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Rackerby, Archibald "Archie" Becoming an Officer
Archibald Rackerby volunteered to become a Marine Raider. He was a corporal and was in charge of classifying incoming...
Tweed, Earl Becoming an Officer
Earl Tweed enlisted in the 29th Infantry Regiment in a heavy weapons company. He trained on all the various weapons...
Siverts, Hans Becoming an Officer and Transfer to a New Unit
Hans Siverts remembers Sunday, 7 December [Annotator's Note: 7 December 1941; the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...
Weatherwax, Clarence "Uncle Herb" Before the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Herbert Weatherwax was drafted into the military when he was 24 years old. He had a problem with alcohol while he was...
Shook, Hal Being a Flight Instructor
In Charlotte, North Carolina, Harold Shook was "just a junior birdman," and at the start of his time there witnessed a...
Naylor, Rosamond Being a Marine
Rosamund Naylor remembers 13 girls who graduated from the school. They went on the train together. They were proud to...
Ratliff, Rob Roy Being a Marine Replacement
Rob Roy Ratliff was assigned to the communications section of Headquarters, 5th Marine Division. At the time, the 5th...
Long, Catherine Being a Nurse in the WAVES
Catherine Long had boot training in the Navy. Her parents had no objection to her joining the service. Her father was...
Cervantes, Enrique "Henry" Being a PX Officer
Enrique Cervantes was the PX [Annotator's Note: post exchange] officer for Lowry Airbase in Denver, Colorado. There...
Goss, Thomas Being a Radio Man and War’s End
Thomas Goss was stationed overseas on Guadalcanal [Annotator’s Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] with his unit [...
Kafka, T. Being a WAC
T. Toby Kafka enlisted in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in 1944 at the age of 20. Her family, particularly her brother,...
Konen, Mary Being a WAC
Mary Konen worked for a Jewish dentist [Annotator’s Note: named Dr. Behrman] who performed dentistry work on German...
VanDuzer, Raymond Being an Army Medic
Raymond VanDuzer was inducted into the service then sent to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was not sure what he wanted...
Burns, Lloyd Being an Instructor at Barksdale Field
Lloyd Burns remarks on the reputation of the B-26s [Annotator's Note: Martin B-26 Marauder medium bomber]. They were...
Koone, Carl Being an Instructor at Selfridge Field
Carl Koone was in the Army Air Corps for another year after his return to the United States. He spent the winter [...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Being Court Martialed
At Wendover, there was a base regulation stating that there was never to be any ammunition present in an aircraft until...
Tanner, Theodore Being Deployed
While waiting for an assignment, Theodore Robert Tanner and the other pilots of his group were called to meetings twice...
Tizzard, Thomas Being in Dry Dock and Dealing with Bodies
Thomas Tizzard was aboard the USS Denver (CL-58) when it went into dry dock to be repaired after being torpedoed. The...
Anderson, Gladys "Penni" Being in the WAVES
When she was 20 years old, Gladys Anderson joined the WAVES [Annotator's Note: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency...
Doss, Arles Being Wounded and Returning Home
The night Arles J. Doss was wounded, the ambulance drove around without lights because the Germans could see them. Doss...
Moen, Virgil Being Wounded in Holland
Prior to Operation Market Garden [Annotator's Note: Operation Market Garden, 17 to 25 September 1944, Netherlands],...
Ledford, Robert Being Wounded Three Times
Robert Ledford wanted to join the Army because he wanted to be on the ground fighting the enemy. When he heard the...
Jackson, William Biak and Island Hopping
William Jackson joined the 55th Troop Carrier Squadron, 375th Troop Carrier Group at Biak [Annotator's Note: Biak,...
Dendy, Lloyd Biggest Battle and Discharge
After he returned to duty, Lloyd Dendy had a case come up where a member had a death in the family. The Red Cross is...
Long, Donald Black Cat Squadron
Donald Long and his squadron [Annotator's Note: Patrol Squadron 12 (VP-12)] were transferred to the group that became...
Kneflin, Charles Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Charles Kneflin had never seen anything like the B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber]....
Struble, Charles Bomber Ground Crewman
Charles Struble had basic training at Amarillo, Texas. Aircraft maintenance instructions were also provided there. Next...
Rodriguez, Antonio Bombing Missions
Antonio C. Rodriquez flew towards the latter part of the war when few Luftwaffe [Annotator's Note: the German Air Force...
Templet, Robert Paul Boot Camp and a Year on Prewar Oahu
Robert Templet took his boot camp training in San Diego. The days started early for him. During his first week in...
Chinnis, Edward Boot Camp and Radio School
Edward Chinnis enlisted in the Navy on 11 November [Annotator's Note: 11 November 1942] in Raleigh, North Carolina then...
Weber, Ed Boot Camp to 4th Marine Division
Marine Corps boot camp was not bad for Ed Weber. They needed bodies then, so it was not that bad. Today, boot camp is...
Raner, Norman Boot Camp to Belfast
Norman Raner enlisted on 18 May 1941. He went to Port Des Moines [Annotator's Note: Port of Des Moines, Iowa] and then...
Brown, Robert Boot Camp to Los Alamos
Robert Brown left for boot camp in February 1943. He went to Fort MacArthur [Annotator's Note: Fort MacArthur,...
de la Vergne, Cyril Boot Camp to Mare Island
Boot camp was entirely foreign to Cyril de la Vergne. She had never seen so many dumb women in her life. They did not...
Levine, Arthur Boy to Soldier
Arthur Levine was born in June 1922 in Saint Louis, Missouri with two younger half-brothers and one younger half-sister...
Steeg, Moise Branded a Communist
Moise S. Steeg, Jr. went to Officer Candidate School in Miami, Florida. He finished in the upper one percent of the...

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