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Hanley, Fiske Life as a Special Prisoner
On 26 March 1945, Fiske Hanley II [Annotator's Note: with the 504th Bombardment Group, 313th Bombardment Wing, 20th Air...
Bollich, James Life at Camp O’Donnell
It took five and a half days for James Bollich to reach Camp O'Donnell [Annotator's Note: American instillation used as...
Guderian, Emmett Life at Sea
The ship would reposition at Ulithi [Annotator's Note: Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands]. Occasionally, Japanese planes...
Ruiz, Nolan Life in England
[Annotator's Note: Nolan Ruiz was from Louisiana and he had joined the Army Air Corps, where he was trained as a ball...
Swarts, John Life in England
John Stanley Lee Swarts and his crew received orders to fly overseas to England, making one stop in Iceland. They...
Garbo, William Life in Foxholes
The Battle of the Driniumor River lasted for 45 days. William Garbo was attached to a regiment of the Army's Dixie...
Brien, Russel Life in Italy
Russell Brien was at the Foggia Airfield [Annotator's Note: the Pantanella Airfield was part of the Foggia Airfield...
Hayashi, Nobuo Life in Nishinomiya During War
Nobuo Hayashi remembers listening to the radio and hearing how Japan had to attack Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the...
Welch, Darrell Life in North Africa
Darrell Welch returned home from North Africa in just under a year. He flew 61 missions. He has great praise for the B-...
Cristiano, Nick Life in Prison Camp
When Nick Cristiano got to the prison camp, he was given a paper to fill out. He only would put name, rank, serial...
Acker, Charles Life in the Field
Charles Acker went through live-fire training. They had a little town set up and they would fire live machine guns and...
Sonnier, Lorcey Life in the Field
Lorcey J. Sonnier mostly bombed oil depots, factories, plane factories, ball bearing factories and bridges. This helped...
Anderson, Howard Life in the Field
The base's runway had been lengthened by the locals. It was not quite long enough, but was adequate. Howard Anderson...
Floravante, Emile Life in the Field
Alfred Anthony Alvarez was in Czechoslovakia [Annotator's Note: with the 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry...
Moxon, Milton Life in the Field
For Milton Moxon and the 94th Infantry Division, weather and terrain conditions were horrible on the front. Some men...
Hutchinson, Louis Life in the Pacific
Louis Hutchinson and the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) used Ulithi [Annotator's Note: Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands] as an...
Lehigh, David Life in the Pacific
David Lehigh was friendly with officers and enlisted men. One of his friends was flying over Saigon [Annotator's Note:...
McGee, Joseph Life in the Pacific and Combat Missions
Joseph F. McGee Junior flew 97 missions in World War 2 [Annotator's Note: with the 460th Fighter Squadron, 348th...
Keller, Jack Life Inside the B-17
[Annotator's Note: Jack Keller's wife assists him throughout this clip as he had a stroke and has trouble remembering...
Amico, Thomas Life on a PT Boat
Thomas Amico was assigned to PT-155, which was one boat in a squadron of 12. The crew was friendly, in spite of being...
McConnell, Trist Life on a PT Boat
Julian Trist Bringier McConnell’s boat [Annotator's Note: McConnell served as an officer aboard patrol torpedo boats,...
Grieves, Billy Life on a Submarine
The Thresher [Annotator's Note: USS Thresher (SS-200)] had torpedo problems on most of her runs. Billy Grieves kept an...
Hogan, Moses Life on Board at Pearl Harbor
Moses Hogan wasn't afraid. He didn't believe America would be attacked by the Japanese; after all, officials from that...
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...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Life on New Guinea
When Charles Weskey Borders got to New Guinea it had not been secured. The worst time was when he was based at Noemfoor...
Hendrick, Robert Life on Ship and Midway
Robert Erskine Hendrick [Annotator's Note: a US Marine aboard the USS Idaho (BB-42)] was sent to the Pacific [Annotator...
Dunne, Edward Life on Ship During D-Day
Edward Dunne's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-53] had a big ramp that the tanks would go off of. There were six...
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...
Suter, Martin Life Overseas
While Martin Suter was on Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands], there were still a lot of Japanese troops on...
LeBlanc, Dale Light Wounds and Bad Decisions
Dale LeBlanc had been through Naha many times as a runner. Every time he went through there snipers would shoot at him...
Reissig, Floyd J. Lingayen Gulf
Floyd James Reissig sailed around Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte, Philippines] towards Lingayen Gulf [Annotator's Note...
Hill, Jennings Liverpool and Iceland
After his return [Annotator's Note: from a convoy run to Russia], Jennings Paul Hill, Sr. took some time off and then...
Schicker, Tom Living and Fighting in Mud
There would be holes in the line where there were not enough men [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of Okinawa, 1...
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...
Severance, Dave Living in Foxholes
Iwo Jima as the worst place Dave Severance fought. They could not see the enemy. The terrain was rough and open. Living...
Stewart, Stanley Loading Ordnance on Bougainville
As soon as Stanley Stewart arrived in Noumea, New Caledonia, he was back in training. Assigned to the 1st Marine Air...

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