Remembering Our Allied Veterans of World War II
Archive of First Hand Accounts of the War Against Fascism (1931-1945) and Post-War Occupations
ERNEST COFFMAN passed away on September 5.
Sergeant Coffman to some, Ernie and Dad to others, but he'll always be Papaw to me.
Adolf Burg (1917-2003)
Czechoslovak Jew liberated from death camp, served in Czechoslovak units in Soviet Red Army.
Ernest Coffman (1925-2006)
Pennslyvanian who served as a cannoneer for 8 inch howitzers in France in the fall of 1944.
Isaak Kobylyanskiy
Ukranian Jew who fought as an artilleryman from Stalingrad to end of war and became battery commander.
Patrick McLaughlin
Canadian commando who landed D-Day Plus 2 in France. Fought through Normandy, Caen, and Low Countries in 1944.
Abe Osheroff
Brooklyn pacifist who volunteered to fight in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).
Milton Smith Sr.
Kentuckian who served in the Occupation of Italy from 1945 until 1947. Head of an enlisted men's service club.
Dave Smith
American  who volunteered to fight in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).
Verl Sterns II
American  who fought through Germany and Czechoslovakia inside of a Sherman tank.
Alun Menai Williams (1913-2006)
Welsh anti-fascist medic who served in the RAMC in Egypt during Abyssinian War ('35-'36) and in Spanish Civil War ('36-'39).
Worley E. Wilson (1924-1945)
Pennslyvanian killed in action while leading his men in Germany in 1945.