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Danegger, Alfred Service in Belgium
Alfred "Al" Danegger and other photographers would often take pictures that included themselves. They recorded many...
Jarvis, Robert Service in Brisbane
In February 1944, Robert Jarvis’ regiment [Annotator’s Note: 534th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment, 4th Engineer...
Auerbach, Herbert Service in Burma
Herbert Auerbach arrived in Bombay, India in October 1943 then went by train to northern Burma, nearly to Assam. From...
Grapes, Opal Service in England
Opal Grapes arrived in Scotland after about a five day voyage from the United States. She then traveled by train toward...
Terrebonne, Leo Service in Europe
Leo Terrebonne was assigned to the 1302nd Engineer General Service Regiment, 1st Battalion, Company C, and he endured a...
Harned, Harley Service in Europe
Harley Harned boarded a converted luxury liner for transport to Europe. [Annotator’s Note: Someone comes into the...
Smithson, Jack Service in Europe
Jack A. Smithson went where the big guns [Annotator's Note: 90mm antiaircraft guns M1/M2/M3; Smithson was in the 124th...
Gibbens, Elizabeth Service in Europe and Return
When the 19th General Hospital was replaced at Le Mans Elizabeth Gibbens' unit moved on to Paris and then to Nancy,...
Knippers, Willie Service in Hawaii
After Willie D. Knippers completed his medical field training at Camp Barkeley, Texas, he was sent to California for...
Tate, Gary Service in India
After arriving in India by troopship, Gary Tate rode a troop train from Bombay to northeast India. It was a difficult...
Ballew, Thomas Service in Korea and Vietnam
During the Korean War Thomas Ballew served in General MacArthur's Headquarters in Tokyo. He was in personnel [Annotator...
Bannai, Paul Service in New Guinea, Borneo and the Philippines
Paul Bannai joined the Allied Translator Interpreter Service [Annotator's Note: referred to as ATIS], which served all...
Breaux, Lavenia "Lavenia Hickman" Service in the Army
Lavenia Breaux hopes and prays that whatever she has said or has done will rub off on someone young in a positive way....
Hever, John Service in the CBI
According to John Hever, the signal corps in Patiala, India was there to provide communications between the airplanes...
Hebert, Richard Service in the Philippines
After completing basic training in the Army, Richard Hebert, Sr. was shipped to California and then boarded a troop...
St. Julian, James Service in the Philippines and New Guinea
James Anthony Saint Julien, Senior [Annotator's Note: deployed to the Philippines with the 766th Engineer Dump Truck...
Hicks, Ora Pierce Service Integration and Europe
After returning to the camp [Annotator's Note: Fort Huachuca, Arizona], Ora Hicks was transferred to a German POW [...
Yancey, Spencer Service Overview
Spencer Yancey was born in Hunnewell, Missouri in 1910. He is 106 years old. He was born and raised on a farm. He...
Skinner, Theodore Service Stateside and Postwar
After Theodore E. Skinner, Sr. was released from the hospital in the United States, he was assigned to the 78th...
Hirabayashi, Grant Serving as a Translator and Interrogator in China
Grant Jiro Hirabayashi was transferred to Kunming [Annotator's Note: Kunming, China] followed by an assignment to the...
Inoshita, Masaji Serving in Burma with the British
Before they [Annotator's Note: Masaji Inoshita and his fellow interpreter, Sergeant Edwin Sasaki] got to their final...
Ellenberg, Bernard Serving in Europe
Bernard Ellenberg's [Annotator's Note: assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division as a typist for the Stars and Stripes,...
Morrison, Leila Serving in Europe
Leila Morrison was met by a two and a half ton truck [Annotator's Note: two and a half ton, six by six truck, also...
Cardinale, Joseph Serving in the Army Band
Joseph A. Cardinale was drafted into the Army in the summer of 1945 and sent to Fort Knox [Annotator’s Note: Fort Knox...
Matsumoto, Roy Serving with the OSS in China
Roy H. Matsumoto did not realize he had been assigned to OSS [Annotator's Note: Office of Strategic Services;...
Beeghly, Donald Setting Shells and Going Home
Donald Beeghly did not see any massive movements of German prisoners. Beeghly has a document he received from the...
Swift, Robert Setting Up an ER at the Indy 500
Robert Swift is a big fan of the Indianapolis 500 which relates to his time in the military. Every year at the 500...
Gibbens, Elizabeth Setting Up in France
When orders came about a month after D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944],...
Witmeyer, John "J.J." Seven Days in the Parroy Forest
During the battle in the Parroy Forest in eastern France, John Witmeyer had two Sherman tanks at his disposal to break...
Garbo, William Several Weeks in a Hospital
After over a week in combat on a mountain ridge, William Garbo and the men of G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 112th Cavalry...
Baumgarten, Harold Severely Wounded but Continuing to Fight
Harold Baumgarten continues his account of what he did on D-Day at Dog Green Sector [Annotator's Note: Normandy, France...
Quigley, Tom Sgt. Umburger and Pistols
Tom Quigley and his men watched their comrades try and make their way up Hill 192 under heavy German fire, and saw a...
Weatherwax, Clarence "Uncle Herb" Sharing Experiences
Clarence Herbert Weatherwax feels he is blessed and is happy to share his story with people. He enjoys talking to...
Hughes, Lowell Shell Shock
Lowell Hughes was part of the invasion of Anzio, Italy. German mortars and artillery were almost nonstop. The four...
Barnes, Walter Shelled for the First Time
Walter Barnes suffered from ADD [Annotators Note: Attention Deficit Disorder] but the war did not affect it. One time...
Sapp, Walter Ship and Field Life
Going overseas was scary for Walter Sapp. He was three decks below seeing daylight. They were in a huge convoy and the...

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