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Hazard, Mark Going Home on Leave and the End of the War
Mark Gordon Hazard, Jr. and Caudill [Annotator's Note: unsure of spelling, but this was Hazard's Sergeant] went to Le...
Bosworth, Paul Going Home, Being Discharged and Reflections
The camp [Annotator's Note: Camp Lucky Strike, between Cany and Saint-Valery, France] was Seventh Heaven. They [...
Rupp, Robert Going into Bastogne
[Annotator's Note: Robert Rupp served with the 3rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 9th Armored Division. His...
Bluestein, Bernard "Bernie" Going Into France
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Bernard B. "Bernie" Bluestein did not have any...
Dahme, Maud Going into Hiding
Maud Dahme was born in January 1936 in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. Her mother came from Germany where she met her...
Roberts, John Going into the Lines
John M. Roberts and his unit [Annotator's Note: Battery C, 592nd Field Artillery Battalion, 106th Infantry Division]...
Shoughrue, Wilson Going on the Offensive and Infantry Weapons
Wilson Shoughrue was pulled off the line in the last week in January [Annotator's Note: January 1945]. The clouds...
Rupp, Robert Going Out On The Line
[Annotator's Note: Robert Rupp was assigned to the 3rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 9th Armored Division.] They...
(Reaves) Pescatore, Josephine Going Overseas
Josephine Pescatore got to the evacuation hospital with nothing but a small handbag. She had no supplies like a mess...
Hazard, Mark Going Overseas
Mark Gordon Hazard, Jr. had two master sergeants assigned to him on the journey over. They would play cards and shoot...
Lochra, Albert Going Overseas
Albert Pultz Lochra, Jr. went to Rapid City [Annotator's Note: Rapid City, South Dakota in 1944] for flight training in...
Dolsen, Frank Going Overseas
Frank Dolsen was deployed overseas with his crew [Annotator's Note: 349th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group...
O'Brien, Ryan Going Overseas
Ryan O'Brien was sent to March Field [Annotator's Note: now March Air Reserve Base, Riverside County, California] for...
Dabney, William G. Going overseas and preparing for the invasion
William Dabney did not have to take a test to be in the barrage balloon battalion. The instruction was cut and dry and...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Going to Dulag Luft
Olen Grant left Paris on a train which took him to a station in Frankfurt. Between the station and Dulag Luft they...
Broll, Walter Going to Sea
Walter Broll sailed north of Iceland on his first convoy. The ship zig-zagged over the course of the voyage. He did...
Trindal, Wesley Going to the front
[Annotators Note: Wesley Trindal served in the US Army as a rifleman in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry...
Bianconi, Anthony Going to War
Anthony Bianconi was in dry dock [Annotator's Note: as a musician and ammunition bearer on the USS Philadelphia (CL-41...
Bala, Walter Good and Bad Times
Walter Bala and others would use bicycles as a mode of transportation on base [Annotator's note: RAF Old Buckenham,...
Stefaniak, Joe Graignes and Carentan, France
Joseph Stefaniak's guys blew up an armored car and took all of the money out of it. They thought the money was no good...
Shima, Terry Grant Ichikawa
Terry Shima is grateful to be interviewed by the National Military Museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum...
Poulson, Ernest Grave Mission in Romania
When Ernest L. Poulson and his unit [Annotator's Note: 567th Bombardment Squadron, 389th Bombardment Group, 8th Air...
Olson, Bud Grave Registration Detail and Reflections
Bud Olson [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne...
Boitnott, Monty Great Britain
Monty Joe Boitnott was supposed to deploy to Scotland on the Mariposa but the ship caught on fire while it was being...
Brantley, Vernon Great Britain, France and Belgium
Vernon Brantley went to Europe on a British ship manned by sailors of all nationalities. They got two meals a day. The...
Barnette, Kenneth Great Depression
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee talks for about four minutes about a recent event.] Kenneth Barnette was born in...
O'Brien, Richard Great Depression and Army Training
Richard J. O’Brien was born in September 1924 in Wessington, South Dakota with three sisters. Richard only lived in...
Moskin, Alan Great Depression and Pearl Harbor
Alan Moskin's father's side is American through and through. His was mother was about two or three years old when she...
Martin, James Great Depression in Dayton
[Annotator’s Note: There is a person off screen that relays the interviewer’s questions to the interviewee throughout...
Schuman, Russell Great Depression to Wartime
Russell Schuman was born in 1924 in St. Louis, Missouri. He grew up with an older brother, who later worked an...
Kleindienst, Alfons "Al" Greenbrier Hotel
Alfons Robert Kleindienst's father [Annotator's Note: Alfons Georg Kleindienst], a German diplomat, did not approve of...
Jeffrey, Wallace Ground Air Support
Wallace Jeffery and the 300 or so troops in his unit got together after Paris. [Annotator’s Note: the unit was the...
Burkle, Henry Ground Crew Jobs
Henry Burkle remembers that they had to put up all the tents and get a kitchen organized [Annotator’s Note: after...
Howard, William Ground Crews
William Howard went to Scotland. His father was born in Scotland and he still has relatives there. Howard and Bob [...
Grugett, George Group Structure
George Grugett was with the 12th Air Force, 57th Bomb Wing, 310th Bomb Group, 380th Bomb Squadron [Annotator's Note:...
Morgenthaler, David Growing up and Attending MIT
David T. Morgenthaler was born in August 1919 in Chester, South Carolina. His parents divorced when he was young, and...

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