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Grugett, George Overseas to Africa and Italy
Everything was rationed during the war. George Grugett's dad told him to go to the ration board and get gas stamps.
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Gubish, Charles Deployment to the Pacific
Charles Gubish did not know much about what was going on with the war in the Pacific. Marine Corps boot camp was tough.
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Guderian, Emmett Occupation Duty and Returning Home
Emmett Guderian served in the occupation of Japan. He saw the remains of bombed towns.
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Gustafson, Gerald Return Home
[Annotator’s Note: A washing machine running in the background is audible throughout this segment.
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Haack, Frederick Closing Thoughts
Frederick Haack and about nine others were put in a big, steel cylinder [Annotator's Note: during high-altitude, pilot training].
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Hahn, Clifford Becoming a Soldier
Clifford Albert Hahn entered basic training at Fort Lee, Virginia [Annotator's Note: he had enlisted in July 1942].
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Hall, Meda War's End
[Annotator's Note: Meda Royce Hall is difficult to understand throughout this segment.] Hall and his squadron [Annotator's Note: Composit
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Hammond, Jr., Robert C. Midway to Guadalcanal
[Annotator’s Note: Video skips throughout the segment and the audio does not sync with video.] Robert C. Hammond Jr.
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Harris, Oran Early Life and Overseas Deployment
Oran Harris was born in Hartford, Tennessee in September 1924.
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Harris, Oran Enlistment and Heading Overseas
Oran Harris was 17 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He was returning from Sunday school when a man called out that Japan was invading.
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Harris, Oran Political Decisions
Oran Harris said that while he was on Palawan, he learned that Franklin D. Roosevelt had died, and the news made him sad.
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Harris, Rufus Typhoon and Atomic Bomb
The biggest problem on Rufus Harris' ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Miami (CL-89)] was a typhoon [Annotator's Note: Typhoon Cobra,