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Horne, Floyd "Bud" Life at RAF Great Dunmow
[Annotator's Note: Floyd Horne was stationed at Royal Air Force Station Great Dunmow, or RAF Great Dunmow, Little...
Swarts, John Life in England
John Stanley Lee Swarts and his crew received orders to fly overseas to England, making one stop in Iceland. They...
Cauble, Raymond Life in Italy
The little country towns in Italy were all dirty to Raymond Cauble. The big cities, like Foggia, were good cities. He...
Brien, Russel Life in Italy
Russell Brien was at the Foggia Airfield [Annotator's Note: the Pantanella Airfield was part of the Foggia Airfield...
Welch, Darrell Life in North Africa
Darrell Welch returned home from North Africa in just under a year. He flew 61 missions. He has great praise for the B-...
Cristiano, Nick Life in Prison Camp
When Nick Cristiano got to the prison camp, he was given a paper to fill out. He only would put name, rank, serial...
McGlohon, John Life in the Air and on the Ground
Returning to discuss his other assignments all over the globe, John McGlohon conceded that the Aleutian Islands was not...
Bishop, Harvey Life in the Air Force and Postwar
Harvey Lee Bishop [Annotator’s Note: a North American P-51 Mustang fighter pilot in the 457th Fighter Squadron, 506th...
Peters, Bernard Life in the Field
On his 49th mission in Italy, Bernard Peters dropped leaflets. They were written in German on one side and Italian on...
Mason, Alfred Life in the Field
Heywood Mason [Annotator's Note: a Private 1st Class in the US Army 88th Infantry Division] dug foxholes, and when rain...
Sonnier, Lorcey Life in the Field
Lorcey J. Sonnier mostly bombed oil depots, factories, plane factories, ball bearing factories and bridges. This helped...
McGee, Joseph Life in the Pacific and Combat Missions
Joseph F. McGee Junior flew 97 missions in World War 2 [Annotator's Note: with the 460th Fighter Squadron, 348th...
Thompson, Thomas Life on a PT-Boat
Thomas D. Thompson was observing a dogfight between a P-51 [Annotator's Note: North American P-51 Mustang fighter...
McLaurine, Luke Life on an Airfield and Bomb Runs
Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. was based in Italy in 1944. Card playing consumed a big part of the idle time spent on base...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Life on New Guinea
When Charles Weskey Borders got to New Guinea it had not been secured. The worst time was when he was based at Noemfoor...
Dunne, Edward Life on Ship During D-Day
Edward Dunne's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-53] had a big ramp that the tanks would go off of. There were six...
O'Hara, Richard Life on Tinian
Richard O'Hara and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion] saw very little action. When...
Berman, Stanley Life Stationed Overseas
Stanley Berman's [Annotator's Note: with the 8th Air Force] daily routine overseas was waking up, going to wash up in...
Davis, Edna Life with the WASPs
[Annotator's Note: Edna Davis had completed the Civilian Pilot Training Program and wanted to join the US Army Air...
Reissig, Floyd J. Lingayen Gulf
Floyd James Reissig sailed around Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte, Philippines] towards Lingayen Gulf [Annotator's Note...
Dolsen, Francis "Frank" Listening to Another Veteran
Francis Dolsen is listening to another veteran speak. [Annotator’s Note: Another veteran and the interviewer are...
McAuliffe, Edwin Listening to the BBC
Edwin McAuliffe was more interested in the war in Europe. He was also interested in the air war in England because his...
Peterson, Dale Living Aboard a Cruiser
Dale Peterson served on two different cruisers, the USS San Diego (CL-53) and the USS San Juan (CL-54). His battle...
Rickel, Robert London Visits and Last Mission
During his free time, Robert "Bob" Rickel slept, went to aircraft classes, or visited relatives in London [Annotator's...
Beeghly, Donald Looking Back
[Annotator's Note: Donald Beeghly served in the Army as a pointer on a 90mm antiaircraft gun in the 142nd and 143rd...
Mayes, Robert Lorient then the Battle of the Bulge
Robert Mayes and his unit [Annotator's Note: 12th Field Artillery Observation Battalion, 9th US Army] had been in...
Bridger, Harley Losing Aircraft and Men
It was normal to lose two or three airplanes on any mission over a good target like Vienna [Annotator's Note: Vienna,...
Laster, John Thomas Losing Countrymen
Remembering a sister ship that had come into the Mediterranean by way of Oran, John Laster said it had picked up a...
Aldous, Robert Losing Crewmembers
Robert G. Aldous and his crew lost their radar operator. Their copilot went to get a suntan and went to sleep. He fell...
Cart, William "Bill" Losing Friends in Training
William Cart was sent down to Gillespie [Annotator's Note: Gillespie Field, El Cajon, California], an outlying field...
Howie, Alice Losing Her Husband
After war started, Alice Howie went to Arlington, Virginia to work for IBM [Annotator's Note: International Business...
Brewer, Chester Losing His Crew
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Chester Brewer how he found out about his crew being shot down during a mission...
Cauble, Raymond Losing His Crew
Raymond Cauble lost his crew after he was wounded and was in recovery. His crew was shot down later. Cauble was wounded...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Losing Pilots
Charles Wesley Borders and his fellow pilots all started at about the same time. They had three flights of 11 pilots,...
Tangradi, Richard Losing Planes
Richard Tangradi went to Casper, Wyoming to get his crew. [Annotator’s Note: Tangradi talks about his crew.] The crews...
Campbell, John Losing Three Ships and Fear
John Scott Campbell was on three ships that sunk. The first ship went down slowly. The rescue boats do not come in, you...

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