WWII Oral History Audiobook Sampler

    The World War II Oral History Audiobook series has grown to more than 50 CDs, each roughly an hour in length. The sampler CD contains 17 individual tracks from various CDs and is 80 minutes long. Each of the stories is powerful, and you can listen at home or in your car before deciding whether you want to order one or more of the full-length audiobooks.

    The sampler CD is a great little 80-minute audiobook in itself, and is included with any full-length audiobook purchase. These are some of its tracks:

Track 1  real audio  mp3  Paratrooper Ed Boccafogli describes being wounded during the battle for Baupte. From "The D-Day Tapes."

Track 2  real audio  mp3  Sam Mastrogiacomo of the 445th Bomb Group describes a humorous moment when he was interned in Sweden. From "Tail Gunner Sam."

Track 3  real audio  mp3  Hal Mapes' B-17 collides with another plane over Chartres, France, and he becomes a prisoner of war. From "For You the War Is Over."

Track 4  real audio  mp3  Hal Mapes and his wife, Nancy, visit the site where Hal became a prisoner of war.

Track 5  real audio  mp3  Arnold Brown tells of a tragic incident in the village of Oberwampach during the Battle of the Bulge. From "Company Commander."

Track 6  real audio  mp3 Pfc. Vern Schmidt of the 90th Infantry Division talks about two of his buddies who were killed. From "Closure."

Track 7  real audio  mp3  Sergeant Mike McKinney of the 1st Infantry Division talks about replacements.

Track 8  real audio  mp3  Kay Brainard Hutchins, whose brother was in the 445th Bomb Group, talks about becoming a Red Cross girl. Soon to be added to "The Kassel Cassettes."

Track 9  real audio  mp3  Lieutenant Charles Eberle talks about the decision to surrender his platoon. From "For You the War Is Over."

Track 10  real audio  mp3  Sergeant Ed Stuever of the 712th Tank Battalion describes the death of his buddy Marion "Shorty" Kubeczko.

Track 11  real audio  mp3  Coast Guard veteran Lou Putnoky tells of an unusual incident off the coast of Normandy. From "The D-Day Tapes."

Track 12  real audio  mp3  Angelo Crapanzano, a survivor of the ill-fated Exercise Tiger, is rescued after spending four and a half hours in the English Channel. From "The D-Day Tapes."

Track 13  real audio  mp3  Prisoner of war Jim Koerner steals some loaves of bread. From "For You the War Is Over."

Track 14  real audio  mp3  Pilot Web Uebelhoer sees the lead plane get shot down on the disastrous Kassel Mission. From "The Kassel Cassettes."

Track 15  real audio  mp3  Karnig Thomasian, a prisoner of the Japanese, tells of a rare poignant moment in his compound. From "For You the War Is Over."

Track 16  real audio  mp3  Tim Dyas, of the 82nd Airborne Division, who was captured in Sicily, visits the father of a POW who died. From "For You the War Is Over."

Track 17  real audio  mp3  Pfc. Patsy J. Giacchi, a survivor of Exercise Tiger, describes the day the war in Europe ended. From "The D-Day Tapes."

Track 18  real audio  mp3  Due to lack of space, this track from our latest CD, is not included on the sampler tape: Pfc. Robert Hamant tells a dog story. From "A Marine on Tinian."

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