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Gibbens, Elizabeth Overseas Deployment
When Elizabeth Gibbens completed basic training, she was sent to Camp Shanks, New York. She found it exciting to get...
Hever, John Overseas Deployment
When John Hever arrived in Los Angeles, California, he was part of the unattached 931st Signal Battalion (Aviation)(SP...
Witmer, Donald Overseas Deployment and Combat Operations in the Pacific
After Pearl Harbor, Donald Witmer's next destination was Eniwetok Atoll. When they arrived, there were no Japanese...
Gorman, Robert Overseas Deployment and Time in England
Robert Gorman was only in Camp Shanks for a few days before sailing in a convoy for Europe. His wife tried to visit him...
Neilson, Francis Overseas Deployment to Italy
Among the many things Francis Neilson learned in Lincoln, Nebraska was that oxygen was a good cure for a hangover. In...
Stecher, Fred Overseas Duty
With the 787th Bombardment Squadron, 466th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force, Fred A. Stecher was sent overseas to...
Walker, Mort Overseas Duty in Italy
After completing his training, Mort Walker volunteered for overseas duty because he had heard that once the war was...
Inscoe, Linwood S. Overseas to Europe
Now an Army Air Corps Pilot, Linwood S. Inscoe was shipped overseas to England and waited at an Army replacement depot...
Lillibridge, John Overseas to Europe
John Lillibridge was sent overseas to Europe with a XXIII Corps artillery unit as a topography interpreter. His ship...
Ross, Hartsel Overseas to Europe
Hartsel Ross sailed for Scotland. He waited two weeks in Scotland while they outfitted his ship and then sailed with a...
Gustafson, Gerald Overseas to Naples
[Annotator’s Note: A washing machine running in the background is audible throughout this segment.] In May 1944, Gerald...
Carlson, Donald Overseas to Play Basketball
After basic training, Donald Rudolph Carlson was shipped to Fort Bliss, Texas for training in an anti-aircraft battery...
Wells, Kenneth Overseas to the Pacific
Kenneth Dwight Wells was shipped to the Pacific in November 1944 aboard the USS O.H. Ernst (AP-133) [Annotator's Note:...
Kough, Edward Overseas to the Pacific
[Annotator's Note: Ed Kough refers to a paper for dates and holds it up in front of his face throughout the segment.]...
Overseas to the Pacific
In August 1945, after completing an advanced infantry training course at Fort Rucker, Alabama, Marvin Martin was sent...
Ettinger, Hugh Overseas to the Pacific
Hugh Ettinger was assigned to an LST [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] in Evansville, Indiana on the Ohio River...
Behr, Peter Overseas to the Philippines
Peter "Pete" Behr [Annotator's Note: with Company B, 1st Battalion, 383rd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division]...
Bertz, Richard Overseas to Utah Beach
Richard O. "Otto" Bertz went to Kansas [Annotator's Note: Camp Phillips in Salina, Kansas] and did training. He then...
Symons, John P-51s and Going Home
John Symons started out with P-40s [Annotator's Note: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter aircraft]. Chennault [Annotator's...
Thomas, Wilbur "Will" Paradise in the Philippines
Wilbur Thomas was assigned to supervise and maintain all the utilities including the pipeline, water, electricity, and...
Elfer, Rosemary Patriotism and Military Service
At the time Rosemary Elfer's two brothers and a sister were serving in the military. Her brother Edward fought on Wake...
Whitman, Melvin Pavuvu
The operation on Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Peleliu Island, Palau] was supposed to be in conjunction with the offensive...
Durocher, Edmund Pavuvu and Night Operations
[Annotator's Note: Edmund Durocher served in the US Marine Corps as a radio telephone operator in Company H, 2nd...
Maresca, Frank W. Pearl Harbor and Being Drafted
Frank Maresca had just finished eating Sunday dinner and had turned on the radio to listen to a ball game. During the...
Clay, Russell Pearl Harbor Before and After the Attack
Russell Clay was at Pearl Harbor prior to the attack. [Annotator's Note: Clay served as a barber and antiaircraft...
de Marcken, Christian Playing with Danger
Christian de Marcken recalled that when his family was forced back to Belgium, their home had been occupied by the...
Cole, Homer Politics
Homer Cole parlayed his skill at bowling alley management plus his people skills to begin a political career in 1985 as...
Arledge, Mahlen Polywig to Shellback
Mahlen Arledge participated in a ceremony when he crossed the equator. [Annotator's Note: The ceremony of conversion...
Fontana, Frank Posting in England
Frank Fontana arrived in Great Britain as a young man. [Annotator's Note: Fontana was deployed with three others in mid...
Vallas, Theodore Postwar
Theodore Vallas left the Navy after the war in order to play professional sports. He enrolled in college to play...
Hall, Meda Postwar
[Annotator's Note: Meda Royce Hall is difficult to understand throughout this segment.] At the end of World War 2, Hall...
Morgan, George Postwar
After the war, George Morgan was accepted into a college in Defiance, Ohio. During the war, many basic things had been...
Hood, George Postwar
George Hood returned home after the war. He flew in from the Pacific and then cross country. He had a little money and...
Celaya, Adolfo Postwar
Adolfo V. Celaya returned to the United States and joined his father in a one-bedroom apartment in Tucson [Annotator’s...
Cole, Homer Postwar
When the war ended in Europe, Homer Cole was sent to Alexandria, Louisiana to begin training on B-29s [Annotator's Note...
Addison, Robert Postwar
Following departure from New Georgia, Robert Addison [Annotator’s Note: with the 1st Marine Raider Battalion] reached...

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