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Yost, Victor Battle of Midway
While in Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii], Victor Yost helped clean the ship. When at sea, Yost...
Genrich, Howard Battle of the Bulge
Howard Genrich was assigned to guard the Combat Command Headquarters because they had suffered casualties in their...
Hoff, Russell D. Battle of the Bulge
Russell Hoff and the 106th Infantry Division had been sent to the front as relief for the 2nd Infantry Division, which...
Waddill, Norris Battle of the Bulge
During the Battle of the Bulge, Norris Waddill was serving as a messenger. He came upon a sergeant he had met before...
Ananian, Stephen Battle of the Bulge
Stephen Ananian flew 63 combat missions. In every major skirmish and dogfight he was in he never got hit. During the...
Floravante, Emile Battle of the Bulge
Alfred Anthony Alvarez was clearing out a town [Annotator's Note: with the 7th Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Infantry...
Quigley, Tom Battle of the Bulge
Tom Quigley remembers how one night before they blew the pillboxes, he and some other men were watching what they...
Hartzell, Frank Battle of the Bulge
Frank Hartzell advanced through the ranks as squad and then platoon leader as casualties mounted during the Battle of...
Maltbie, Archie Battle of the Bulge and into Germany
Archie Maltbie found the flying in the Battle of the Bulge to be some of the toughest work of his fighter career....
Pritchett, James Battle of the Bulge and Operation Varsity
The weather in Europe during December 1944 was bad, according to James Pritchett's account, and the air space around...
Ford, John Battle of the Bulge and War's End
John Holton Ford [Annotator’s Note: a second lieutenant battalion radar officer with the 749th Anti-Aircraft Artillery...
Appel, Jack Battle of the Bulge to War's End
During the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16 December...
Rose, Olaf "Olly" Battle on a PT Boat
Sometimes when the PT boat [Annotator's Note: patrol torpedo boat] that Olaf Rose served on [Annotator's Note: PT-171,...
Sacks, John Becoming a Combat Airman
[Annotator's Note: Segment begins with Sacks and the interviewer discussing the interviewee referring to his notes...
Guillory, Lloyd Becoming a Fighter Pilot
Lloyd Guillory and the other new pilots were told that they would initially train in P-40s [Annotator's Note: Curtiss P...
Bryan, Donald Becoming a fighter pilot
Donald Bryan took off on 140 missions but only completed 138 of them. The bombers aborted on two of them because of...
Smith, Carrol Becoming a Marine
Carrol Smith served in the Marine Corps in 1943 and 1944. He was deployed overseas in short order. The bombs were...
Bale, Edward Becoming a Marine Officer
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Edward Bale was sent to Philadelphia to the Marine Corps basic officer's course and...
Shaw, Roger Becoming a Merchant Mariner
Roger Shaw was born in New Orleans in 1921. He grew up and was educated in New Orleans. After graduating high school,...
Ashton, Harold Becoming a Naval Aviator
When the draft was instituted, Harold Ashton decided to enlist in the Navy with hopes of becoming a pilot. After...
Weymouth, Ralph Becoming a Naval Aviator
Ralph Weymouth graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1938. He was 12 years and old living in northwest Seattle in 1929...
Littig, Charles Ross Becoming a Naval Oficer
Charles Littig was selected for PT school following his graduation in December 1942 as a Navy midshipman at...
Ussery, Jake Becoming a Navy Fighter Pilot
Jake Ussery enlisted in Monroe, Louisiana. He was in the Navy but lived in a barracks in Monroe. He trained in a small...
Arceneaux, Arthur Becoming a Pilot
Arthur Joseph Arceneaux Junior could not initially enter Navy flight school because of the number of new potential...
Jeffrey, Wallace Becoming a Radioman
Wallace Jeffery entered service after receipt of his draft notice. He signed up at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. [...
Wade, Nelsyn Becoming a Sailor
Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade went to Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois] to join an accelerated Navy officer...
Newsom, James Becoming a Sailor
James Newsom joined the United States Navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was put on a train in New Orleans,...
Curl, Robert "Bob" Becoming a Sailor
Robert Curl entered the Navy never having been very far from home. It was to be a different experience for him. He had...
Hollingsworth, Chester Becoming a Sailor
Chester Hollingsworth did not have much fun in basic training. The trainees were assigned ten to a tent. Besides...
Hutchinson, Louis Becoming a Sailor
Louis B. Hutchinson was born in November 1925 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note...
Bronder, Benedict Becoming a Sailor
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins in the middle of a story.] Benedict Bronder was told not to sign up as a...
Rosenzweig, Rollins Becoming a Sailor
Rollins Rosenzweig had a rough boot camp experience in San Diego. He did not complain but rather took it as it came. It...
Ganitch, Michael Becoming a Sailor and Wartime Service
Michael Mickey Ganitch enlisted in the Navy, scored well on tests, and was sent to San Diego for boot camp. He...
Moss, Roy Becoming a Soldier
Roy Joseph Moss took a long train ride to Little Rock, Arkansas [Annotator's Note: Camp Robinson] where he received his...
Simpson, Joseph Becoming a Soldier
After he was inducted into the Army, Joseph Simpson first went to Camp Wolters in Mineral Well, Texas for about three...
Guidry, Lewis Becoming a Soldier
Lewis Guidry had difficulty leaving his wife and son when he entered military service. He had moved them in with her...

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