0:00 - Journey across the Atlantic to North Africa

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Keywords: Atlantic Ocean; field artillery; gun watch; seasick; troop transport; turret; USS Breckinridge; weather

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1:46 - Arrival to Oran, Algeria

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Keywords: assignment; city; heat; North Africa; Oran, Algeria; port; replacement depot; troops

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2:23 - Assignment to Salerno, Italy / Battle of Monte Cassino

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Keywords: artillery crewman; battle; casualties; forward observer; Monte Cassino; Rapido River; Salerno, Italy; telephone lineman

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4:39 - Duties and memories as a forward observer

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Keywords: enemy; European Theater; forward observer; infantry; liberation; Lost Battalion; quadrant; radio communication; Rome

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6:19 - Serving with the Lost Battalion / Memories from first battle at Monte Cassino

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Keywords: Alabama; Caucasians; Lost Battalion; Monte Cassino; replacement; sleep deprivation; soldiers; Texas

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8:00 - Battles in Italy after Monte Cassino / Travel to southern France

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Keywords: 141st Infantry Regiment; France; Italy; Lost Battalion; Monte Cassino; Naples; Rome; troop transport; Velletri

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9:05 - Combat with the Lost Battalion / Arrival to the Vosges Mountains

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Keywords: 141st Infantry Regiment; advance; air drops; food; General John Dahlquist; German soldiers; surrounded; water supply

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11:51 - Trapped by German soldiers in the Vosges Mountains

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Keywords: 141st Infantry Regiment; dysentery; forest; German soldiers; hepatitis; illness; orders; surrounded; Vosges

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14:31 - 442nd's rescue operation of the Lost Battalion

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Battle of the Bulge; enemy fire; General John Dahlquist; German soldiers; Lost Battalion; rescue; withdrawal

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17:29 - Evacuation to a field hospital / Sent to a hospital in Paris / Return to the United States

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Keywords: Bristol, England; enemy fire; German soldiers; hospital; Oakland; Paris; wife

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20:08 - Significance of the 442nd and the Lost Battalion

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Keywords: 141st Infantry Regiment; 442nd Regimental Combat Team; 4th of July; battle; experiences; military service; significance; stories

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22:39 - Describing being trapped in the Vosges Mountains / What the situation was like with the Lost Battalion

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Keywords: 141st Infantry Regiment; casualties; enemy fire; fuel; German soldiers; makeshift shelter; noise; shrapnel; weapons

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