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Keller, Richard Louisiana Maneuvers
Richard Keller took part in the Louisiana Maneuvers [Annotator's Note: a series of major Army exercises held in 1941 in...
Colburn, George Making Friends in China
George Colburn went to China with the 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division [Annotator's Note: in September 1945]....
Jackson, Arthur Malarial Tests and Being in the Military
After Arthur Jackson got back to the United States [Annotator's Note: after being wounded during the Battle of Okinawa...
Gorman, Robert Maneuvers in Louisiana and Texas
After nine months at Camp Gruber, Robert Gorman and the 557th Field Artillery Battalion went to Louisiana for maneuvers...
Kawamoto, Yukio Manila
As far as Yukio Kawamoto could tell, he did not experience too much racism or ill feelings towards him. Most of his...
Patterson, James Mapping Missions
James Patterson and his crew flew over water for several hours before doing their mapping work. Their missions ran...
Uthes, Roy Mars Task Force
Roy Uthes discovered that his unit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 209th Engineer Combat Battalion] was being sent to the...
Cohn, Major Medical Training
Major Cohn sailed to France to attend university. He spent significant time on the voyage playing chess with a black...
Madden, Jack Mediterranean PT Boat Service
Jack Madden was transported on the old 40 and 8 train cars to his destination [Annotator's Note: following PT boat...
Raquepau, John Meeting George Bush
John "Jack" Raquepau first saw George Bush [Annotator's Note: George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States]...
Bronstein, Isador Meeting his Future Wife
Isadore Bronstein met his wife while he was in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] as a member...
Espree, Elmo Memorable Events
There was an incident involving the Red Cross where Elmo Espree and another black soldier wanted to enter the facility...
Aldouby, Sara Memories of Terezin
Sara Aldouby grew up in a small village in Hungary. Her family called her "my pillow" because she used to carry around...
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...
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...
Klinepeter, David Military Service Stateside
David Klinepeter worked Monday through Friday and had the weekends and evenings off. He rarely had to pull watch duty....
Marca, Carl Military Swap Meet
Carl Marca was a mail censor for the Army in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Sending home prohibited items and...
Scoppa, Carmen Military Training
[Annotator's Note: Carmen Scoppa is in a hospital and voices can be heard in the background throughout the interview...
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...
Beverstein, Jack Mindoro
Jack Beverstein found the living conditions on Mindoro to be similar to Samar. The tents were livable. The men made the...
Loving, Burl Minesweeper Duty
Burl Loving was ordered to report to the 317 [Annotator’s Note: USS YMS-317 minesweeper] which was a 130-foot-long,...
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...
Linger, Russell Missions and Down Time
Russell Bretz Linger, Jr. flew a mission where there were heavy guns on the Cherbourg Peninsula [Annotator's Note:...
Buckner, Jack Missions into Sicily and Italy
Jack Buckner and his aircrew only flew missions in support of ground troops in invasions. For the invasion of Sicily,...
Cottrell, Edwin More Flight Training
[Annotator’s Note: Birds chirping in the background is audible throughout this segment.] By October 1943, Edwin B....
Bryan, Donald Most memorable combat missions
Donald Bryan’s last kill was an Arado234. Years later it was discovered that the German pilot flying that plane was on...
Howland, Gilbert Mules and Trinidad
[Annotator's Note: There is audio feedback noise throughout this clip.] Gilbert H. Howland was raised on a farm and...
Marca, Carl Native Populations in Australia
As a mail censor, Carl Marca did not see combat in World War 2. Some of the censors would go with each Division and...
Bost, Ben Naval Battle in the Philippines
After he had joined the Navy, it was a shock for Ben Ray Bost to leave home and get into uniform. Everything was free...
Hall, Meda Navy Training
Meda Royce Hall was born in November 1923 in Emanuel County, Georgia. He was the youngest of seven children. During the...
St. Germain, John Navy Training and Deployment
After enlisting in the Navy, John St. Germain had his boot camp training in Farragut, Idaho [Annotator’s Note: Farragut...
Niec, Stanley Navy Training and Pacific Duty
After choosing the US Navy, Stanley John Niec attended boot camp at Naval Station Great Lakes [Annotator's Note: in...
Pesky, John Navy Years
John “Johnny” Pesky volunteered for the Navy because he did not want to be drafted. He got into a program where he was...
Jacobson, Martin Neptunus Rex and Shipboard Entertainment
A typical day aboard ship for Martin Jacobson consisted of reading and PT [Annotator's Note: physical training] on the...
DiFulco, Jerome New Georgia and Bougainville
Jerome Paul DiFulco landed at Munda in New Georgia [Annotator's Note: New Georgia, Solomon Islands with Company A,...

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