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Gomez, Hewitt Becoming a Navigator
Hewitt Brian Gomez was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in January 1925. He recalled that he was playing football at a...
Field, Edward Becoming a Navigator
Edward Field was accepted [Annotator's Note: into the United States Army Air Forces Aviation Cadet Program] and was...
Casey, Donald Becoming a Navigator
Donald E. Casey served as a second lieutenant and navigator during World War 2. Prior to the breakout of war, Casey...
Howland, John Becoming a Navigator
John Howland had taken flight courses and was ready to join the Air Force but was restricted from becoming a pilot...
Suter, Martin Becoming a Navy Aviator
Martin Suter was sent to Colgate University [Annotator's Note: in New York, New York], where he took part a pilot...
Ussery, Jake Becoming a Navy Fighter Pilot
Jake Ussery enlisted in Monroe, Louisiana. He was in the Navy but lived in a barracks in Monroe. He trained in a small...
McKinnon, Lee Becoming a Navy Man
Lee O. McKinnon was born in Valdosta, Georgia in August 1925. He was raised by his mother and grandfather and worked on...
Taddeo, Al Becoming a Navy Pilot
Alfred Taddeo is from Portland, Oregon. While there with a group of classmates at the University of Portland Oregon [...
Sterrie, Norman Becoming a Navy Pilot
Norman Sterrie finished flight training in the summer of 1940 [Annotator's Note: Sterrie had entered the Navy in...
Gilman, John Becoming a Navy Pilot
John Sanford Gilman was born in Rochester, New York in November 1918. He grew up with an older brother and twin sister...
Perino, Salvador Becoming a Navy Pilot
Salvador Perino was sent to Memphis, Tennessee to fly Stearmans [Annotator's Note: Boeing-Stearman Model 75 Kaydet or...
Micheel, Vernon L. Becoming a Navy Pilot
Vernon Micheel was born and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college in Ames [Annotator's Note: Ames, Iowa] and...
Vallas, Theodore Becoming a Navy Pilot and Aiding England
Theodore Vallas joined the Navy in 1939 when students in college were being prepared to go to the anticipated war....
Gehrett, John Becoming a Navy Supply Officer
John Gehrett was sent to a Navy supply school in conjunction with Harvard Business School [Annotator's Note: at Harvard...
Welch, Darrell Becoming a P-38 Pilot
Darrell Welch trained on twin engine aircraft. He was flying bombers in flight school and assumed he was going to be a...
Smith, Jacques Becoming a Paratrooper
Jump school training was intense for Jacques Brewster Smith. He did a lot of running and swinging exercise. He was...
Tipper, Edward Becoming a Paratrooper
Edward Tipper enlisted in the Army. All paratroopers enlisted. None were drafted. He wanted to join the paratroopers...
Baughman, Paul Becoming a Paratrooper
Paul Baughman served in World War 2. When Pearl Harbor happened [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor...
Boyd, Richard L. Becoming a Paratrooper
Richard Boyd was born in November 1924 and grew up in York, Pennsylvania. During World War 2 he served in Company B,...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Becoming a Paratrooper and Overseas Deployment
Theodore Finkbeiner processed through induction at Camp Beauregard [Annotator's Note: in Pineville, Louisiana] then...
Schultz, Philip Becoming a Photographer
Philip Schultz and friends became interested in photography. They eventually were fortunate enough to use that interest...
Myers, Homer Becoming a Pilot
Homer Myers flew the T-17 Stearman [Annotator's Note: Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet primary trainer aircraft] in...
Sieck, Albert Becoming a Pilot
Albert Sieck was born in Norfolk, Nebraska in October 1921. He graduated from high school in 1939 and found a job...
Haslett, Revis Becoming a Pilot
Revis Dale Haslett was born in July 1922 in Brownstown, Illinois. He lived in Illinois until after he graduated high...
Brueland, Lowell Becoming a Pilot
Lowell Brueland had a normal flight training. He graduated in September 1942 and was assigned to the 20th Fighter...
Arceneaux, Arthur Becoming a Pilot
Arthur Joseph Arceneaux Junior could not initially enter Navy flight school because of the number of new potential...
Russo, James Becoming a Pilot
James Russo applied for and was accepted into Officer Candidate School after his Army basic training. He was then sent...
Laubner, William Becoming a Pilot
William Laubner went to Fort Dix, New Jersey after entering the Army. He received basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky...
Dana, Newton Becoming a Pilot
[Annotator's Note: Newton Dana was born in 1924 in Trenton, New Jersey.] Newton Dana grew up with a large extended...
Davis, William Becoming a Pilot
William Isham Davis was born in Topeka, Kansas in March 1921. His father worked in a large furniture store and Jack...
Jackson, William Becoming a Pilot
William Jackson was first sent to Miami Beach [Annotator's Note: Miami Beach, Florida] following his induction. He...
Higgins, Archibald Becoming a Pilot and Deployment to the Pacific
Archibald "Archie" T. Higgins was born in New Orleans in January 1924. He is a lifelong resident of the New Orleans...
Bell, Harry Becoming a POW
Harry Bell and the rest of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 422nd Infantry Regiment [Annotator's Note: 106th Infantry Division...
Tarkington, Frank Becoming a Radioman
Frank V. Tarkington [Annotator's Note: a radioman in the US Navy] got a message from the Naval Air Station [Annotator's...
Aziz, Edmund Becoming a Radioman
On 7 December 1941, Edmund Aziz and his fiancée were watching a matinee in Detroit, Michigan. When they came out of the...

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