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Biestek, Jane "Jane Laird" Reflections
Jane Biestek remembers buses of sailors passing by the window of the Ford factory. She would dance with them at night. She enjoyed that.
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Biestek, Jane "Jane Laird" Working for the Ford Motor Company
Jane Biestek worked at Yellowstone National Park when she in Montana. Her father would log there during the summer when the mine slowed down.
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Billingsley, James Attacking Nichols Field
[Annotator's Note: James Billingsley was treated for a shrapnel wound at Parañaque, Philippines and sent back to his Headquarters Battery, 674
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Billingsley, James Combat Actions around Nasugbu
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks James Billingsley to talk about Nasugbu, Philippines.] They came out of Luzon [Annotator's Note:
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Billingsley, James Combat Fatigue
James Billingsley was on the line and he had fired his rifle so much that he could not touch it due to the heat.
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Billingsley, James Combat on Luzon
[Annotator's Note: James Billingsley went ashore on Luzon, Philippines, on 31 January 1945.] Billingsley made his way back to his Battery [Ann
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Billingsley, James Coming Home
James Billingsley got extra points for his medals towards coming home. He went into a depot and had to take everything out of his barracks bags.
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Billingsley, James Earning a Silver Star
[Annotator's Note: There is a tape break and this clip starts with James Billingsley midsentence.
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Billingsley, James Final Thoughts
James Billingsley was in the mountains fighting and going down a gulley [Annotator's Note: in the Philippines].
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Billingsley, James Friendly Fire and Decorated by General Stilwell
[Annotator's Note: This clip starts with James Billingsley midsentence in a new story.] Billingsley says that after the tank blew up, they wer
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Billingsley, James Friendly Fire Deaths
James Billingsley encountered quite a bit of Japanese resistance going up Highway 17 [Annotator's Note: now Emilio Aguinaldo Highway, Philippi
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Billingsley, James Interactions with Japanese Civilians
James Billingsley was on patrol one night in Japan. He went into a train station and there was nothing there, but kids huddled.