of the Bulge,
Belgium |
During 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 55 |
George 'S' Macon |
328th Reg.,
26th Infantry Division
(Yankee Division) |
France,
Germany |
1943 - 1945 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 56 |
Derek
Hinton |
614 Rd.
Constr. Co. Royal Eng.
13th Airfield Constr. Group |
Juno Beach,
Germany |
1944 - 1945 |
|
Story |
Click |
| 57 |
Ted Everett |
Royal Army
Medical Corps,
RAMC, 206th Field Ambulance |
Gold Beach,
Normandy, France |
June 6th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 58 |
Earl
Lovelace |
38th Regiment
M Company,
2nd Infantry Division |
Omaha Beach,
Normandy, France |
June 7th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 59 |
Leroy C. Bowen |
USCG, RM
3/C
LCI (L) 83 |
Omaha Beach,
Normandy, France |
June 6th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 60 |
Milton J. Long |
14th
Armored Division,
7th Army |
Somwhere in
France |
June 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 61 |
Wally Hoffman |
351st Bomb
Group,
509th Squadron |
Schweinfurt,
Germany |
October, 1943 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 62 |
John A. Piazza |
327th Bombardment
Squadron,
92nd Bomb Group |
Schweinfurt,
Germany |
October 14th, 1943 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 63 |
Don G. Malarkey |
E Co.
506th P.I.R., 101st |
Normandy, France
Holland, Belgium
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1944 - 1945 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 64 |
Glenn Shaunce |
3rd Armored Division
"Spearhead" |
North of Ettlen, Germany |
March 30th, 1945 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 65 |
Emery van Every |
F Company, 508th PIR,
82d Airborne Division |
Normandy, France |
June 6th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 66 |
John R. Bender |
Chaplain 3rd Amored
Divison
"Task Force LoveLady" |
Normandy, France
Ardennes, Belgium |
1944 - 1945 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 67 |
John Absolon |
25th LAA Regiment
RA 50 Division |
Normandy, France |
June 6th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 68 |
Charles
R. Stout |
A Co. 345th Infantry,
87th Infantry Division |
Outside Le Havre,
France |
During 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 69 |
John H. Taylor |
2d Platoon, F Co.
506th P.I.R., 101st |
Normandy, France
Eindhoven, Holland |
June 6th, 1944 onward |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 70 |
Joe Manzella |
B Co. 115th Regiment
29th Infantry Division |
Omaha Beach,
Normandy, France |
June 6th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 71 |
Colin Reynolds |
3rd Bat, 1st Brigade
Para Rgt.
1st Airborne Division |
Palestine |
September, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 72 |
Ray Daniel |
Royal Navy
Able Seaman |
Normandy, France |
June 6th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 73 |
Arthur Letchford |
2d Parachute Battalion
1st Airborne Division |
Algiers, Africa |
21 September 1942 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 74 |
Bill
Hickman |
Middlesex Regiment |
Normandy, France
Bremen, Germany |
1940 - 1945 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 75 |
Roy Burdette
Maguire |
C Company, 712th Tank
Bat.
Amored Division |
Normandy, France |
July 19th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 76 |
Wally Smith |
4th Battalion,
Dorset Regiment |
Crossing The Rhine,
The Netherlands |
24th - 26th
September 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 77 |
Wynn R. Campbell |
B Company, 158th
Combat Engineer Constr. Bat. |
France, Belgium,
Central Europe |
1940 - 1945 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 78 |
Mitchell
Kaidy |
D
Company, 345th Infantry,
87th Division |
Eifel,
Germany |
January
30, 1945 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 79 |
Norman G. Anstey |
D Company, 8th Battalion,
Durham Light Infantry |
Normandy,
France
onward |
June 6th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 80 |
Albert
Blithe |
E
Co.
506th P.I.R., 101st |
Normandy,
France |
June
6th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 81 |
Richard
E. Schwab |
I
Company, 38th Infantry Regiment
2d Infantry Division |
Normandy,
France |
July
7th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 82 |
John
Iddenden |
9th
Field Company
Royal Engineers |
Belgium |
September,
1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 83 |
Roland
H. Hiles |
L
Company,
357th Infantry, 90th Division |
Normandy,
France |
July
4th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 84 |
Harvey
Smith |
6th
Assault Regt. R.E. - 82 Assault Squad.
79th Armoured Division.
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Normandy,
France |
June
6th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 85 |
Bill
Charles |
Durham
Light Infantry,
Cameronian [Scottish Rifles]
|
Arromanches,
France
Tilburg, Holland |
June
12th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 86 |
John
W. Carson |
96th
Bmb Sqdn, 2nd Bmb Grp,
15th Air Force |
Eleusis
Aerdrome,
Athens, Greece |
December
20, 1943 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 87 |
Jim
M. Kirby |
Hdq
Company, 2nd Battalion,
184th Infantry , 7th Infantry Division |
Okinawa,
Japan |
May
29th 1945 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 88 |
James
A. Besong |
E
Company, 86th Infantry
Black Hawk Division |
France,
Belgium,
Holland, Germany |
1944
- 1945 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 89 |
Daniel
R. Shine |
I
Company, 289th Regiment,
75th Infantry Division |
Near
Grandmenil,
Belgium |
December
25, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 90 |
Donato
Marini |
M
Co. 347th,
87th Inf. Division |
Germany |
April,
1945 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 91 |
Norman
J. Utke |
Black
Watch
Royal Highland Regiment of Canada |
France,
Belgium,
Holland |
1943
- 1945 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 92 |
Bunny
Wayne Chambers |
United
States Navy |
Pearl
Harbor, D-Day,
Yalta, Japan |
1942
- 1945 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 93 |
Donald
C. Ross |
I
Company, 506th,
101st Airborne |
Normandy,
France |
June
6th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 94 |
Harvey
S. Olson |
Troop
A, 4th Cavalry |
Normandy,
France |
June
6th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 95 |
Luther
Thompson |
20th
Air Force |
Pearl
Harbor, Midway
England etc |
1941
- 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 96 |
Howard
A. Ellis |
877th
Signal Service Co,
16th Air Depot Group, 6th TAD |
Normandy,
France
Holland, Germany |
1942
- 1945 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 97 |
Charles
W. Stockell |
Artillery,
2n Infantry Division |
Omaha
Beach,
Normandy, France |
June
6th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 98 |
Corporal
Alex |
Black
Watch
Royal Highland Regiment of Canada |
Juno
Beach,
Normandy, France |
July
6th, 1944 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 99 |
Robert
R. Dumouchelle |
430
Squadron
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Normandy,
France |
May
1944
August 1945 |
|
Photo
Story |
Click |
| 100 |
Lamoine
'Frank' Olsen |
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