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Gresham, Ray Memories of Postwar Manila
Manila was "decimated" except for the Mac Arthur Hotel, where the officer's would go, and Ray Gene Gresham said he only...
Foy, John Memories of the Battle of the Bulge
In early January 1945, John Foy was in the snow, preparing to attack in support of another battalion that was "gettin'...
Livaudais, James Men and Weapons
James Livaudais remembers certain names from his combat experience very vividly. Not all of them are mentioned in...
Somogyi, Peter Mengele's Twins
Peter Somogyi was interrogated by Mengele [Annotator's Note: Dr. Josef Mengele]. Somogyi cannot remember the nature of...
Livaudais, James Merderet Combat
James Livaudais saw a man named Oseroff killed. That was the first combat death that Livaudais witnessed. He merely...
Reluga, Matthew Merkers and Gestapo Women
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Matthew A. Reluga if he and his outfit, Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion,...
Tsubota, Thomas Merrill's Marauders
Thomas Kiyoshi Tsubota and other Japanese-American linguists were divided into teams. They were members of Merrill's...
Lovell, James Messages from the Stars
At times during his space odyssey on Apollo VIII, James Lovell would have to communicate with the public on earth. At...
Wicklund, John Methods of Survival
The 96th Division [Annotator's Note: 96th Infantry Division] spent Christmas [Annotator's Note: 25 December 1944] on...
Kight, Otis Midway Aftermath and USS Cowpens
Otis Kight and others volunteered for the salvage party to return to Yorktown [Annotator's Note: the USS Yorktown (CV-5...
Morse, Ralph Midway and Guadalcanal
Following the Doolittle Raid [Annotator's Note: named for its commander, then US Army Air Forces Colonel, later US Air...
Fisher, Clayton Military Advances and Stateside Service
[Annotator's Note: Clayton Fisher served in the Navy as a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot in Bombing Squadron 8...
Cale, Sterling Military Decorations
Sterling Cale received several different military decorations. He received multiple Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star, and a...
Flannigan, James Military Decorations
By the time James Flannigan got home in June 1945, his gear had already been shipped to Fort Lewis, Washington. He was...
Culp, Oscar Military Duty and Training
Oscar Culp was based at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii when the war with Japan ended. He remembers the day [Annotator's Note:...
Penwell, Richard Military Equipment
Some of the things Richard F. Penwell [Annotator's Note: and the rest of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 511th Parachute...
Higgins, Archibald Military Experience, Esprit de Corps and War's End
For Archibald Higgins, being away from family and friends was not easy during his service. It took a tough toll on his...
Cohen, Benjamin Military Government Assignment
After fighting at the Saar River [Annotator's Note: Saar River, Germany], Benjamin Wolf Cohen and his division [...
Pavlovich, Theodore Military Intelligence on Luzon
In the Philippines, Theodore Pavlovich recalled searching hut-to-hut in a village where the natives had tried to ensure...
Ward, George Military Policeman in CBI and Europe
George C. Ward Bombay [Annotator’s Note: he was deployed to Bombay, India as a member of the 503rd Military Police...
Nyman, Geraldine "Geri" Military Recognition and Training
[Annotator's Note: Geraldine Nyman was a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, and transported...
McKnight, Harry Military Service
Harry McKnight was born in Detroit, Michigan in July 1926. He had an older brother. The family moved to Ohio soon...
Hirschmann, Peter Military Service and Capture
Peter Hirschmann was sent to Fort Dix [Annotator's Note: now Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Trenton, New Jersey]...
Creekmore, Thomas Military Training
Thomas Creekmore did what they told him [Annotator's Note: when Creekmore was drafted January 1943]. He told his wife...
Cummings, Mary Military Training on the Beach
Because Mary Cummings [Annotator's Note: in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service; United States Naval...
Cook, Edward Military Training to the Bulge
After graduating high school at 17 years old, Edward J. Cook found work with the New York Life Insurance Company as a...
Grass, Philip Mindoro
Philip Grass and his unit [Annotator’s Note: 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division] left Leyte and...
Groth, Walter Mindoro to Luzon
Walter Groth [Annotator’s Note: stationed in the Philippines] provided fire support in the beginning. Then they were...
Pratt, Robert Minesweeping and Hiroshima
Robert W. "RW" Pratt, [Annotator's Note: assigned as the gunnery officer aboard the USS LST-781] was a witness to the...
Lesniewski, Joseph Misery After the Bulge
[Annotator's Note: Joseph Lesniewski served in the Army as a paratrooper in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute...
Kinsey, Norman Misery in Oudjda
On 9 November 1942, Norman Kinsey was offshore of Casablanca and Fédala [Annotator's Note: both in Morocco]. He awoke...
Radford, Charles Missing the Invasion of Sicily
[Annotator's Note: Charles Radford served in the Army as an infantryman in Company I, 3rd Battalion, 133rd Infantry...
Nolan, Warren Mission After Darkness
Warren Nolan remembers one particular close call around Okinawa. There was an enemy plane coming in from pretty far out...
Swarts, John Mission Dangers
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer pauses to change tapes.] John Stanley Lee Swarts and his crew dropped bombs over...
Kneflin, Charles Mission Over Shanghai and War's End
[Annotator's Note: Charles Kneflin was a tail gunner on a Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber in the 53rd...
Armstrong, James Mission Profiles for Schweinfurt and Hamburg
James Armstrong describes the basic mission profile from being awakened in the morning to briefing, to manning up the...

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