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Underwood, Antoinette Becoming an Army Nurse
Underwood, Antoinette Wartime Nursing Experiences
Murphy, Thomas Fighting Near Munich
Staymates, Arthur Postwar Life and Career
Wilson, Adolph Becoming a Marine
Aigner, Leslie Dachau followed by Liberation
Kubiak, Frank Dysentery, VJ-Day and Postwar
Bass, Stewart Becoming a Naval Aviator
Gross, Ernest Hunger and Liberation
Ciotta, Angelo Discharge and Thoughts on the Atomic Bomb
Wilkerson, H. Fighting the Japanese and Malaria
Lenhard, Phyllis "Phyllis Gill" Reacting to Changing Times
Arbour, Joseph Training and Assignment
Smith, Louis Leaving Iwo Jima Alive
Greer, William Normandy
Grapes, Opal Treating Combat Wounded
Hopkins, Ralph Becoming a Sailor
Kopp, Alois Life in POW Camps
Vaughn, Odell Receiving the Silver Star Medal, Being Wounded and Going Home
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Wilson, Adolph Becoming a Marine
Adolph Wilson arrived in San Diego for Marine training after three days of travel on a train from New Orleans. The men...
Bass, Stewart Becoming a Naval Aviator
Stewart Bass was trained to be a naval aviator. The first months involved college type training at St. Mary's College...
Hopkins, Ralph Becoming a Sailor
Ralph Hopkins wanted to join the Navy at 17 years of age, but his father refused. Hopkins could have gotten a job...
Underwood, Antoinette Becoming an Army Nurse
Antoinette Underwood signed up for the Army a day or two after Pearl Harbor. She had to go to West Point for an...
Aigner, Leslie Dachau followed by Liberation
Leslie Aigner and the other inmates were weak when they entered the camp [Annotator's Note: Dachau concentration camp...
Ciotta, Angelo Discharge and Thoughts on the Atomic Bomb
Angelo Ciotta was shot in the leg and evacuated to an Army hospital in Guam. He spent ten days there and then went to...
Kubiak, Frank Dysentery, VJ-Day and Postwar
Frank Kubiak and his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Vicksburg (CL-86)] went to the Philippines because it was stricken...
Weller, James End of the War
James Weller and his outfit [Annotator’s Note: the 62nd Armored Field Artillery battalion] passed through Aachen and...
Murphy, Thomas Fighting Near Munich
On 18 April 1945 Thomas Murphy was shot. A few days before that happened they were attacked by German infantry...
Wilkerson, H. Fighting the Japanese and Malaria
Four days after arriving at Guadalcanal, H. Lloyd Wilkerson put his commanding officer on an evacuation flight out of...
Fisch, Robert Harsh German Treatment
Robert Fisch had contracted a fever. [Annotator's Note: He had been exposed to typhus at the Austrian border on his way...
Gross, Ernest Hunger and Liberation
Ernest Gross, a prisoner at Kaufering [Annotator’s Note: Kaufering; subcamp of Dachau; Landsberg am Lech, Germany] says...
Smith, Louis Leaving Iwo Jima Alive
The morning after he was injured, Louis Smith learned that his platoon leader and squad leader were dead. The assistant...
Kopp, Alois Life in POW Camps
Alois Kopp was aboard the USS Houston (CA-30) defending Java when the ship was sunk. He survived and was taken prisoner...
Greer, William Normandy
William Greer and his outfit [Annotator’s Note: Company A, 315th Engineer Combat Battalion, 90th Infantry Division]...
Staymates, Arthur Postwar Life and Career
Arthur Staymates was relieved of his duty in Nuremburg [Annotator's Note: he had been Commander of the Guard during the...
Fisch, Robert PTSD and Humanity
Robert Fisch never wanted to talk about his wartime experiences at first. If asked, he would explain, but otherwise he...
Lenhard, Phyllis "Phyllis Gill" Reacting to Changing Times
Asked about her most memorable experience during the war, Phyllis Lenhard said she was impressed with the people she...
Vaughn, Odell Receiving the Silver Star Medal, Being Wounded and Going Home
Odell Vaughn was wounded while trying to remove a comrade from a minefield. He was awarded the Silver Star for his...
Frydman, Louis Reflections
Louis Frydman took advantage of situations and made the best of them. Upon arriving in the United States, he and his...
Arbour, Joseph Training and Assignment
Joseph Arbour was sent to San Diego, California for six weeks for basic training. He tested well on his general...
Grapes, Opal Treating Combat Wounded
Opal Grapes saw the first patients arriving by midmorning or noon [Annotator’s Note: on D-Day, 6 June 1944]. The...
Underwood, Antoinette Wartime Nursing Experiences
Antoinette Underwood and the hospital staff [Annotator's Note: of the 129th General Hospital] knew an invasion was...