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Training for War
When Marvin Martin returned to Fort Sheridan [Annotator’s Note: Fort Sheridan, Illinois] after Christmas 1945, he was...
Donovan, Robert Training in Australia
Robert L. Donovan trained for artillery at Fort Bragg [Annotator’s Note: Fort Bragg, North Carolina]. He learned how to...
Gast, William Training in England
William Earl Gast was sent to Camp Shanks [Annotator's Note: in Orangetown, New York] for embarkation. While he waited...
Wayne, William Training in Hawaii
William Wayne left the United States for the first time and it was not scary, but it was different. They made their way...
Curley, Walter Training in Hawaii
In 1944, Walter Joseph Patrick Curley Junior trained in maneuvers, amphibious invasion training, and other physical...
Dendy, Lloyd Training in Hawaii and Deployment to Australia
Lloyd Dendy went from San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California] to Oahu, Hawaii to the old Camp Catlin which...
Gackenbach, Russell Training in the Air Corps
Russell Gackenbach served in the Air Force as a navigator on B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very...
Petrus, Andrew Training in the Army
[Annotator's Note: While he was living in Detroit, Michigan and working as a streetcar driver,] Andrew Petrus received...
Kent, Edward Training in the Army
Edward F. Kent was born in November 1917 and grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He attended a one-room school and...
Knippers, Willie Training in the Army
[Annotator’s Note: Someone is coughing in the background throughout this segment.] Willie D. Knippers was born in Pike...
Momi, Harry Training in the Infantry
Harry Robert Momi was born in October 1924 in Stockton, California with one older sister. He was raised by his parents...
Dufour, O'Hearn Training in the Navy
O’Hearn “Duffy” Vincent Dufour joined the Navy [Annotator’s Note: in 1940] in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New...
Singlaub, John Training Indiginous Fighters and Bombing Rail Lines in Indochina
John Singlaub had a specific OSS [Annotator's Note: Office of Strategic Services, pre-runner of the Central...
Renstrom, Keith Training Marines and Reflections on Freedom
Keith Renstrom discusses what it was like to train soldiers. One time, he witnessed a soldier giving bayonet...
Savage, Frank Training New Recruits
Frank Savage was sent to Fort McClellan, Alabama. His aunt made a uniform for him so he could arrive with something...
Twigger, William Training on Guadalcanal
William J. Twigger's training [Annotator's Note: on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, in September 1944] was mainly...
Schicker, Tom Training on Guadalcanal
Thomas Francis Schicker and Leo [Annotator's Note: no last name given; unable to identify] were given mess duty in...
Fox, Charles Training on Hawaii and Deployment to Iwo
Charles Joseph "Charlie" Fox [Annotator's Note: serving with Company H, 2nd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine...
Renstrom, Keith Training on Maui and the Invasion of Saipan
Keith Renstrom notes that one of the hardest things for a Marine, or anybody, is to see your first American blood [...
Carson, Benjamin Training on Midway
Benjamin Carson and the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion left San Diego and headed to Pearl Harbor aboard the USS J....
Goyette, Donald Training on the New B-29
Donald F. Goyette was sent to armament school in Denver [Annotator's Note: Denver, Colorado], just before Christmas [...
Bennett, Richard Training Prior to Joining the PT Boats
When Richard Bennett went for his military service physical, he was given his choice between the Army, the Navy and the...
Hatch, Norman Training the Film Crew
Norman Hatch joined the 2nd Division [Annotator's Note: 2nd Marine Division]. The 2nd Division did not have any...
Dearman, Alfred Training then Being a Jailer
Since Alfred Dearman would be in the cellblock with the prisoners [Annotator's Note: at Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Japan],...
Whaley, Ellis Training then the Philippines
Some of the men Ellis Whaley trained with were weeping about being away from home. The climate in Washington was cold....
Lansou, David Training to be a Marine
David Lansou was drafted into the Marine Corps [Annotator's Note: in 1943]. His parents were proud that their sons were...
Kelley, John Training to be a Paratrooper
John Kelley was born in Dalton, Georgia in June 1924. He grew up in Atlanta [Annotator's Note: Atlanta, Georgia] where...
Wieland, Kenneth Training to Invade Japan
Kenneth Wieland does not remember too much about his basic training but recalls there was a lot of marching and time on...
Babbits, Oliver Training to Overseas
Oliver Donald Anthony Babbits was in engineering school when the Army decided to cancel the program. He was sent to...
Beard, Oral Training to Overseas Deployment
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a person off-camera answers a lot of the interviewer's questions or gives...
Marshall, James Training to Saipan
After graduating from radio school, James "Jim" Marshall was sent to Salina, Kansas [Annotator's Note: Smoky Hill Army...
Damiano, George Training with Friends
George A. Damiano graduated from high school shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...
Micheel, Vernon L. Training with New Squadrons
Vernon Micheel sailed on a freighter manned by a crew from Ceylon [Annotator's Note: now Sri Lanka, November 1942]. He...
Lansford, William Training with the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion
William Lansford and the other Marine Raider recruits were taken to Jacques Farm where they began their training. The...
Singlaub, John Training with the OSS and SOE
John Singlaub trained with the OSS following his completion of paratrooper and demolition training at Fort Benning,...
Dean, Donald Training, Assignment and the War's End
Donald Dean went to Farragut, Idaho for boot camp then to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for fire control school where he...

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