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Quirk, Clint After the War
Clint Quirk was not assigned to a ship. [Annotator’s Note: Quirk was in the Merchant Marines].
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Quirk, Clint Becoming a Sailor
Clint Quirk tried to get into the Navy, but he needed seaman papers. The longshoremen told him to go to the Army Transport Division.
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Quirk, Clint Prewar Life
Clint Quirk was born in December 1923 in Butte, Montana and grew up in Anaconda, Montana. He had one sister. His father owned a bakery.
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Quirk, Clint Reflections
Clint Quirk thought the most enjoyable experience was coming into port and getting drunk.
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Raaen, John Advancing on Maisy
John Raaen left Rudder and remnants of his battalion [Annotator’s Note: 5th Ranger Battalion] at the Pointe to reorganize.
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Raaen, John Advancing to Point-du-Hoc then Maissey
John Raaen woke up the next morning [Annotator's Note: the morning of 7 June 1944 following the D-Day invasion the previous morning] and there
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Raaen, John Assaulting Omaha Beach
John Raaen saw a lot of smoke and heard a lot of noise from small arms fire from the right side.
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Raaen, John Becoming a Ranger
John Raaen saw the focus at the US Military Academy change after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Raaen, John Becoming an Officer
John Raaen attended West Point. His father was a career officer who graduated from the Military Academy on 1 November 1918.
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Raaen, John Beyond the Normandy Beach
John Raaen and his company [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Company, 5th Ranger Battalion] had a mission to proceed to the west [Annotator'
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Raaen, John Coming Ashore on D-Day
John Raaen landed after the first wave [Annotator's Note: on Omaha Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944].
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Raaen, John D-Day
John Raaen saw an unbelievable number of ships on the morning of D-Day. There were thousands of ships all spaced apart.