Snapshots of WWII

What did D-Day look like through the eyes of a combat medic? In this episode of Snapshots of World War II , we follow the 357th Infantry Regiment's medical detachment as they land on Utah Beach on June 6, 1944—the same unit our grandfather served with. Joining us is acclaimed military historian John C. McManus , whose decades of research on the 90th Infantry Division and the Normandy campaign help...

Season 1, Episode 4: June 4, 1944 – Boarding the Unknown On June 4, 1944, the waiting finally ended. In this episode of Snapshots of WWII: Sisters Explore Their Grandfather's Legacy , we follow our grandfather, Malcolm Moersch, and the 357th Infantry Regiment Medical Detachment as they leave Camp Sedbury and board transports for the Normandy invasion. Just forty-eight hours before D-Day, thousands...

In Episode 3 of Snapshots of World War II: Sisters Explore Their Grandfather's Legacy , we follow our grandfather, a WWII Army medic with the 357th Medical Detachment, through the final weeks before D-Day. As his unit moves between staging camps in England and Wales, training intensifies and secrecy grows. Joined by historian Paul Woodadge, we explore what life was really like for the soldiers pre...

In Episode 2 of Snapshots of WWII , we follow our WWII combat medic grandfather and the 357th Infantry across the Atlantic aboard the HMT Dominion Monarch , from New York to Liverpool in April 1944. Through wartime records, oral histories, and family memories, we explore what life was really like on a crowded troop ship, the emotional weight of leaving home, and the early days of training in Engla...

Follow two sisters as they begin retracing their grandfather’s footsteps through World War II in the premiere episode of Snapshots of WWII . Using military records, personal photographs, memoirs, and historical research, Amanda and Jenne trace the journey of the 357th Infantry Regiment Medical Detachment of the 90th Infantry Division as they arrive at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey on March 22, 1944 befo...