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Ryan, John Reflections
[Annotator's Note: The audio level of this interview is very low.] John Ryan knows that over time, things changed for the better in the area a
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Ryan, John The Siegfried Line and Experiencing Enemy Fire
[Annotator's Note: The audio level of this interview is very low.] Before John Ryan reached the Siegfried Line, he came under intense fire, an
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Ryan, John War’s End and Occupation of Germany
[Annotator's Note: The audio level of this interview is very low.] On VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945], John
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Ryan, Richard An Enemy Encounter, Transfers and Liberty in North Africa
Richard Ryan served aboard the Tripoli [Annotator's Note: USS Tripoli (CVE-64)] in the Pacific and the Card [Annotator's Note: USS Card (
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Ryan, Richard Duty in the Pacific Aboard the USS Tripoli (CVE-64)
When the war with Germany ended, Richard Ryan hoped he would be sent home. He had a one year old son he had not yet seen.
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Ryan, Richard Early Life
Richard Ryan was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in March 1921. His father worked for the Ford factory making automobiles.
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Ryan, Richard Fighting U-Boats in the Atlantic
At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: 7 December 1941], Richard Ryan was stationed at the naval air station in Anacosti
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Ryan, Richard Reflections
Looking back, Richard Ryan feels that World War 2 changed the United States in a bad way.
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Ryan, Richard Serving Aboard the USS Broome (DD-210)
While on maneuvers aboard the Texas [Annotator's Note: USS Texas (BB-35)] in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Richard Ryan was transferred to the Broome
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Ryan, Richard VJ-Day and Postwar Navy Service
When the United States dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Richard Ryan was at the naval air station on the Lakefront [Annotator
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Sabol, Emil Segment 1
Sabol was born in 1924 and knew when the war broke out that he would have to serve in one branch or another. He chose the US Army Air Corps.
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Sabol, Emil Segment 2
Sabol was flying at 28,500 feet when he was shot down.