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Smith, Dale Life Aboard Ship
Dale Smith was aboard the USS Proteus (AS-19) 99 percent of the time. They had movies and a huge mess hall.
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Smith, Dale Occupation Duty
[Annotator's Note: Dale Smith served in the Navy aboard the submarine tender USS Proteus (AS-19) and was at Kamakura, Japan demilitarizing the
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Smith, Dale Prewar to Submarines
Dale Smith was born in Ontario, California in March 1925. His great grandfather moved there in 1892 and was a founder. His father was born there.
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Smith, Dale Tending Submarines
Dale Smith was assigned to the USS Proteus (AS-19), a submarine repair and supply ship. It was big and had about 800 people on board.
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Smith, Eben Final Mission and Capture
Assigned as a B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber] pilot, Eben Smith arrived first in Foggia, Italy, before being
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Smith, Eben Liberation, Repatriation and Postwar Military Service
Eben Smith was relocated to Camp Lucky Strike in France [Annotator's Note: after being liberated from the Stalag Luft I prisoner of war camp i
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Smith, Eben Postwar Career and Reflections
Returning from overseas where he had been in charge of Air Force maintenance instructors, Eben Smith recaps transitioning back to flying as a C-54
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Smith, Eben POW Experience
Captured after bailing out of his flak damaged B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber], Eben Smith was eventually ta
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Smith, Eben Prewar, Training and Overseas Deployment
Eben Smith was born in August 1923 in Pasadena, California.
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Smith, Jacques Becoming a Paratrooper
Jump school training was intense for Jacques Brewster Smith. He did a lot of running and swinging exercise.
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Smith, Jacques City Boy to Jump School
Jacques Brewster Smith was born in September 1923, in Buffalo [Annotator's Note: Buffalo, New York].
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Smith, Jacques Combat on Leyte
Jacques Brewster Smith remembers the island of Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte, Philippines] being all jungle and mountains.