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Billingsley, James Jump Training to Luzon
James Billingsley was at Fort Benning [Annotator's Note: Fort Benning, Georgia] in an area called The Frying Pan.
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Billingsley, James Occupation Duty in Japan
James Billingsley was treated well as a replacement. In combat troops, it is a different thing altogether.
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Billingsley, James Paratrooper Training
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks James Billingsley why he chose to be a paratrooper.] Billingsley grew up a poor kid.
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Billingsley, James Prewar to Japan
James Billingsley was born in Erie, Pennsylvania in November 1923.
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Billingsley, James The Filipinos
James Billingsley worked with Filipino forces. He was in the middle of it, and was pulled out. There was a Filipino major there.
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Billingsley, James War is Confusion
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks James Billingsley to talk about a soldier who committed suicide.] A guy told Billingsley to never die
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Billow, Harold Segment 1
Billow was born in Millersburg, Pennsylvania. Growing up during the depression was rough, they did not have much.
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Billow, Harold Segment 2
Billow remembers going through France, Holland, and Luxemburg. The cities were destroyed by aerial bombardment.
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Billow, Harold Segment 3
At the field hospital, Billow realized he was wounded in the foot. They loaded him on a train back to England.
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Billow, Harold Segment 4
Billow recalls his friend Robert "Sketch" Marigg telling him about the incident.
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Billow, Harold Segment 5
Billow did not give an interview for the trials in Europe. He has been interviewed several times since the war.
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Biondo, Frank A Job To Do
[Annotator's Note: Frank Biondo was wounded while clearing Saint-Lo, France of rubble in July 1944.] They were sent back to the beach [Annotat