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Tweedt, Vernon T. The Abbey at Monte Cassino
[Annotator's Note: Vernon Tweedt was at the Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy and was present when the Allies bombed the...
Smith, John The Admiralty Islands Campaign
When the 1st Calvary Division was preparing for the landing on Manus, John Smith was in the reconnaissance patrol sent...
Hamilton, George The Aleutians
After his Navy training, George Hamilton was assigned to the USS King (DD-242) and spent 16 months aboard her in the...
Lowe, Robert The Attack and its Aftermath
[Annotator's Note: Robert Lowe was on the parade grounds at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii when the Japanese attacked on 7...
Biernacki, Chester The Attack on Pearl Harbor
Chester Biernacki had a few friends in the 700 man complement on the Helena [Annotator's Note: USS Helena (CL-50)]. He...
Honz, Burdell The Attack on Pearl Harbor
After he was assigned to the 11th Bomb Group [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Squadron, 11th Bombardment Group], Burdell...
Davis, Jackson The Attack on Pearl Harbor
Jackson Davis was working in Naval Intelligence at Pearl Harbor. Davis and other officers were quartered at the...
Shoemaker, James The Attack on Pearl Harbor
On 7 December 1941, James Shoemaker was reading the Sunday comics, when he heard explosions. He went outside to see...
Spencer, John The Attack on Pearl Harbor and the Capsizing of the USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
He had arrived in Pearl Harbor, but John Curtis Spencer was not aboard his ship when the Japanese attacked on 7...
Poulson, Ernest The B-24 and Bombing Ploesti
Ernest L. Poulson recalled driving around with a friend and a couple of girls when he heard the news on the radio that...
Bueker, Robert The B-24, Missions, and Entertainment
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Robert Bueker to describe the Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber he was a...
Grugett, George The B-25 and First Mission
George Grugett says the B-25 [Annotator's Note: North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber] is a wonderful airplane....
Neher, Lisle The B-29 Superfortress
Lisle Neher was flabbergasted when he first saw the B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber...
Sadler, Richard The Battle of Britain
Burt Richard Sadler turned 15 years old in 1940. Not long after, he started experiencing German bombing raids. Sadler...
Dyson, Freeman The Battle of Britain
Freeman Dyson was in London in 1944 when German rockets fell on the population there. That effort was a last gasp for...
Hendrick, Robert The Battle of Iwo Jima
Robert Erskine Hendrick's [Annotator's Note: with Battery B, 6th Marine Defense Battalion] father [Annotator's Note:...
Clay, Russell The Battle of Kula Gulf
Russell Clay and the USS Helena (CL-50) headed for Kula Gulf. That was the same location that John Kennedy [Annotator's...
Biernacki, Chester The Battle of Kula Gulf and Loss of the USS Helena (CL-50)
Chester Biernacki and his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Helena (CL-50)] and other Allied ships engaged ten enemy...
Swan, Robert The Battle of Midway
Robert Swan saw a carrier the first day [Annotator's Note: on 3 June 1942, the first day of the Battle of Midway] but...
Roy, William The Battle of Midway
After leaving Pearl Harbor, William Roy and the rest of the crew of the Yorktown [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown (CV-5...
Hendrick, Robert The Battle of Midway
Robert Erskine Hendrick [Annotator's Note: with Battery B, 6th Marine Defense Battalion on Eastern Island, Midway...
Wilson, Donald The Battle of Midway
Donald Wilson applied for flight training. When he received transfer orders for him to leave the USS New Orleans (CA-32...
Buell, Harold "Hal" The Battle of Midway
Harold Buell was aboard the Saratoga [Annotator's Note: USS Saratoga (CV-3)] when she arrived at Midway following the...
Buell, Harold "Hal" The Battle of Santa Cruz
Harold Buell returned to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: after flying with the "Cactus Airforce" off Henderson Field on...
Carmody, Martin "Red" The Battle of Santa Cruz
[Annotator's Note: Martin Carmody served in the Navy as a pilot flying Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers with Bombing...
Thornhill, Jack The Battle of Surigao Strait
[Annotator's Note: Jack Thornhill served in the Navy as a gunner's mate aboard the USS Daly (DD-519) and was a gun...
Walter, Robert The Battle of the Bulge
Robert Walter thinks the population of Krinkelt was about 5000 before the war. There was a church on Krinkelt. Water...
McLaughlin, Sr., James The Battle of the Bulge
James Kemp McLaughlin remembers that after the bombers got fighter cover everything got easier. A damaged aircraft...
Field, Richard The Battle of the Bulge
[Annotator's Note: Richard Field served in the Army as a paratrooper with the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, then...
Houseman, Donelson "Don" The Battle of the Bulge
[Annotator's Note: Donelson Houseman served in the Army as the 81mm mortar platoon leader in Company D, 1st Battalion,...
Bornstein, Lester The Battle of the Bulge
Lester M. Bornstein and his unit [Annotator's Note: 168th Engineer Combat Battalion] were set up in a wooded area along...
Jameson, Andrew The Battle of the Bulge Begins
Andrew George Jameson's first assignment in Holland was a failure. They [Annotator's Note: Company L, 3rd Battalion,...
Durocher, Edmund The Battle of the Tenaru River
[Annotator's Note: Edmund Durocher served in the US Marine Corps as a radio telephone operator in Company H, 2nd...
Lowe, Robert The Battle Was On
[Annotator's Note: Robert Lowe was with the 1st Defense Battalion at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.] They were on a guard duty...
Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" The Beginning of the War
Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine and the people in Manila [Annotator's Note: Manila, Luzon, Philippines] were very...
Ream, John The Black Panther Party
John Ream’s wife traveled from place to place her whole life. He could pick between the police or the military for a...

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