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Vanderpool, Mildred Reflections
Mildred Loscalzo Vanderpool heard about the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima, Japan...
Myers, Julia Reflections
Julia L. Myers remembers the winter of 1944 in Belgium. It was cold and miserable. It was snowy and the bombing of...
Heffron, Edward "Babe" Reflections
Edward "Babe" Heffron felt good about being in the airborne with the best unit he could have joined [Annotator's Note:...
Shaw, Roger Reflections
Roger Shaw was changed by World War 2. The war changed the world. Shaw had never been on a boat before, and that was a...
Rice, Rip Reflections
Rip Rice made a trip to Tokyo, Japan. He loves the Japanese people and the German people. Rice wrote a story about the...
Lee, Lewis Reflections
Lewis M. Lee, Sr.'s most memorable experience of the war was Pearl Harbor, and he remarks that we didn't have a...
Pugh, Thomas Reflections
Thomas Edward Pugh enjoyed returning to the United States, but also enjoyed going overseas. Pugh was surprised when he...
Amoss, Walter "Jimmy" Reflections
Walter Amoss was interested in Naval aviation but never had much interest in serving in other branches. He passed the...
Villarrubia, Forrest Reflections
Forrest Villarrubia recollects climbing up a tree and being shot at as his most memorable occurrence of World War 2. [...
Stewart, Stanley Reflections
Stanley Stewart said that, on the whole, he enjoyed his tour in the Pacific. He had been on Bougainville, Papua New...
Knight, Edwin Reflections
Edwin Knight knows the Second World War had to be fought to protect the country's freedoms. He served because he was...
Gackenbach, Russell Reflections
Russell Gackenbach felt that Tibbets [Annotator's Note: retired USAF Brigadier General Paul W. Tibbets] and crew number...
Fox, Charles Reflections
Charles Joseph Fox has no problem with the Japanese today. His wife's brother married a Japanese woman. Her parents...
Courant, Hans Reflections
Hans Courant has many fond memories of going skiing on Sundays with his Army buddies while at Los Alamos. One of his...
Perino, Salvador Reflections
Salvador Perino's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Makassar Strait (CVE-91)] was brought to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam...
Fouts, Henry Reflections
World War 2 made Henry Sherman Fouts grow up, as it did a lot of people. He thinks what is happening in the world today...
Baumgarten, Aaron Reflections
It was patriotic duty that influenced Aaron Baumgarten to serve in World War 2 and, on a personal level, he felt he had...
Tisdale, Olin Reflections
Olin Tisdale had a brother in the Army and a cousin in the Air Force at the same time he was in the military, but the...
Adair, Charles Reflections
Charles Watkins Adair wonders if the United States has the will to do what needs to be done today. Back then [Annotator...
Gillis, Jack Reflections
Jack A. Gillis' most memorable event of the war was an errant landing of a disabled aircraft that was nearly wrecked....
Milkis, Abe Reflections
Abe Milkis found the German troops to be good fighters. At the end, the enemy soldiers were just a bunch of young kids...
Johnson, Wallace Reflections
After serving in the Navy for 20 years, Wallace Johnson worked for North American Aviation and NASA [Annotator’s Notes...
McGhee, Edwin Reflections
Edwin McGhee was changed by the war. He was only 19 years of age and was able to manage the aftermath in his mind. He...
Moret, Calvin Reflections
Calvin Moret admits that the Tuskegee Airman flying experiences did not affect his life until the movie was released [...
Patton, Grant Reflections
Grant Patton does not think the war changed him. He was doing the same thing he was at home. The war changed the...
Yoho, David Reflections
David Yoho was on a fleet oiler in World War 2. The ship took on fuel sometimes from a fuel barge in order to refuel...
Bergbower, Harold Reflections
Harold Bergbower retired from the Air Force after 30 years of service. He enjoyed playing golf. He went to work at the...
Carraway, Myron Reflections
Myron J. Carraway remembers Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Carraway was aboard the USS Hulbert (AVD-6) during the...
Bollich, James Reflections
James Bollich's younger brother never made it overseas. One brother died in a fighter pilot accident and the other died...
Thomas, Wilbur "Will" Reflections
Wilbur Thomas felt that World War 2 did not change his life but opened his eyes to new experiences. Thomas remarks that...
White, James Reflections
James White obtained a different outlook on life as a result of the war. He knew he had to pursue an education. He...
Schmitt, Warren Reflections
Warren Schmitt had negative feelings about the Japanese before and during the war. The kamikazes had no respect for...
Rudloff, George Reflections
George Rudloff felt like the Japanese had to be killed. The atrocities committed by the Japanese military were very bad...
Steele, Ben Reflections
Ben Steele worked two miles underground in a Japanese coal mine. It was very tight because of the way the ground...
King, Rivers Reflections
Rivers Richardson King thought the SBD [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber] dive bomber was very...
Rees, Holly Reflections
Although in retrospect Holly Rees thinks he may have been naive, he felt certain that his battlefield career was over...

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