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Tsubota, Thomas Merrill's Marauders
Thomas Kiyoshi Tsubota and other Japanese-American linguists were divided into teams. They were members of Merrill's...
Villarrubia, Forrest Mess Duty
Forrest Villarrubia was in combat with General MacArthur [Annotator's Note: US Army General Douglas MacArthur] on Leyte...
London, James Metz and the Saar
James Harvard London shipped out of Southampton [Annotator's Note: Southampton, England] on the Belgian ship...
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...
Roberts, George Military Decorations and Lost Friends
George Roberts knew people who would give their lives for him in the military. He has spoken to people at Keelser Air...
Courant, Hans Military Duties at Los Alamos
Hans Courant was assigned to a group working on electronics at Los Alamos. He worked in that capacity for the next two...
Culp, Oscar Military Duty and Training
Oscar Culp was based at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii when the war with Japan ended. He remembers the day [Annotator's Note:...
Higgins, Archibald Military Experience, Esprit de Corps and War's End
For Archibald Higgins, being away from family and friends was not easy during his service. It took a tough toll on his...
Leopold, Vernon Military Intelligence
Because of the frost bite problem with his feet, Vernon Leopold was given limited service for six months after his...
Glass, Murray Military Musician
Murray Glass was drafted and sent to the Fort Dix, New Jersey reception center for a few weeks. He then went to the...
Uthes, Roy MIlitary Police
Roy Uthes grew up in Detroit, Michigan. His father was a policeman. Uthes had brothers who were also in the service. He...
Glusing, Benjamin Military Police Training
Camp Bowie [Annotator's Note: in Brownwood, Texas] was a major camp that could handle several regiments. At the same...
Ward, George Military Policeman in CBI and Europe
George C. Ward Bombay [Annotator’s Note: he was deployed to Bombay, India as a member of the 503rd Military Police...
Nyman, Geraldine "Geri" Military Recognition and Training
[Annotator's Note: Geraldine Nyman was a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, and transported...
McKnight, Harry Military Service
Harry McKnight was born in Detroit, Michigan in July 1926. He had an older brother. The family moved to Ohio soon...
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]...
Dole, Robert Military Service and Postwar
Senator Robert "Bob" Dole [Annotator's Note: Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole, American veteran and politician] entered the...
Vanderpool, Mildred Military Service Stateside
When Mildred Vanderpool received her orders to New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in May [Annotator...
Ward, John Military Service Stateside
John F. Ward was very excited to find out that his commanding officer at San Angelo Airfield [Annotator's Note: San...
Honz, Burdell Military Service Stateside and Postwar
Burdell S. Hontz and his unit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Squadron, 11th Bombardment Group] were shipped back to...
Fagerstrom, Stanley Military Training
Stanley Fagerstrom did not find boot camp to be bad. He made a lot of friendships. He felt they were being well-trained...
Alison, John R. Military Training
During his military training, John Alison was trained for reconnaissance, fighter and bomber operations. Being a...
Asher, Adolph Military Training
Adolph Edward Asher's [Annotator's Note: with the 45th Infantry Division] ship was sunk by a U-boat [Annotator's Note:...
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...
Ward, John Military Training
John F. Ward volunteered for service in December 1943 and took his basic training at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. He...
Hirsekorn, Fred Military Training
Fred Hirsekorn was drafted in early 1943. After induction at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas he was sent to Camp Campbell,...
Walsh, Violet Military Training and Instruction
In January 1943, Violet Walsh, who had never traveled north of Ruston [Annotator's Note: Ruston, Louisiana] or ridden...
Haffner, Robert Military Training and Overseas Deployment
On 7 December 1941, Robert Haffner and a friend of his borrowed their fathers' cars and rode around Detroit celebrating...
Lehker, Roland Military Training and Service Stateside
After 16 months of school at Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning [Annotator's Note: now...
White, Dee Military-Minded Boy
Dee Wayne White was born in September 1929 in Chester, Idaho. At age eight, his parents divorced, and he moved with his...
Beverstein, Jack Mindoro
Jack Beverstein found the living conditions on Mindoro to be similar to Samar. The tents were livable. The men made the...
Buschmeier, Frank Mischief during downtime
Frank Buschmeier feels like he owes his life to the men who flew the plane and he owes his life to the durability of...
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...
Clark, Earl Mission at Lake Garda
Earl Ervin Clark and 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment crossed the Po River in Italy as the lead unit. Because Clark was...
Swarts, John Mission Dangers
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer pauses to change tapes.] John Stanley Lee Swarts and his crew dropped bombs over...

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