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Villarrubia, Forrest Mess Duty
Forrest Villarrubia was in combat with General MacArthur [Annotator's Note: US Army General Douglas MacArthur] on Leyte...
Johnson, Erwin Messing with the Japanese
Erwin Johnson was a prisoner of war in Mukden, Manchuria and worked in a factory there. Some of the men would smuggle...
Wicklund, John Methods of Survival
The 96th Division [Annotator's Note: 96th Infantry Division] spent Christmas [Annotator's Note: 25 December 1944] on...
London, James Metz and the Saar
James Harvard London shipped out of Southampton [Annotator's Note: Southampton, England] on the Belgian ship...
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...
Hall, William Midway Island
William Hall reached Sand Island in the Midway Atoll with his personal equipment. Midway was a stopping point for Pan-...
Radice, Gerard Military Awards and Postwar
Gerard V. Radice dislikes what the Japanese did to the local populations they conquered and still to this day does not...
Weissberger, Ela Military Duty in Israel
At that time, Ela Weissberger said, all except the very religious Jewish women were joining the Israeli Army. She was...
(Reaves) Pescatore, Josephine Military Food
Josephine Pescatore’s unit would leap frog with 44th Evac Hospital. One group would work while the other rested. They...
Cohen, Benjamin Military Government Assignment
After fighting at the Saar River [Annotator's Note: Saar River, Germany], Benjamin Wolf Cohen and his division [...
Habeeb, Albert Military Medical Training
Dr. Albert Habeeb became active in 1942 after he completed his medical internship. He was sent to training at Carlisle...
Barnes, Alvin Military Service
Alvin Barnes was drafted into the Navy. He previously knew he would have to serve. He had no problem with boot camp. He...
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]...
Lane, Charles Military Service in the South Pacific
Charles Nathan Lane’s first battle was in the Philippines [Annotator’s Note: as part of the 197th Coast Artillery...
Vanderpool, Mildred Military Service Stateside
When Mildred Vanderpool received her orders to New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in May [Annotator...
Bowie, James Military Training
James Bowie was stationed in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] for boot camp. He lived in a tent in...
Scoppa, Carmen Military Training
[Annotator's Note: Carmen Scoppa is in a hospital and voices can be heard in the background throughout the interview...
Sylvest, Thomas Military Training and Deployment to Hawaii
Thomas Ard Sylvest enlisted in the Army Air Forces and began his training at Keesler Field in Biloxi, Mississippi. He...
Watson, Donald Military Training and Overseas Deployment
Donald G. Watson was sent to Camp Carson, Colorado during the winter and was assigned to the 71st Infantry Division....
Ito, Susumus Military Training and Overseas Deployment to Italy
Susumas Ito was sent to Camp Shelby [Annotator's Notes: Hattiesburg, Mississippi] as a motor sergeant for a cadre in...
Schmidt, Vernon Military Training to Deployment in Europe
In 1944,Vernon Schmidt began his military training with a cannon company on the 105mm howitzer [Annotator's Note: M2A1...
Ventura, Nicholas Military Training to Overseas
Nicholas Ventura Sr. joined the Army and was sent to Spartanburg, South Carolina for basic training for 10 weeks. He...
Schneider, Irwin Milne Bay Depot
Irwin Schneider's job was not overly exciting [Annotator's Note: he was in command of an ordnance depot at Milne Bay in...
Ledesma, Trinidad Mindanao and Kamikazes
Trinidad Ledesma volunteered to be a code clerk in headquarters where he thought he would be safer. He was shown a...
Grass, Philip Mindoro
Philip Grass and his unit [Annotator’s Note: 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division] left Leyte and...
Beck, Carl Misdropped over Normandy
Carl Beck does not know exactly where he parachuted into on his way to Normandy, France [Annotator's Note: in the early...
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...
Arceneaux, Arthur Missed Kills and War's End
Arthur Joseph Arceneaux Junior [Annotator’s Note: a pilot with Marine Night Fighting Squadron 542 (VMF(N)-542)] was...
Wolyn, Monroe Missing the Briefing
Monroe S. Wolyn remembers the missions they went on usually had between 100 and 300 airplanes. Many missions were...
Grabhorn, Edgar Mission over France and POW Life
Edgar A. Grabhorn's group [Annotator's Note: 838th Bombardment Squadron, 487th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force]...
Edwards, Charles Mission over Morotai and More Stateside Training
Charles T. Edwards was returning to his station from Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] when he had...
Fouts, Henry Mission Particulars
Preflight for Henry Sherman Fouts' missions [Annotator's Note: with the 346th Bombardment Squadron, 99th Bombardment...
Geary, Joseph Mission Routine
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks John Geary to take him through the day of a bombing mission.] It is not as...
Richard, Martin Missions and Crew Members
Martin Richard's first mission [Annotator's Note: from Cheddington, England] was 6 June 1944, D-Day [Annotator's Note:...
Gomez, Hewitt Missions and Reunions
On one of Hewitt Brian Gomez's missions he and his crew spotted a German plane and they thought he was going to attack...
Russell, Richard Missions in the Pacific
Richard T. Russell, Jr. heard that the Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese] had bombed Pearl...

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