Interactions with Allied troops

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Bridger, Harley Flight Training
Harley Bridger entered the Army Air Corps in June 1943 at Camp Robinson in Little Rock [Annotator's Note: Little Rock,...
Aldous, Robert Flight Training to New Guinea
Robert G. Aldous went to Wichita Falls, Texas to Sheppard Field in August [Annotator's Note: August 1943] and it was "...
Lederer, Henry Flight Training, Fear, and Respect
Henry Lederer chose to enlist in the Air Corps because he always loved flying. His father took him to Grand Central...
Aldous, Robert Flying 42 Combat Missions
Robert G. Aldous and his crew flew many missions to Formosa [Annotator's Note: Republic of Formosa; present day Taiwan...
Paul, John Flying a B-17
John Paul and his crew had flown about five missions when his engineer told him he could not fly anymore. He said that...
Rooney, Andrew Flying a Bombing Mission
Andrew A. Rooney [Annotator's Note: correspondent for the Stars and Stripes, American military newspaper] and the other...
Ammerman, Gale Flying a Broken Glider and Combat
Gale Ammerman had trained at the Alliance Army Airfield in Nebraska. He was only there a few weeks then went to North...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Flying and Crashing the P-40
The United States was going into Biak [Annotator's Note: Biak, Western New Guinea] and the Japanese thwarted the...
Hardy, George Flying B-29s in Korea
George Hardy got news that he was going to Keesler [Annotator's Note: Keesler Field, now Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi...
Race, John "Jack Race" Flying De Guingand
John T. "Jack" Race was Montgomery's [Annotator's Note: British Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery] personal...
Chamblin, Loyd Flying Dive Bombers
Lloyd Augustus Chamblin, Jr., was sent to El Toro [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California] to...
Race, John "Jack Race" Flying for the British
John T. "Jack" Race received his commission in February 1943. Since he was on detached service with the British [...
Gust, Darrell Flying in Close Formation
When he arrived in England, Darrell D. Gust knew that at least a third of the original 28 crews that had gone over in...
McGuire, Joseph Flying in India
What Joseph McGuire took to India was all he had for the duration of his duty. Many of the crews had no cold weather...
Hardy, George Flying Out of Ramitelli, Italy
George Hardy flew out of Ramitelli [Annotator's Note: Ramitelli, Italy]. They would take off to the east, out over the...
Patton, Grant Flying Patrols in Iceland
Grant Patton would pick up the convoy off of Greenland [Annotator’s Note: he was stationed in Iceland] and they would...
Saylor, Herbert Flying the Hump and Return Home
Herbert Clyde Saylor [Annotator's Note: a waist gunner with the 436th Bombardment Squadron, 7th Bombardment Group, 10th...
Inghram, Robert Flying the Spitfire
Robert Inghram went to Shrewsbury upon his outfit's [Annotator's Note: 39th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group] entry...
Bernardi, Joseph Flying to England
Joseph Richard Bernardi, Senior flew formation over the Gulf of Mexico when he was sent to Alexandria, Louisiana. They...
Race, John "Jack Race" Flying to the German Surrender
John T. "Jack" Race was already flying for the British High Command [Annotator's Note: British 21st Army Group]....
Lynch, James FM Sonar and Sea of Japan
James Paul Lynch says the FM radar [Annotator's Note: or FM sonar, high-frequency, short-range sonar using frequency...
Duffy, Gowan Following Patton
Gowan Duffy remembers they started to run out of supplies. Patton [Annotator's Note: US Army Lieutenant General George...
Boitnott, Monty Fondouk and Meeting Patton
Monty Joe Boitnott moved from Kasserine to Fondouk where he fought his first battle with his company. Within a couple...
Raner, Norman Fondouk, Tunisia
The area Norman Raner was in was where the eight-inch howitzers [Annotator's Note: M1 eight inch, 203mm howitzer; heavy...
Holt, Thomas Food and Exercise in Camp
For Thomas Michael Holt, the worst part about being a prisoner of war was not having food. One American officer was a...
Wilson, James Food, History, and Race Relations
There were different concoctions in the C-rations [Annotator's Note: prepared and canned wet combat food] and K-rations...
Zoltz, Hana Forced Labor and Liberation by the Russian
Hana Zoltz worked in a factory making guns. [Annotator's Note: Following the liquidation of the Lodz ghetto in August...
LaPorta, Edward Forced March From Stalag III-B to Stalag II-B and Liberation
One morning a German officer who spoke English entered the room [Annotator's Note: in their barracks at Stalag III-B in...
Frydman, Louis Forced March to Dachau
Louis Frydman and the inmates of the Kochendorf concentration camp were forced marched to avoid discovery by the...
McDermott, James Forced Marched from Nuremberg to Moosburg
James McDermott would get barley soup once in a while from the Germans [Annotator's Note: while a prisoner of war in...
Smith, John Formation of the 271st Field Artillery Battalion
G.I.s from John Smith's Battery B, 61st Field Artillery were transferred to form C Battery 271st Field Artillery...
Clark, Earl Formation of the International Federation of Mountain Soldiers
Earl Ervin Clark [Annotator's Note: while serving as a supply officer for the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 10th...
Guisewite, Myron Formation of the Pathfinders
After the Holland invasion [Annotator's Note: Operation Market Garden, Netherlands, 17 to 25 September 1944] partly...
Alter, Joseph Forming a Battalion
After being commissioned, Joseph Alter was sent to Camp Beale, California [Annotator's Note: now Beale Air Force Base...
Van Huylenbrouck, Omer Forming a Crew
Omer Van Huylenbrouck was assigned to a crew [Annotator's Note: Van Huylenbrouck indicates to the interviewer he has a...
Geary, Joseph Forming A Crew
[Annotator's Note: Joseph Geary finished navigation school and was assigned to a crew at Davis-Monthan Field, now Davis...

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