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Tyler, Vernon Shipped Overseas
Vernon Leo Tyler's the ride on the ship [Annotator's Note: overseas as part of the 100th Infantry Division] was...
Cassady, William Shipped Overseas
William Cassady was assigned to the ship [Annotator’s Note: USS Frederick Funston (APA-89)] in 1943. They went into...
Melton, M. Shipped Overseas
M. Edward Melton knew he was going to be drafted. If he volunteered, he would have a better chance to go into the Army...
Splichal, William Shipped Overseas
William Splichal was sent to North Carolina after he was drafted. He was put into the infantry for six months. He went...
Knese, Benard Shipped Overseas
Bernard Knese found out he was going into the Army Air Force when he went to basic training. Basic training lasted two...
Thomas, A.C. Shipped to England
A.C. Thomas drove trucks at a gravel company. He went to the motor pool and drove whatever they wanted. Thomas was a...
White, Charles Shipped to England
Charles White was in the United States training troops. The last outfit he was training was sent over to England. After...
Ramsey, Frank Shipped to England
Frank Ramsey remembers the whole crew went on the troop ship together. [Annotator’s Note: He was being shipped to...
Forstall, Earl Shipped to England
Earl Forstall was shipped overseas from Miami [Annotator's Note: Miami, Florida]. They went to Trinidad [Annotator's...
Asher, Adolph Shipped to England
Adolph Edward Asher was assigned to a unit [Annotator's Note: unable to identify] in April [Annotator's Note: April...
St. Amant, Philemon Shipped to England
Philemon Andrews Saint Amant landed in London [Annotator's Note: London, England]. There were troops fighting in North...
Martin, Robert Shipped to England
Robert Martin went to Plymouth, England [Annotator's Note: on the USS LST-515]. While they were in England went to a...
Peiffer, Warren Shipped to England
Warren Peiffer started out in England when he was in the Army. There was a German prison camp there. They kept Peiffer...
Meredith, William Shipped to England
William Meredith had the option to train to be a pilot, bombardier, or navigator. Meredith was in civil engineering. He...
Gibb, Owen Shipped to England
Owen Gibb went to boot camp for six weeks in the Canadian Air Force in the snow. Then they went to Saskatchewan [...
Britt, James Shipped to Europe
James Britt went to OCS [Annotator's Note: officer candidate school]. He was sent to Fort Sill, Oklahoma to an...
Asher, Adolph Shipped to France
Adolph Edward Asher arrived in France and was assigned to a new outfit [Annotator's Note: unable to identify]. He had...
Martin, Robert Shipped to France
Robert Martin went to Europe [Annotator's Note: on the USS LST-515]. The first place they went to was [Annotator's Note...
Burkle, Henry Shipped to Italy
Henry Burkle’s wife’s father was trying to raise chickens. One of the things Burkle did during the Depression [...
Taliancich, Joseph Shipped to Morocco
Joseph Taliancich would have firing practice over a lake at Fort Sheridan [Annotator’s Note: Fort Sheridan, Illinois]....
Hartman, Joseph Shipped to Norway
Joseph Hartmann went back to England and was sent to Southampton [Annotator's Note: Southampton, England]. He was put...
Sandoz, James Shooting Down German Planes
James Sandoz's battery [Annotator's Note: Battery A, 554th AAA (AW) Battalion, 29th Infantry Division] was credited...
Rupp, Robert Shooting Their Own Men
[Annotator's Note: Robert Rupp served in the Army as as an officer in the 3rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 9th...
Simmons, Curt Shore Duty and Overseas Voyages
Curt Simmons served as a US Navy Armed Guard gunner aboard merchant ships. Even at the start of the war there were...
Nussenbaum, Seymour Shot At For a Stamp
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Seymour Nussenbaum was an avid stamp collector...
Galbraith, Wendell Shot Down
Wendell Galbraith never used the voice radio. Voice radio was bomber to bomber. There was a 522 set which was bomber to...
Burns, Lloyd Shot Down
Lloyd Burns was on his ninth mission when his airplane was shot down [Annotator's Note: Burns was a pilot in the 598th...
McGlaun, DeQuindre Shot Down
DeQuindre McGlaun [Annotator's Note: with the 333rd Bombardment Squadron, 94th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] did...
Vaadi, Eugene Shot Down
Eugene Vaadi was assigned to the 385th Bombardment Group and flew 19 missions over Europe hitting Berlin, Nurenberg,...
Towle, John Shot Down and Aided by a French Family
John W. Towle was flying towards his target with its flying bombs. The Germans placed their antiaircraft weapons in...
Rans, Robert Shot Down and Captured
[Annotator's Note: No mention is made here of the mission being described, however, from later interviews and the...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Shot down and severely wounded
Olen Grant was living in a hotel in Austin, Texas when he got a call from Jim Armstrong. It was the first time Grant...
Sweatt, Robert Shot Down in Occupied Territory
On his seventeenth mission, Robert Sweatt was returning from Ludwigshafen, Germany when Jimmy Stewart [Annotator's Note...
Vaadi, Eugene Shot Down over China
Eugene Vaadi went to the Philippines as part of the 581st Air Resupply and Communications Squadron, 13th Air Force,...
Richard, Martin Shot Down Over France
On Martin Richard's last mission, the British were pinned down on the beachhead around Caen [Annotator's Note: Caen,...
Heller, Robert Shot Down Over Germany
Robert Heller was flying at an unnerving altitude and had not yet reached his target when his plane was overtaken by...

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