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Goyette, Donald Settling on Saipan
When Donald F. Goyette first landed on Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Mariana Islands], conditions were fairly rough...
Kelley, Archie Ship Assignments and First Attacks at Pearl Harbor
Archie Kelley realized he was a raw ensign [Annotator's Note: lowest rank of commissioned officer in the US Navy and...
Miralles, Richard Shipped Overseas
Richard Miralles went to boot camp and trained for two months. Then they went to different schools. Miralles went to...
Howard, William Shipped Overseas
William Howard finished training in the United States then was sent with a group to Greenland. They then went to...
Denault, Leo Shipped Overseas
Leo Denault flew from Hawaii to New Guinea. They went over in July 1944. They were on Biak [Annotator’s Note: Biak,...
Fisher, Joseph Shipped Overseas
Joseph Fisher joined the Navy in 1942. His big brother was in the Navy. They used to swim a lot growing up. Fisher was...
Mestayer, Angus Shipped overseas
One of Angus Francis Mestayer's friends was lonesome and he wanted to go home. One guy on the rifle range climbed the...
Knese, Benard Shipped Overseas
Bernard Knese found out he was going into the Army Air Force when he went to basic training. Basic training lasted two...
Ramsey, Frank Shipped to England
Frank Ramsey remembers the whole crew went on the troop ship together. [Annotator’s Note: He was being shipped to...
Meredith, William Shipped to England
William Meredith had the option to train to be a pilot, bombardier, or navigator. Meredith was in civil engineering. He...
Gibb, Owen Shipped to England
Owen Gibb went to boot camp for six weeks in the Canadian Air Force in the snow. Then they went to Saskatchewan [...
Sledge, Nevin Shipped to the Pacific
Nevin Sledge had 319 pilots in his graduating class in Corpus [Annotator’s Note: Corpus Christi, Texas]. They were...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Shooting Down a Betty
The scariest mission Charles Wesley Borders flew was just before the invasion of Luzon [Annotator's Note: Luzon,...
Sandoz, James Shooting Down German Planes
James Sandoz's battery [Annotator's Note: Battery A, 554th AAA (AW) Battalion, 29th Infantry Division] was credited...
Galbraith, Wendell Shot Down
Wendell Galbraith never used the voice radio. Voice radio was bomber to bomber. There was a 522 set which was bomber to...
Burns, Lloyd Shot Down
Lloyd Burns was on his ninth mission when his airplane was shot down [Annotator's Note: Burns was a pilot in the 598th...
Bussel, Norman Shot Down
Norman Bussel and his crew were headed towards Berlin, Germany on 29 April 1944 on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress....
McGlaun, DeQuindre Shot Down
DeQuindre McGlaun [Annotator's Note: with the 333rd Bombardment Squadron, 94th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] did...
Vaadi, Eugene Shot Down
Eugene Vaadi was assigned to the 385th Bombardment Group and flew 19 missions over Europe hitting Berlin, Nurenberg,...
Towle, John Shot Down and Aided by a French Family
John W. Towle was flying towards his target with its flying bombs. The Germans placed their antiaircraft weapons in...
Fili, William Shot Down and Captured
The target that day [Annotator's Note: 24 April 1944, the day William Fili was shot down] was Ploesti [Annotator's Note...
Smith, William J. Shot Down at Kavieng
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer establishes the date of 15 February 1944 as the starting point for this clip.]...
Leaming, Jack Shot Down at Marcus Island
Jack Leaming [Annotator's Note: with Scouting Squadron Six (VS-6) aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6)] went to Honolulu [...
Sweatt, Robert Shot Down in Occupied Territory
On his seventeenth mission, Robert Sweatt was returning from Ludwigshafen, Germany when Jimmy Stewart [Annotator's Note...
Vaadi, Eugene Shot Down over China
Eugene Vaadi went to the Philippines as part of the 581st Air Resupply and Communications Squadron, 13th Air Force,...
Richard, Martin Shot Down Over France
On Martin Richard's last mission, the British were pinned down on the beachhead around Caen [Annotator's Note: Caen,...
Heller, Robert Shot Down Over Germany
Robert Heller was flying at an unnerving altitude and had not yet reached his target when his plane was overtaken by...
Kirk, James Shot Down over Hungary
James Read Kirk bombed France [Annotator's Note: with the 96th Bombardment Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Group, 15th Air...
Lefever, Paul Shot Down Over the Mosel River
Deep penetration raids were the most dangerous, according to Paul Lefever, and he was shot down during an attack on a...
Saylor, Herbert Shot Down over the River Kwai
Herbert Clyde Saylor's [Annotator's Note: a waist gunner with the 436th Bombardment Squadron, 7th Bombardment Group,...
Jasicko, Frank Shot Down Over Yugoslavia
On 31 May 1944, Frank Jasicko [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 781st Bombardment Squadron, 465th Bombardment Group,...
Fisher, Clayton Shot Up and Forced to Ditch
[Annotator's Note: Clayton Fisher served in the Navy as a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot in Bombing Squadron 8...
Brien, Russel Shot Up, Milk Runs and Furloughs
On Russell Brien's third mission his aircraft lost an engine. [Annotator's Note: Brien was a nose gunner on...
Rogers, Lloyd "Frenchie" Sicily to India
Lloyd Rogers was on the eastern coast of Sicily [Annotator’s Note: Sicily, Italy]. From there they bombed Italy. Then...
Roy, William Sinking of the USS Yorktown (CV-5)
[Annotator's Note: William G. Roy served in the Navy as a Photographer's Mate 2nd Class aboard the aircraft carrier USS...
Schilperoort, Clarence Sinking of USS Houston (CA-30)
Clarence Schilperoot was aboard USS Houston (CA-30) on 1 February 1942 as it departed Jakarta, Java. The cruiser was en...

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