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Mouton, George Shipped Overseas
George Mouton went to San Pedro, California, and reported aboard the USS Bosque (APA-135). From there he went to Pearl...
Riedl, Edward Shipped Overseas
Edward Riedl shipped out around April 1944. They stopped on Eniwetok [Annotator's Note: Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall...
Adair, Charles Shipped Overseas
Charles Watkins Adair was sent to Nadzab, New Guinea [Annotator's Note: Nadzab Airfield in Lae, Papua New Guinea with...
Barksdale, Battle Shipped Overseas
Battle Malone Barksdale was the operations officer for his group [Annotator's Note: the 635th Field Artillery Battalion...
Kays, George Shipped Overseas
George Kays was transferred from Florida to Fort Jackson, South Carolina. When they got to Fort Bragg [Annotator’s Note...
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...
Lutz, William Shipped Overseas
William Lutz liked boot camp because he got a rifle. He liked the firing range. He became a gunner after basic training...
Wilson, Paul Shipped Overseas
Paul Wilson went to Fort Sill, [Annotator's Note: in Lawton, Oklahoma]. He had 50 cents left of the 500 dollars he had...
Tyler, Vernon Shipped Overseas
Vernon Leo Tyler's the ride on the ship [Annotator's Note: overseas as part of the 100th Infantry Division] was...
Lutz, William Shipped Overseas
William Lutz was in the 77th Infantry Division. He did not know where they would be sent. They went to Oahu [Annotator’...
Cassady, William Shipped Overseas
William Cassady was assigned to the ship [Annotator’s Note: USS Frederick Funston (APA-89)] in 1943. They went into...
Splichal, William Shipped Overseas
William Splichal was sent to North Carolina after he was drafted. He was put into the infantry for six months. He went...
Lalande, Edward Shipped to Africa and Kasserine Pass
[Annotator's Note: Lalande takes very long pauses before answering many of the questions he is asked.] Edward Lalande...
Maziarczyk, Michael Shipped to Australia
Michael Maziarczyk landed in Australia in 1943 after 28 days on the boat. They left from San Francisco [Annotator's...
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...
Campbell, Clifford Shipped to New Guinea
Clifford Campbell took infantry training at Camp Fannin [Annotator's Note: in Tyler, Texas] in Texas. He had to walk 20...
Lopez, Lionel Shipped to the Pacific
Lionel Lopez remembers that they took a ship to Australia, but ended up in San Francisco [Annotator’s Note: San...
Williams, Earl Shipped to the Philippines
Earl Williams and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 318th Port Company, 512th Port Battalion] would be attacked by the...
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...
Griffith, Leon Shooting the Enemy
One night, Leon Griffith was on patrol. The sergeant said they should all lay down and go to sleep. The moon came up...
Rupp, Robert Shooting Their Own Men
[Annotator's Note: Robert Rupp served in the Army as as an officer in the 3rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 9th...
Bertucci, George Shore Bombardments
George Joseph Bertucci and the USS Mississippi (BB-41) participated in the invasions of the Marshall and Gilbert...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...

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