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  • Wichterich, George From the 9th Ward to the Army

    [Annotators Note: Interview begins with the interviewer and George Wichterich talking about a tank that was knocked out by members of Wichterich’s

  • Wichterich, George Going Home

    Before George Wichterich went overseas he was in Camp Miles Standish near Boston for a couple weeks getting his shots and getting ready.

  • Wichterich, George Last Weeks of the War

    [Annotators Note: George Wichterich served as a platoon sergeant in the 823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion, 30th Infantry Division.] After the Battle o

  • Wichterich, George Normandy

    When George Wichterich got in [Annotator’s Note: in the 823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion, 30th Infantry Division] he was a gun commander.

  • Wicker, Benjamin Segment 1

    Wicker was born in Scotlandville, Louisiana in 1923. He had a good life growing up, his father worked for the railroad.

  • Wicker, Benjamin Segment 2

    Another torpedo came and hit the USS California [Annotator’s Note: during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor].

  • Wicker, Benjamin Segment 3

    Wicker was not fast enough so his buddy would help him swim along in the water [Annotator’s Note: during the attack on Pearl Harbor].

  • Wicker, Benjamin Segment 4

    Wicker was told to go relieve the man on the gate but he refused because he knew he had more points than any man over there [Annotator’s Note: in I

  • Wicker, Benjamin Segment 5

    When they got to the Marshall Islands they had to go over the side of the ship; that was a hard thing to do. He did not like that.

  • Wicker, Thomas Education, ROTC and the Attack on Pearl Harbor

    After graduating from Alcee Fortier high school, New Orleans, Louisiana, Thomas Wicker attended Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana to study

  • Wicker, Thomas Leave and Postwar life

    Thomas Wicker recalled the day before the Japanese surrender, they had to fuel the USS Missouri (BB-63).

  • Wicker, Thomas Prewar Life

    Thomas Wicker was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in August 1923. Growing up during the Great Depression, money was scarce in his home.

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