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Ream, John Japanese Takeover
John Ream had to learn what war was. He thought the hike to Camp John Hay [Annotator’s Note: Camp John Hay in Baguio,...
Borne, Edwin Japanese Torture
Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. realized that there were no officers to protect the Wake Island Marines who were prisoners of...
Goodwin, Kenneth Japanese Troops on Panay Island
Kenneth Raymond Goodwin was the historian for the unit [Annotator's Note: Goodwin was a member of the I...
Gorman, Ted Japanese Were Brutal
[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...
Bannai, Paul Japanese-American Internment
When the war started, Paul Takeo Bannai registered for the draft, hoping to fight for his country. He was not called up...
Glass, Jack Jig Dog Ramage and Jimmy Flatley
To Jack Glass, Jig Dog [Annotator's Note: later Rear Admiral James D. Ramage] had nerves of steel. He was totally in...
Cawley, David J. Jig Dog Ramage and Postwar Life
[Annotator's Note: David Cawley, a gunner with Bombing Squadron 10 (VB-10) aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6), is very...
LaNier, Joseph Jim Crow Atrocities
Joseph LaNier was 15 years old and working in a nightclub when an incident happened in Columbus [Annotator’s Note:...
Baumgarten, Aaron Job Descriptions
During the war, Aaron Baumgarten worried less about meeting up with the Japanese than he was of coming to a bad end...
Cain, Howard Joining and Training in the Air Corps
In 1944 as a senior in high school, Howard Cain avoided the draft by enlisting in the Army Air Force. He was gung-ho...
Conter, Louis "Lou" Joining Patrol Squadron 11
Louis Conter arrived in San Francisco after his voyage from Hawaii. He took a train trip to Pensacola, Florida during...
Yusen, Jack Joining Taffy 3
[Annotator's Note: Jack Yusen served in the Navy as a gunner aboard the USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413).] From there...
Goodrich, James Joining the 2nd Marine Division and Reactions to Pearl Harbor and Wake Island
After eight weeks of boot camp, James Goodrich was sent to Camp Elliot. Camp Pendleton was not around at that time....
Colburn, George Joining the 3rd Marine Division on Guam
George Colburn shipped out on the USS Rochambeau (AP-63), which was the same ship that Jack Kennedy [Annotator’s Note:...
Wilson, Adolph Joining the 5th Marine Division
After returning stateside, Adolph Wilson and a group of Marines drove from San Diego to Shreveport. They stopped at...
Aldous, Robert Joining the 90th Bombardment Group
Robert G. Aldous flew from Canton Island [Annotator's Note: Canton Island, Phoenix Islands, Republic of Kiribati] to...
Sedran, Edwin Joining the Air Corps
[Annotator’s Note: The sound is choppy in this segment.] Edwin Sedran was born in the Bronx, New York in March 1924. [...
Whitaker, Harold Joining the Air Force
After high school, Harold Whitaker was bumming around and getting trouble until his mother and a family friend...
Gulotta, James Joining the Americal Division
James Gulotta was sent to New Caledonia. New Caledonia was a French possession which was used a staging area for new...
Glusing, Benjamin Joining the Army
There was one radio station in Corpus Christi [Annotator's Note: Corpus Christi, Texas] at the time Benjamin Albert...
Gast, William Joining the Army
William Earl Gast was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in September 1924. He grew up with two sisters. His dad worked...
Kneflin, Charles Joining the Army
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Charles Kneflin what his personal reaction was to the Japanese attack on Pearl...
Mealor, David Joining the Army
David Lamar Mealor was born in March 1923 in Newnan [Annotator’s Note: Newnan, Georgia]. He attended Newnan High School...
Oman, Mort Joining the Army
Mort Oman was born in Chicago, Illinois in September 1923 and moved to Winnetka, Illinois when he was in the sixth...
Kerchum, Paul Joining the Army
Paul Kerchum was born in January 1920 in Youngstown, Ohio. His father was a Russian immigrant and his mother his mother...
McCalla, Anna Joining the Army
Anna McCalla Noren was working as a dietician nurse in late 1941 in nursing school. She learned about the Japanese...
Adair, Charles Joining the Army Air Corps
Charles Watkins Adair went into the infantry in the signal corps [Annotator's Note: US Army Signal Corps, after being...
Ball, Rowland Joining the Army Air Corps
Rowland Elliott Ball was born in January 1924 in Yoakum, Texas. His father worked for the railroad and had many years...
Higgins, Archibald Joining the Army Air Corps and Flight Training
Archibald Higgins was 17 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. He did not know where the location...
Schweitzer, Philip Joining the Army and Deploying to Leyte
Philip Schweitzer served as a combat medic with the 11th Airborne Division. Schweitzer was born and raised in Brooklyn...
Rosendahl, Robert Joining the Army and Deploying to the Philippines
Robert Dale Rosendahl was born in Thief River Falls, Minnesota in April 1921 and grew up in a small agricultural town....
Cohn, Marthe Joining the French Army
Marthe Cohn was able to make a living until she joined the Army [Annotator's Note: First French Army in November 1944...
Hatch, Norman Joining the Marine Corps
Norman Hatch graduated from high school when he was 17 years old. He grew up in both Boston, Massachusetts and...
Durocher, Edmund Joining the Marine Corps
Edmund Durocher was born in Manhattan and moved to Queens when he was eight years old. He graduated from high school in...
Womack, Charles L. "Red" Joining the Marine Corps and Training
Charles Womack was born in October 1922 and grew up in McComb, Mississippi. His parents were divorced and his father...

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