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Battifarano, James In the Navy
[Annotator’s Note: Video and sound is very choppy throughout this segment. You can also hear chattering in the...
Johnson, Wallace In the Navy
[Annotator’s Note: Sound and video are not in sync throughout segment.] Wallace Johnson’s mother signed a paper stating...
Engmann, Larry In the Navy
Larry Engmann received his draft notice and reported to a warehouse in Chicago [Annotator’s Note: Chicago, Illinois]...
Hilson, Doyle In the Navy
Doyle “Bill” C. Hilson entered the Navy in May 1945 at the age of 17 and did basic training at Great Lakes Naval...
Chatterton, Charles In the Navy
Charles Chatterton was born in Somerville, Massachusetts in November 1925. and grew up in the nearby town of Quincy. He...
Johnson, Raleigh In the Navy
Raleigh W. Johnson Jr. was born in October 1926 in Houston, Texas. He attended public school from primary to high...
Owen, Jack In the Navy
Jack D. Owen was inducted into the Navy [Annotator’s Note: in 1944] in Tyler, Texas, and then boarded a train to San...
Thompson, Judge In the Navy
Judge Gordon Thompson was born in June 1926 in Perry County, Alabama. He grew up with two sisters on a hundred-acre...
Becker, Clarence India, Home, Saipan, Guam
[Annotator's Note: Clarence Becker went to India as a photo reconnaissance pilot.] India was damp and humid, but very...
Lewter, Robert Induction and Japan
Robert Lewter was inducted in Georgia. From there he got on a train to Camp Polk, Louisiana [Annotator's Note: now Fort...
Madden, Paul Induction into the Army
Paul Hilton Madden Jr. was born in Homer, Louisiana in June 1925 and grew up in Shreveport [Annotator’s Note:...
Dyer, Jimmie Infantry Training and Overseas Deployment
Jimmie Dyer went through infantry training at Camp Pendleton, California. When he landed at Guadalcanal, where the 6th...
Simons, F.M. Infantry Training to Pisa, Italy
F.M. Richard Simons had infantry training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia [Annotator's Note: in Macon, Georgia]. On the rifle...
Stix, Charles Intelligence School to the Pacific
In Combat Intelligence school they learned to analyze and creep up on Japanese emplacements, the types of troops, type...
Schraub, Jesse Interest in Chemistry
Jesse Schraub was born in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs in New York, New...
Halberg, Norma Interviewed for the WASPs
When the WASPs [Annotator's Note: Women Airforce Service Pilots] first started out, they had to have 200 hours [...
Blunt, Rockie Into Combat
[Annotator’s Note: The sound is muffled.] Rockie Blunt’s father told him to join the Army. He attended Fort McClellan,...
Tyson, Marvin Invasion of Okinawa
Marvin Tyson was in Little Creek, Virginia [Annotator's Note: Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, now Joint...
Hughes, Lowell Invasion of Sicily
Lowell Hughes crossed the Atlantic from Norfolk, Virginia to Oran, Africa. The weather was great for the trip. They...
McCowen, William Italians, Home, and War's End
In Italy, William McCowen [Annotator's Note: a member of the US Army Air Forces] would only see Italians when he was...
Romano, Joseph Italy
Joseph Roman was in Africa for a few months before going to Naples, Anzio, Apennines – all over [Annotators Note: Italy...
Fitzmorris, James Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor
James Fitzmorris grew up in Depression-era New Orleans, Louisiana in the Irish Channel neighborhood. They did not know...
Payne, Robert Joining 101st Airborne Division
Robert Payne's father was a flyer in World War 1. He had his own biplane after the war, and they would fly together....
Stoops, Robert Joining the 263rd Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
Robert Stoops reported to Fort Sam Houston [Annotator's Note: San Antonio, Texas] for one month and then went to Camp...
Howard, Taylor Joining the 370th
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks very slowly throughout this segment.] After Taylor Howard worked in a CCC [...
Colburn, George Joining the 3rd Marine Division on Guam
George Colburn shipped out on the USS Rochambeau (AP-63), which was the same ship that Jack Kennedy [Annotator’s Note:...
Bridger, Harley Joining the 782nd Bombardment Group
Harley Bridger's crew was sent to Mitchell Field on Long Island, New York. They were assigned a new airplane and they...
Jasicko, Frank Joining the Air Corps
Frank Jasicko was born in March 1924 in Tracy, Montana and grew up in nearby Great Falls. He enjoyed playing sports....
Glusing, Benjamin Joining the Army
There was one radio station in Corpus Christi [Annotator's Note: Corpus Christi, Texas] at the time Benjamin Albert...
Meyer, William Joining the Army
William Meyer was born in Memphis, Tennessee in July 1926 and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. He had two younger brothers....
Breaux, Lavenia "Lavenia Hickman" Joining the Army
Lavenia Breaux wanted to go in the service after Pearl Harbor. She always had a dream of traveling and realized the...
Gast, William Joining the Army
William Earl Gast was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in September 1924. He grew up with two sisters. His dad worked...
Stern, Debra Joining the Army
Debra Stern wanted to do her part to help win the war America but did not want to have a military job sitting behind a...
Kneflin, Charles Joining the Army
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Charles Kneflin what his personal reaction was to the Japanese attack on Pearl...
Mealor, David Joining the Army
David Lamar Mealor was born in March 1923 in Newnan [Annotator’s Note: Newnan, Georgia]. He attended Newnan High School...
Lillibridge, John Joining the Army
John Lillibridge was born in 1924 in Dover, Oklahoma. He grew up and attended school in Dover, graduating from high...

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