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Rogers, Lloyd "Frenchie" Postwar Life
Lloyd Rogers remembers the new B-25 [Annotator's Note: North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber] was a better aircraft all around.
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Rogers, Lloyd "Frenchie" Prewar Life
Lloyd Rogers was born in Patterson, Louisiana in May 1914. He is 90 years old [Annotator’s Note: at the time of the interview].
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Rogers, Lloyd "Frenchie" Reflections and Reunions
Lloyd Rogers worked with a seismograph machine before the war to find oil deposits for Shell Oil Company.
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Rogers, Lloyd "Frenchie" Sicily to India
Lloyd Rogers was on the eastern coast of Sicily [Annotator’s Note: Sicily, Italy]. From there they bombed Italy.
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Rogers, Wilbur Early Life
Wilbur Rogers was born in August 1925 in Jonesboro, Louisiana, the youngest of six boys and three girls.
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Rogers, Wilbur Memorable Events
Wilbur Rogers likes to tell a story about a pigeon.
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Rogers, Wilbur Okinawa
At Okinawa, Wilbur Rogers' ship [Annotator's Note: USS Foote (DD-511)] was part of a radar picket station, a system implemented to provid
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Rogers, Wilbur Peleliu, the Philippines and Okinawa
When the USS Foote (DD-511) got to Pearl Harbor, Wilbur Rogers remembered they stripped the 20mm off its fan tail and added about 50 tons of muniti
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Rogers, Wilbur Postwar Life
Wilbur Rogers' discharge was based on the convenience of the government and was affected at New Orleans, Louisiana on 28 December 1945.
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Rogers, Wilbur Reaction to the Atomic Bomb
Wilbur Rogers' ship [Annotator's Note: USS Foote (DD-511)] and crew were preparing for the invasion of Japan, but the Navy had something
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Rogers, Wilbur Reflections
Wilbur Rogers said that everything he did [Annotator's Note: during his time in the US Navy] was before he was 21 years old.
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Rogers, Wilbur Rewards and Accolades
Wilbur Rogers laughs at remembering the reward for picking up a downed pilot: ice cream.