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Marca, Carl Mail Censorship Training
Carl Marca attended lectures on censorship while in ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps] in school....
Cart, William "Bill" Majuro Atoll
William Cart and his squadron [Annotator's Note: Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 141 (VMSB-141)] were going to get on an...
Nussenbaum, Seymour Making Fake Patches
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Seymour Nussenbaum was attached to what was...
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]....
Ernest, Malcolm Manchurian Saw Mill
In Mukden, Manchuria [Annotator's Note: Hoten Camp, Mukden, now Shenyang, China], Malcom Ernest learned how to...
Brister, Delano Maneuvers, POWs and Military Camps
Delano Brister's grandfather had a barn on his property that was used once during a military training operation by a...
Burkett, William Manila
William Burkett had gotten there [Annotator’s Note: the Philippines then Japan] two weeks after the war was over. At...
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...
Brister, Delano Manuevers and other Events
Delano Brister knew that the headquarters for Colonel Eisenhower [Annotator's Note: Colonel Dwight D. Eisenhower would...
Becker, Clarence Mapping the Aleutian Islands
[Annotator's Note: Clarence Becker was already serving in the Army Air Forces when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor,...
Balaza, Charles March into Captivity
Charles Balaza and the defenders of Corregidor were taken by troopship to the shores of Manila. They were offloaded a...
Johnson, Erwin Marched to Camp O'Donnell
On 10 April [Annotator's Note: 10 April 1942], Erwin Johnson and his fellow prisoners of war started their march away [...
O'Donnell, Joseph Marched to Liberation
Joseph O'Donnell went to Fallingbostel, XI-B [Annotator's Note: Stalag XI-B in Fallingbostel, Germany; he arrived on 3...
Doolan, Robert Marched to Stalag VII-A in Moosburg
[Annotator's Note: Robert Doolan was a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III in Zagań, Poland.] There were about 2,000...
Johnson, Kaare Marching Through Southern France
After Kaare Allan Johnson's unit [Annotator's Note: 596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company, 517th Parachute Infantry...
Harkness, Henrietta Market Garden and Battle of the Bulge
Henrietta Harkness [Annotator's Note: an Army nurse with the 24th Evacuation Hospital] was sent to Nijmegen, Holland...
Settles, Louise Married in Manila
Louise Settles had a date or two in Hollandia [Annotator's Note: Hollandia, New Guinea] and she was very disappointed....
Kent, Edward Married Life & Overseas Deployment
Edward F. Kent married his wife in November 1942 while he was at Camp Carson [Annotator’s Note: Camp Carson, Colorado...
Azemar, Gerard Marseilles and Postwar
Gerard L. Azemar and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 3188th Signal Service Battalion] were assigned to communications for...
Fontana, Frank MASH Unit in Normandy
Frank Fontana was part of a MASH [Annotator's Note: Mobile Army Surgical Hospital] unit. They put up a ward tent that...
Stewart, Roy Maui to Nagasaki
Roy Stewart went to Maui [Annotator's Note: Maui, Hawaii after the Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945 at...
Morrow, John Max Effort and the End
John Morrow recalls MEs, Maximum Effort missions [Annotator's Note: for a maximum effort mission, every bombardment...
Schraub, Jesse Meaningful Moments
Jesse Schraub served in the Army as a mortar man in Company A of the 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion and took part in...
Lucas, Jack Medal Of Honor
Jacklyn Lucas got a call from the President of the United States, Harry Truman [Annotator's Note: Harry S. Truman, 33rd...
Paynter, Don Medals, New York, and England
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer is looking at some war souvenirs of Donald Dean Paynter and puts the camera on some...
Smith, Arthur Mediterranean Duty
Arthur Smith was stationed at La Maddalena [Annotator's Note: Advanced Base La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy]. Pop Bond [...
Tamburello, George Meeting an Italian Girl
[Annotator’s Note: A dog barking and other noises are audible throughout segment.] George Tamburello moved through...
Slay, Charles Meeting an Opera Singer in Köln
When coming under enemy fire, Charles Slay would try to get behind something or get down into a cellar if he could....
Burrus, William Meeting General Patton
They started fighting from town to town. William Burrus was the assistant bazooka man [Annotator's Note: 2.76 inch...
Borne, Edwin Meeting Old Foes and the Japanese Public
Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. and his entourage met some of the Wake Island conquerors. [Annotator's Note: Borne and six...
Uttero, Cosmo Meeting the Russians
Cosmo Uttero and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry...
Stern, Herbert Meeting the Russians
Herbert Stern and the 333rd Regimental Combat Team, consisting of the 333rd Infantry Regiment and the 325th Field...
Bailey, Kenneth Meeting the Russians
Kenneth H. Bailey was about 60 miles from Leipzig, Germany when they [Annotator's Note: Headquarters...
Grant, Edward Meeting Winston Churchill
Edward Grant was assigned to his unit [Annotator's Note: 412th Bombardment Squadron, 95th Bombardment Group. 8th Air...
Madison, Robert Memorable Events in Italy
When Robert Madison was commanding the motor vehicles [Annotator's Note: as motor officer for the 370th Regimental...
Lee, Edward Memorable Experiences
The most horrible of Edward Lee Allesandro's experiences were when men died while he was holding them. The ship also...

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