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Hall, Meda Training Cadets
Meda Royce Hall was a Ground School Gunnery Instructor at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida when America went...
Evans, Donald Training in North Africa
Donald Evans docked in Mers-el-Kebir [Annotator's Note: Mers-el-Kébir, Oran, Algeria] in North Africa. They were told...
Petrus, Andrew Training in the Army
[Annotator's Note: While he was living in Detroit, Michigan and working as a streetcar driver,] Andrew Petrus received...
Renstrom, Keith Training on Maui and the Invasion of Saipan
Keith Renstrom notes that one of the hardest things for a Marine, or anybody, is to see your first American blood [...
Geraci, Dominic Training to Become a Medic
Dominic Geraci was drafted in February 1943. His dad did not feel much about his being drafted. His mom was more upset...
Wieland, Kenneth Training to Invade Japan
Kenneth Wieland does not remember too much about his basic training but recalls there was a lot of marching and time on...
Budlong, George Training to Overseas
George E. Budlong reported for induction at Fort Devens, Massachusetts and was assigned to a unit consisting of guys...
Singlaub, John Training with the OSS and SOE
John Singlaub trained with the OSS following his completion of paratrooper and demolition training at Fort Benning,...
Tomkiewicz, Micha Trains out of Bergen-Belsen
Micha Tomkiewicz, his mother, and one uncle, Stanislaw Tomkiewicz, were in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. They...
Bollich, James Transfer to Manchuria
James Bollich was on one of the first ships to take prisoners from the Philippines. The Japanese put 2,000 men into a...
Abate, Sam Transferred to the Engineers
In December 1944, Sam V. Abate got sick and was put in 358th Engineers [Annotator's Note: 358th Engineer General...
Warne, Therese Transport to Manila
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: was an American child prisoner in the Philippines during World War 2] and...
Saunders, David Transporting Loads and Contracting Dysentery
[Annotator's Note: David R. Saunders joined the Merchant Marine and during a port call in Egypt he contracted Bacillary...
Wilkins, Byron Traveling Germany as a POW
Byron Othello Wilkins and other POWs worked in a nearby town called Euskirchen. They unloaded boxcars and one man found...
Bartley, Irene Treating Soldiers
Irene Bartley and her twin sister, Jean, joined the WACs [Annotator's Note: Women's Army Corps; women's branch of the...
Acevedo, Anthony Treating the Sick and Wounded
When Anthony Acevedo first arrived at Berga he could not see the camp. There were political prisoners there but they...
Hagans, Benjamin Treatment after Liberation
When Benjamin Hagans was on the ship coming back, his teeth started to settle. He put on 17 pounds in three weeks. He...
Harris, Carroll Treatment and Discharge
The first treatment Carroll Harris received was heat lamps on his legs. However, his legs and feet began blistering, so...
Grahlfs, F. Treatment for Radiation Sickness
Besides the atomic tests, F. Lincoln Grahlfs found other work to do while at Bikini Atoll [Annotator's Note: Bikini...
Howland, Gilbert Trinidad to San Francisco
[Annotator's Note: There is audio feedback noise throughout this clip.] The Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory...
Jaccarino, Richard Tropical Diseases and Heading to Okinawa
After one patrol during which he was carrying a heavy BAR [Annotator's Note: Browning Automatic Rifle], Richard...
Epstein, Ben U-Boat Attack on the Dorchester
Describing the journey on the SS Dorchester, Ben Epstein said it was a terrible trip. But he pointed out that in every...
Hughes, William USAHS Wisteria
William B. Hughes sailed on the hospital ship USAHS Wisteria on his second voyage. He was assigned a fire station but...
Rupert, Gerald USS Lake Champlain (CV-39)
Gerald Rupert was scheduled to go to the Pacific prior the dropping of the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear...
Samuelson, Jack USS Louisville (CA-28)
Jack D. Samuelson was assigned with two other officers [Annotator’s Note: he was newly assigned to the USS Louisville (...
Mather, James V-5 Navy Aviation Cadet Program
James Mather joined the V-5 Program [Annotator's Note: V-5 US Navy Aviation Cadet Program, 1939 to 1943] and became a...
Maresca, Frank W. Voyage to England
Frank Maresca shipped out from the 54th Street Pier in Brooklyn aboard His Majesty's Ship Franconia, a converted luxury...
Boyles, Edward Voyage to the Philippines
After a successful operation on Kwajalein [Annotator's Note: Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands], Edward E. Boyles...
Borne, Edwin Wake's Airwing Shattered
Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. was on Wake Island with the 12 airplanes of VMF-211 [Annotator's Note: Marine Fighting...
Budlong, George Wanting to Do His Part
George E. Budlong was born in 1927 in Providence, Rhode Island. Budlong calls himself a child of the Depression [...
Damberg, Wanda War and Internment
Wanda Damberg experienced the 7 December 1941 Pearl Harbor attack on 8 December [Annotator’s Note: the Philippines is...
Edwards, Randall War Begins in the Pacific
In 1940, Randall Edwards boarded the submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9) in Tsingtao, China. The Canopus was a "mother...
Hegerty, Ghislaine War Comes to Belgium
Ghislaine Hegerty and her family took shelter from the war in a religious building next to their home [Annotator's Note...
Shown, Donald War Comes to the Pacific
Donald Herbert Shown [Annotator’s Note: Shown had become a crewman aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in 1939] headed...
Bauer, Wynn War Ends
[Annotator's Note: Wynn Bauer served in the Army as an assistant driver on an M4 Sherman medium tank in the 36th...
Brock, Pete War in the Pacific
On the USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31), Pete Brock saw combat in the late stages of the Okinawa campaign [Annotator’s...

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