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Pilcher, Joseph Downing a Fw-190-D Over Germany
On the day Joseph Pilcher shot down an Fw-190 [Annotator’s Note: German Focke-Wulf Fw-190 fighter aircraft], he was...
Peniche, Ed Draft and Leading Up to D-Day
Eduardo Alberto Peniche Carvajal volunteered for a program called V-12 [Annotator’s Note: V-12 US Navy College Training...
Luers, Harold Drafted
Harold Luers was about 17 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl...
Johnson, Norman Drafted and Overseas
Norman Johnson was born on Staten Island, New York on 16 January 1925. His father was an electrician. In the afternoons...
Manzi, Edward Drafted into the Army
Edward J. Manzi was born in Waterbury, Connecticut in February 1924 and grew up in nearby Woodbury. He was one of five...
Newton, Cecil Drafted into the Army
Cecil J. V. Newton was born in March 1925 on a family farm in Highlands, Texas. He was an only child. His father was a...
Dochick, Wesley Drafted into the Navy
Wesley John Dochick was 21 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl...
Ikari, Norman Drafted Soon After Pearl Harbor
Norman Ikari recalls Pearl Harbor very well. It was a Sunday morning and Ikari was sitting in his house in East Los...
Galbraith, Wendell Drafted to Flight Engineer
Wendell Galbraith got his draft notice [Annotator's Note: in July 1943] and returned [Annotator's Note: to the United...
O'Brien, Ryan Drafted to Navigation School
Ryan O'Brien and a friend went to watch the LA Bulldogs [Annotator's Note: Los Angeles Bulldogs] playing against the...
Overcash, Raymond Drafted, Training, D-Day and Injury
Raymond Eugene Overcash was born in Lanett, Alabama in 1923. He was drafted in 1943. He did his basic training in...
Clausen, Elfriede Dresden and Poverty
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer begins this clip by asking Elfriede Clausen about the bombing of Dresden, Germany.]...
Bosworth, Paul Dresden and the 100th Bomb Group
Paul Bosworth was on a bombing mission just west of Dresden [Annotator's Note: Dresden, Germany]. They would normally...
Gibb, Owen Dresden, Germany
Owen Gibb remembers that the Americans bombed during the day and the British bombed during the night. They flew B-17s [...
Wilkes, R. "Bud" Drive Across Germany
On 23 February 1945, R.M. Wilkes crossed the Roer River [Annotator's Note: at Roerdorf, or Rohrdorf, Germany]. Rogers'...
Richard, Martin Dulag Luft Interrogation and Gabby Gabreski
Martin Richard was moved to several different places. They were in some town between the frontlines and Paris. They...
Campbell, John Duties Aboard Ship
John Scott Campbell's duties were complicated but simple. On a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly...
Leopold, Vernon Duties and Patrols
Vernon Leopold arrived on the Belgium and German border at the village of Hünningen. They took over a farm house that...
Stahl, Floyd Duties on Ship
Floyd Stahl stood watch with everybody else. He had a lot of different assignments. In the Atlantic [Annotator's Note:...
Jeffrey, Wallace Duty in England and D-Day
Wallace Jeffery arrived in Scotland and was transported by train to his new camp in England. He stayed there for four...
Wombacher, Delbert Duty in France
Delbert Wombacher landed in Le Havre, France in 1944. They were to move as far into France as they could and set up...
Bartels, Carl Duty in the Pacific and China
Carl C. Bartels, M.D. [Annotator's Note: Doctor of Medicine] was part of a GROPAC Unit [Annotator's Note: GROPAC Units...
Cole, Homer Earlfy Life and Becoming an Airman
Homer Cole was born in September 1925 in Jasper, Missouri. He had three brothers and two sisters. His father moved his...
Sanders, Jack Early Bombing Missions
Jack Sanders flew his first missions over Europe prior to 6 June [Annotator’s Note: 6 June 1944]. He flew his first...
Paynter, Don Early Bombing Missions
Donald Dean Paynter had three separate occasions where some of their enlisted men were hit by flak [Annotator's Note:...
Max, Robert Early Combat Experience
Robert Max realized this was now a struggle for life. Bogged down for short time at Saint-Lo, his troop took off by...
Brueland, Lowell Early Combat Experiences
Lowell Brueland's first combat mission in the Mustang was a piece of cake. He performed escort duty with a flight of...
Sykes, Ralph Early Life
Ralph Sykes was born in March 1924 in Greenville, Pennsylvania. As a boy, his family moved to a farm outside of...
Williams, Kenneth Early Life
Kenneth R. Williams was born in Alton, Illinois in March 1922. He was an only child. He grew up in Illinois and Ohio....
Pigott, Terrell Early Life
Terrell Lavern Pigott was born in February 1923 in Picayune, Mississippi. He grew up on a dairy farm there. He worked...
Maltbie, Archie Early LIfe
Archie Maltbie was born in 1923 in Turlock, California. He had an ordinary life growing up in Turlock. He focused on...
Romano, Joseph Early Life
Joseph R. Romano was born in Cleveland, Ohio in November 1923. He had six sisters and three brothers. He was number...
Rupert, Gerald Early Life
Gerald Rupert was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania and grew up about 40 miles south of there [Annotator's Note: in South...
Manasse, Fred Early Life
Fred Manasse was born in July 1935 in Frankfurt, Germany, one of two sons of practicing Orthodox Jewish parents. His...
Tipper, Edward Early Life
Edward Tipper was a member of a military group that received a tremendous amount of recognition. He was 18 or 19 when...

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