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Bucher, Francis Life on Adak
The war came along. Francis Bucher remembers first hearing that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note...
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...
Boyer, Ralph Life on Base and in the Plane
Ralph Boyer served as a bombardier with the 560th Bombardment Squadron, 388th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force at...
Bayuk, Rose Life on Board the Medical Ship
A regular day for Rose Bayuk "going over" on the hospital ship [Annotator's Note: USAHS Thistle] consisted of setting...
Scales, James Life on Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] only had black sand in the southern part of the island. Iwo Jima means...
Glusing, Benjamin Life on New Caledonia
Benjamin Albert Glusing lived near some hills that blocked the nearby city [Annotator's Note: Magenta, New Caledonia]....
Schicker, Tom Life on Ship and Pavuvu
Thomas Francis Schicker went to Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] and did maneuvers offshore...
Owen, Jack Life on the USS Colusa
Jack D. Owen [Annotator’s Note: Assigned to the USS Colusa (APA-74) as the radar striker] arrived in Pearl Harbor [...
David, James Life on Tulagi
James Warren David remembered that the ship was full of people. The beds stacked nine bunks high. He recalled that he...
Frongello, Arthur Life Overseas
Arthur Frongello believes the Navy uniform is the most innovative piece of clothing a man could wear. The stripes,...
Fishman, Arthur Life Overseas
Once in the Navy, Arthur Fishman did not receive much training. He was taught how to read his gauges. On his way back...
Bolster, Elisabeth Life Under the Nazis
Elisabeth Bolster would visit with her father every weekend [Annotator's Note: her father was forced to remain in...
Inge, Herndon Limberg to Hammelburg Prison Camp
To Herndon Inge, Junior, the German soldiers were just like American G.I.s [Annotator's Note: government issue; also a...
Gruber, Harper Little Pigs, a Monkey and Multiple Invasions
After Leyte, Harper Gruber's vessel [Annotator's Note: USS YMS-339] took part in the second invasion [Annotator's Note...
Thompson, Willie Living and Working on a Barge as a Seabee
Willie Wesley Thompson recalled a time when the ship his company was on was being bombed and he was holding on for dear...
Burke, Dracos Living in Occupied Germany
While Dracos Burke was stationed in Erlangen, Germany [Annotator's Note: on occupation duty with the 40th Bombardment...
Larson, William Living in Pusan
William Larson was serving in Korea [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 1950 to 1953] when the Army did away with colored...
Warne, Therese Living in Santo Tomas Camp
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: an American child prisoner in the Philippines during World War 2] and her...
Aalders, Johannes Living under German Occupation
Johannes Aalders [Annotator’s Note: a citizen of Apeldoorn, Netherlands during German occupation] recalled that some...
David, James Loading and Unloading Troops
James Warren David explains how the LCVPs [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel or LCVP] loaded up troops...
Baumgarten, Harold Loading Up and Crossing the English Channel
On 23 May 1944, Harold Baumgarten was transferred, along with Robert Palmer, to Company B [Annotator's Note: Company B...
Johnson, Alfred Local History
[Annotator's Note: Alfred A. Johnson, Jr. talks about local history.] People were allowed to move onto the old...
Fruge, Weldon Looking Back
Weldon Fruge can now speak four different languages, including sign language. He has mingled with people all his life,...
Ferris, Robert Looking Through a Photo Album
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Robert J. Ferris to talk about the photo album that he has with him. He points...
Fallon, John Losing a Good Man
John T. Fallon ended up in Germany [Annotator's Note: with the Company G, 3rd Battalion, 36th Engineer Combat Regiment...
Mancuso, Frank Losing Faith, Crack &Thump, and Spitfire
Originally, when Frank Mancuso entered the army he was a Catholic. This changed when the Pope said they could not bomb...
Soong, Tsuyin Losing His Younger Brother
Tsuyin Soong notes that the Burma Road [Annotator's Note: a road linking Burma with southwest China built in 1937 and...
Kuskie, Glen Losing the Battle of Bataan
Glen Kuskie was fighting with the 31st Infantry [Annotator's Note: Company I, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment,...
Davis, Edna Loss of a Friend
When Edna Davis got to Sweetwater, Texas [Annotator's Note: Avenger Field], she was in the first group there. It was a...
Williams, Kenneth Loss of Airplane
By March of 1944, Kenneth R. Williams [Annotator’s Note: a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the 355th Fighter...
Crosby, Thomas Loss of the Philippines Islands
Thomas Crosby remembered soon after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, they attacked the Philippines. Using...
Godbold, Bryghte Loss of Wake Island
Bryghte Davis Godbold and the men defending Wake Island could see enemy ships across the atoll from Peale Island. The...
David, James Louisiana Life to a Navy Life
James Warren David was born in Youngsville, Louisiana in January 1926. During the Great Depression, his father and...
Villars, Robert Lourenço Marques and Montevideo
Robert Villars and his merchant ship pulled into the neutral port of Lourenço Marques. [Annotator's Note: Lourenço...
Reynolds, Florence G. Love of Flying
Florence G. Shutsy-Reynolds started flying in the Stearman [Annotator's Note: Boeing-Stearman Model 75 Kaydet or PT-13...
Langrehr, Henry Loved to Jump
Henry Langrehr liked to parachute because it was a thrill. They used T5 chutes [Annotator's Note: parachute] which were...

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