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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...
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...
Simmons, Curt Shore Duty and Overseas Voyages
Curt Simmons served as a US Navy Armed Guard gunner aboard merchant ships. Even at the start of the war there were...
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...
Burns, Lloyd Shot Down
Lloyd Burns was on his ninth mission when his airplane was shot down [Annotator's Note: Burns was a pilot in the 598th...
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,...
Towle, John Shot Down and Aided by a French Family
John W. Towle was flying towards his target with its flying bombs. The Germans placed their antiaircraft weapons in...
Rans, Robert Shot Down and Captured
[Annotator's Note: No mention is made here of the mission being described, however, from later interviews and the...
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...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Shot down and severely wounded
Olen Grant was living in a hotel in Austin, Texas when he got a call from Jim Armstrong. It was the first time Grant...
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...
Sacks, John Shot Down Over Ludwigshafen
On 13 September 1944 John Sacks flew a mission to bomb an I.G. Farben refinery manufacturing synthetic fuel. The plant...
Lefever, Paul Shot Down Over the Mosel River
Deep penetration raids were the most dangerous, according to Paul Lefever, and he was shot down during an attack on a...
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,...
Ciotta, Angelo Shot on Iwo
They [Annotator's Note: Angelo Ciotta and the rest of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine...
Fisher, Clayton Shot Up and Forced to Ditch
[Annotator's Note: Clayton Fisher served in the Navy as a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot in Bombing Squadron 8...
Golemi, Frank Shot Up Over Bastogne
Frank Golemi was flying supplies into Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the...
Brien, Russel Shot Up, Milk Runs and Furloughs
On Russell Brien's third mission his aircraft lost an engine. [Annotator's Note: Brien was a nose gunner on...
Peterson, Carl Sicily
[Annotator's Note: Carl Peterson served in the Army as a mortar man in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment...
Compagno, Nicholas Sicily and Italy Campaigns
Nicholas John Compagno first came under fire while in North Africa and then in Sicily [Annotator's Note: Sicily, Italy...
LaRose, Bruce Sicily and Normandy
Bruce LaRose [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, veteran of the North...
Pierce, Wayne Sicily and Salerno
Wayne Pierce and the 325th Glider Infantry did not make the fight in Sicily. A couple of days prior to entry into that...
Riddle, Clinton "Clint" Sicily through Normandy
After arriving in Casablanca in May of 1943, Clinton Riddle and the men of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment set up a...

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