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My part in World War II: Memories of the Dutch Navy

In 1942 I volunteered to serve in Dover, England, on the MTBs. I then went back to Curacao for training on...

VE Day in the Far East

I was a Radio Mechanic in 1834 Squadron, R.N.A.S. on board HMS Victorious, operating as part of the US...

The Polish Free Army in Monte Cassino, Bolognia and Ancora

The army went on to Palestine and Iraq to be trained by the Allies, mainly British and then took part in...

The Storming of a Monastery

At the outbreak of war as Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Stanislaw was badly injured. In 1941 when Germany...

Recalling Fallen Comrades [M.Shnider]

Their objective was to hit the railway stations or gas depots, but other invitiing targets were the hotels...

Anzio Telegram

My strongest memory is of the day my aunt received a telegram concerning her eldest son who was killed at...

Soldiers in Training: Little Hulton, Lancashire

Little Hulton, Lancashire, a village strung out along the A6 a few miles north west of Manchester was not...

French Wounded from Dunkirk

Those who wished to go home would be put on a British destoryer and taken immediately to a port on the...

The Last Soldier and His Son

The last soldier is the one that faced the Monster First.He knows all his details,the downcraked faces,the...

American Army in Devon

As a child prior to D-Day, I lived with my parents at Salmon Pool Railway Crossing, the village of Uton,...

Americans and Malaria: Memories of the 8th Army

The first tale as he described it was that he and his unit had been on a long patrol when aircraft they...

Flashy American Ties

There was a RAF station down the lane opposite our house in Swansea, and my mother put some of the RAF...

The Arrival of the Army: In Street, Somerset

They were a bit unruly and decided to ride the steer on Wyrral, and climbed the monument in Glastonbury,...

Mustard Gas

In order to speed up the rate of unloading, 6 cargoe vessels linked prow to stern in Bari harbour... The...

January 1st 1945: RCAF at Eindhoven

Dad and his Canadian squadrons were in winter quarters at the Dutch airfield at Eindhovensitting out the...

Norwegian Army in Scotland

They stayed at the Palace hotel, where my dad's grade was Corporal in "Bergkompaniet". The...

Canadian Surprise!

Something was up, and the Sherman tanks and army lorries with silent soldiers in the back rolled past the...

An American Bomber Pilot in Norwich

I was with the 446th Bomb Group, 704 Squadron and we were a replacement crew and we began flying combat...

Belgian Border 4.00 am 1940

At 4.00 am a young officer, Lieutenant Fernand de Vinck, who was in charge of watching the large bridge...

Searching for a WW2 RAF Crew Relative: 31 Squadron SAAF

I am looking for any family of Sgt Leslie Raeburn Royston Alistair PARKER RAF who was a member of 31 Sqdn...

US Marines In Wellington New Zealand

From the halls of Motisuma to the shores of Tripoli; Their a pack of Yanky barstards for reasons plain to...

The Lost Pilot

He was wearing an army officers uniform, I cannot recall his rank, but I distinctly remember he had the...

A Memorable Day For A 7 Year Old

The young man was Martin Collins a paratrooper who was engaged to be married to my much older sister... On...

Aircraft M. I. A. Project - "Bette Jane" at Bydgoszcz Airfield

Her crew belonged to the 379th Bomb Group and consisted of 1st Lt. Merton H. Abbott - pilot, F/O Ora T....

Journey into the Unknown - Part 40

Whilst in Camp 66 at Capua there were a number of Sudanese with their Sgt.Major and each morning they could...

The Plane Without a Crew

The following day I was looking in the Daily Herald newspaper and column width was a map of britain with a...