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Yamamoto, Albert Drafted for Korea and Reflections on the War
Albert Yamamoto's [Annotator's Note: an American citizen who was in Japan during the war] most memorable experience of...
Breard, Reneau Drop into Holland
Reneau Breard was in Leicester [Annotator’s Note: Leicester, England] training to jump into Europe. The training was...
Campbell, John Duties Aboard Ship
John Scott Campbell's duties were complicated but simple. On a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly...
Cascio, Roy Duties at Port Moresby then Island Hopping to Tokyo
Roy Cascio was a dispatcher for the motor pool [Annotator’s Note: for the 27th Air Supply Squadron, 27th Air Depot...
Yudenfriend, Herbert Duties in Manila
Manila [Annotator's Note: Manila, Philippines] was a very beautiful city from the outside to Herbert Yudenfriend. There...
Hollingsworth, Chester Duty Aboard USS SC-990
Chester Hollingsworth's sub-chaser [Annotators' Note: USS SC-990] initially deployed to perform picket duty [Annotator'...
McHardy, Arthur Duty in China
[Annotator's Note: Arthur McHardy was stationed in Tientsin, China with the 1st Marine Division.] He was sent to guard...
Wombacher, Delbert Duty in France
Delbert Wombacher landed in Le Havre, France in 1944. They were to move as far into France as they could and set up...
Fair, Paul Duty in Japan
Paul Fair moved on to Japan after the Japanese surrendered [Annotator’s Note: announced 15 August 1945, officially...
Alexander, Samson Duty in Japan
Samson Alexander was in the Air Force during the Korean conflict. He had a girlfriend in Denver [Annotator's Note:...
Earles, John Duty in the Pacific
John Earles said his tenure with AdComPhibPac, the amphibious staff headquarters on Guam, was more or less security...
Bartels, Carl Duty in the Pacific and China
Carl C. Bartels, M.D. [Annotator's Note: Doctor of Medicine] was part of a GROPAC Unit [Annotator's Note: GROPAC Units...
Cascio, Roy Duty in Tokyo
Roy Cascio only knew the atomic bombs ended the war [Annotator's Note: Nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and...
Cole, Homer Earlfy Life and Becoming an Airman
Homer Cole was born in September 1925 in Jasper, Missouri. He had three brothers and two sisters. His father moved his...
Beverstein, Jack Early Life
Jack T. Beverstein was born in 1925 in South Bend, Indiana. He grew up during the Great Depression, but it had little...
Finkelstein, Jacob Early Life
Jacob Finkelstein was born in 1924 in Poland. During the war, he claimed his birth year was 1923 so that he could be 16...
Becker, Irving Early Life
Irving Becker was born in 1921 in Vienna, Austria and grew up there. He was an only child. His father was a shoe...
Schneider, Richard Early Life
Richard "Dick" Schneider was born in Akron, Ohio in March 1923. His family included his parents, one sister, and one...
Befera, Victor Early Life
Victor Befera was born April 1926 in Hibbing, Minnesota. He grew up in the small iron mining town near Canada with his...
Fitzgerald, Ray Early Life
Ray Fitzgerald was born in March 1922 in Union County in North Mississippi. He grew up there in a rural home. The draft...
Phillips, Cass Early Life
Cass Phillips was born in Pampa, Texas in April 1920. The doctor ran late to his delivery. The family moved off a farm...
Riggsby, Norman Early Life
Norman Riggsby was born on 9 June 1925 in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up in a small town in Michigan near Detroit. It...
Cohn, Major Early Life
Major L. Cohn was born in Manhattan, New York in October 1927. He grew up in Brooklyn during the difficult times of the...
Goodkin, Vera Early Life
Vera Goodkin [Annotator's Note: née Herman] was born in a small town of Uzhgorod, Czechoslovakia [Annotator's Note: now...
Hammer, Richard Early Life
[Annotator's Note: Richard Antoine Hammer, Sr. and the interviewer informally chat for a few minutes prior to the start...
Milkis, Abe Early Life
Abe Milkis was born in 15 January 1924 in Philadelphia. He had one brother and one sister. His brother, Harry, was a...
Lombardo, Samuel Early LIfe
Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Lombardo was born in Calabria in Southern Italy in 1919. He grew up there until the age of...
Somogyi, Peter Early Life
Peter Somogyi was born in Pécs, Hungary in April 1933. His father had a nice business. The family had a comfortable...
Hall, William Early Life
William Hall was born in Denver, Colorado in July 1920. His family soon moved to Green River, Wyoming where his father...
Wessen, Theodore Early Life
Theodore Warren Wessen was born in May 1925 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father, uncle and two other men ran an...
Segal, Harvey Early Life
Harvey Segal was born in May 1925 in Roxbury, Massachusetts [Annotator's Note: Roxbury is a neighborhood in Boston]....
Mills, Willis Early Life
Willis Mills was born in July 1926 and grew up in Holyoke, Colorado. It was a small farming community. His father...
Beard, Norma "Norma Ford" Early Life
Norma Jean Ford Beard was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania in June 1944. Her father was a B-24 pilot [Annotator's Note:...
Frazier, Glenn Early Life
Glenn Frazier was born in Fort Deposit, Alabama in 1924. He grew up during the Great Depression, but since his family...
Norberg, Willard "Bill" Early Life
Bill Norberg was born in November 1922 in Lemington, Wisconsin. When Norberg was five or six years old, his family...
Gross, Eva Early Life
Eva Gross was born in December 1927 in Belahavo [Annotator's Note: unsure of spelling], Czechoslovakia and grew up in...

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