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DiSabatino, Eugene Wendover Army Air Field
Eugene DiSabatino worked on Ballistic Tables as part of the delivery system for the Manhattan Project in the...
DiSabatino, Eugene Wendover Field and the 509th Composite Group
Eugene DiSabatino had to disguise his military status and rank both on and off the base at Wendover Air Field. There...
Johnson, James West Point
James Johnson went to basic training for three months. Then he went to advanced individual training for two months. He...
Bourgeois, Emiline West Point Hospital Duty
Emiline Ann Bourgeois was stationed at West Point [Annotator's Note: as an Army nurse at the hospital of the United...
Barksdale, Battle West Point Military Academy
Battle Malone Barksdale was in H Company [Annotator's Note: Company H - unable to further identify - at the United...
Stern, Guy What the War Means
Guy Stern served out of the conviction that the cancer of Nazism must be eliminated. His life was change by accident....
Romano, Joseph What the War Means
Joseph Romano's most memorable war experience was being hit over the head with a pistol by a fellow soldier. He did not...
Reluga, Matthew What They Fought For
Matthew A. Reluga was not capable of going to the Naval Academy [Annotator's Note: United States Naval Academy,...
Medicine Crow, Joseph White Man Runs Him
Joseph Medicine Crow had an uncle known to the Crow people as White Buffalo Turns Around. He received a new name from...
Denius, Franklin "Frank" Winning the battle for Hill 314
[Annotators Note: Franklin Denius was an artillery forward observer in Battery C, 230th Field Artillery Battalion, 30th...
Hillenbrand, Bernard Wins and Losses
Bernard Hillenbrand does not recall too much of when he landed on Omaha Beach [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied...
Maresca, Frank W. Winter 1944
When Frank Maresca's unit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 289th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division...
Hihn, Stewart Winter 1944 in Eastern France
Stewart Hihn's unit [Annotator's Note: 222nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division] was transferred from 7th [...
Dabney, William G. Witnessing war
William Dabney had a couple of close calls when they were on the beach. A bomb fell and scared a lot of people. It left...
Heany, Mary Women's Rights
Mary T. Heany thought it was nice to be discharged [Annotator’s Note: She was discharged from the Women’s Army Corps (...
Hever, John Wonderful News
John Hever never saw any Japanese soldiers until after the war was over. They had no weapons, and were walking around...
Mancuso, Frank Work and Family in Germany
Frank Mancuso adopted a 20 month old girl from Ludwigsburg with his wife while in Germany. When his father in law...
Spint, Robert Work Camps and German Jets
The first time Robert Spint saw a work camp [Annotator's Note: while serving with the 92nd Cavalry Reconnaissance...
Motil, Joseph Work to be done inland
Joseph Motil landed on Utah Beach and one of the German tanks was already coming to meet them. Motil went back in 1964...
Bertz, Richard Working Before Being Drafted
Richard O. "Otto" Bertz wanted to fly but found out he could not so he decided to go to work. He decided to do drafting...
Blakey, Thomas Working for General Brereton
[Annotator's Note: An interviewer asks Thomas J. Blakey if he is familiar with US Army Lieutenant General Lewis Hyde...
Elfer, Rosemary Working for Higgins Industries
When Higgins [Annotator's Note: Higgins Industries in New Orleans, Louisiana] advertised for openings in their aircraft...
Settles, Louise Working for MacArthur
Louise Settles put in for overseas duty in 1943. She did not necessarily want to go overseas. It was more to get out of...
Howard, Taylor Working for the CCC
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks very slowly throughout this segment.] Taylor Howard lived in Gulfport [Annotator’...
Langrehr, Henry Working in a Coal Mine
Henry Langrehr was working in the mine the first day and he was sent work with an old Czech [Annotator's Note:...
Hutchings, Robert Working in Headquarters
Robert J. Hutchings was assigned as a stenographer under the command of General Eisenhower [Annotator's Note: General...
St. Amant, Philemon Working in the OSS
Philemon Andrews Saint Amant [Annotator's Note: a member of the OSS, Office of Strategic Services; pre-runner to today'...
Bronstein, Isador Working in Washington, D.C.
Isadore Bronstein started at the lowest government grade when he went to work [Annotator's Note: in Washington, D.C.]....
Levee, Harris Working on the Atomic Bomb
Harris H. Levee reported to the University [Annotator's Note: Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago,...
Denzler, Edward Working with Chinese Allies
Talking about working with the other Allied forces, Edward Denzler observed that the Kachin Rangers had been...
Connelly, William Working with Counterintelligence
After serving as MP [Annotator's Note: Military Police in the Intelligence and Reconnaissance platoon, 116th Infantry...
Guitard, Robert Working With German Prisoners
[Annotator's Note: Robert Guitard was assigned to the Prisoner of War Enclosure 339, Prisoner of War Information Bureau...
Holleman, Louis Working with Marines
[Annotator's Note: There is a lot of background noise throughout this clip.] The invasion of Okinawa [Annotator's Note...
Burnett, Marshall Working with the Local People
After Marshall Burnett was released from the hospital where he had been recovering from typhus [Annotator's Note: also...
Boitnott, Monty World War 2 and Modern Warfare
Monty Joe Boitnott would like to be thought of as being in the largest and bloodiest war and they won. However,...
Williams, Robert World War 2 in Film
Robert L. Williams did not know the men of Easy Company [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute...

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