"You're happy you're home, but you're sad for your brother and your friends that you left over there and -- it's hard to explain." (Audio Interview, Part 2, 6:43.9)

Raymond E. Kellogg

War: World War, 1939-1945 Branch: Army Unit: 504th Military Police Battalion Service Location: Texas; Louisiana; North Africa; Sicily, Italy; France; Germany Rank: Technician Five Place of Birth: OH

While participating in the invasion of Sicily and the Battle of Anzio, Raymond Kellogg would experience the horror of a brutal war. At Anzio, his buddy Hal was killed when a shell landed in the foxhole Kellogg himself had just vacated. During the same battle, he witnessed another soldier go mad and run wildly towards the German lines. And later, after the war, he would learn of his brother's death in Germany and would travel by jeep to visit his brother's grave. Kellogg vividly brings to life the story of how an ordinary soldier experienced the Italian campaign.