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Campbell, John Joining the Merchant Marine
A neighbor of John Scott Campbell's had gone to sea. He would come home and tell sea stories and that sounded good....
Bannai, Paul Joining the Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Paul Takeo Bannai decided to go to Washington D.C. to lobby for the inclusion of Japanese-Americans in the military. He...
Martin, Robert Joining the Navy
Robert Martin wanted to join the Navy because his friend had gone in before he did. He was a year or two older than him...
Burr, John Joining the Navy
John Burr joined the Naval ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps] in college. He was always interested...
Kynett, Gerald Joining the Navy
Gerald Kynett's family started rationing. His father had to get a special waver for gasoline since he was a salesman....
Tarrant, Eugene Joining the Navy, Boot Camp, and the USS San Francisco (CA-38)
Eugene Tarrant went to join the military when he was 18. He was in good shape, about 175 pounds. A sergeant asked him...
Williams, Robert Joining the Paratroopers and Camp Toccoa
Robert L. Williams was amazed that he was able to find his friend Joe's grave. Williams had Joe's Army serial number...
Sadler, Richard Joining the Royal Marines
In May 1943, Burt Richard Sadler would turn 18 years old. He did not want to join the Army because he saw so many drunk...
Broll, Walter Joining the US Merchant Marine
Walter Broll passed through the station [Annotator's Note: the Merchant Marine training station at Sheepshead Bay in...
Guderian, Emmett Joining the USS Independence (CVL-22)
Emmett Guderian was told he would not be able to go home before shipping out overseas. [Annotator's Note: Guderian...
Carmody, Martin "Red" Joining the USS Intrepid (CV-11)
After returning to the USS Enterprise (CV-6), they [Annotator's Note: Martin Carmody and his rear seat gunner John...
Allen, James Joining the USS Wahoo (SS-238)
Within a day of arriving at the submarine base James Allen was given orders to report to the USS Wahoo (SS-238). He...
Smith, Thomas Joining the War to Saipan
When they bombed Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941], there...
Roy, William Joining the Yorktown and Pearl Harbor
William Roy was on the USS Yorktown [Annotator's Note: CV-5] when Pearl Harbor was attacked. The Yorktown was at Pier 7...
Horton, Alan Joining UDT-7 and Okinawa
Allen Horton was commissioned out of midshipmen's school in Chicago, Illinois, and proceeded to Scouts and Raiders...
Stern, Herbert Joint Advanced Study Group
Herbert Stern spent one year at the Army War College [Annotator's Note: United States Army War College, Carlisle...
Moret, Vernon Journey to Espiritu Santo
Vernon Henry Moret boarded a plane on Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands] to rejoin his unit [...
Weber, Norman Journey to Germany
Norman Weber’s family returned to Germany despite his father wanting to stay in America forever. Weber’s parents had...
Dillon, Gerard Jump School to Normandy
Everybody was scared the first time, and every time they jumped out of an airplane. Gerard Dillon says that if you were...
Morgan, Fred Jump School to North Africa
Fred B. Morgan Junior was one of the original members of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. He went through jump...
Billingsley, James Jump Training to Luzon
James Billingsley was at Fort Benning [Annotator's Note: Fort Benning, Georgia] in an area called The Frying Pan. The...
Creek, Roy Jumping into Normandy
Roy Creek remembers the chaos at Normandy [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June...
Williams, Robert Jumping into Normandy in 1994
[Annotator's Note: Robert L. Williams served in the Army as a paratrooper in Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th...
Smith, Thomas Kakuji Kakuta
During the war there are individual units with individuals doing their jobs. On Tinian [Annotator's Note: Battle of...
Celaya, Adolfo Kamikaze Damage then Repairs
After Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945; Iwo Jima, Japan], Adolfo V. Celaya...
Spielberg, Arnold Karachi To Dhaka in India
Arnold Spielberg landed in Karachi [Annotator's Note: in July 1942, Karachi, India, now Karāchi, Pakistan]. He was...
Shown, Donald Keeping Hope after the Sinking
Donald Herbert Shown was with a doctor, chaplain and Marine captain who swam around trying to take care of the wounded...
Munch, Melvin Keeping in Touch with Shipmates
Melvin Munch corresponded with his future wife back home while he was on Okinawa. The letters had to be reviewed by...
Godbold, Bryghte Keeping Up With the Progress of the War
Bryghte Davis Godbold received official, but highly censored ,Japanese radio news while at Wusong [Annotator's Note:...
Arrow, Kenneth Kenneth Arrow's Impossibility Theorem
Dr. Kenneth Arrow learned from Alfred Tarski that although most of the RAND Corporation colleagues used game theories...
Henleben, Edwin Kiska and Getting in the V-12 Program
Edwin Henlebin went on to a secure base, where he stayed until he boarded another transport for the attack on Kiska....
Barnes, Walter Knowing Judo
Walter Barnes did not see much of a change in New Orleans when he returned after the war. Before the war he and his...
Lauderdale, Dell Kokura Stockade and Korea Mismanagement
Dell Lauderdale went to Southern Japan after he left the prison [Annotator's Note: Sugamo Prison in Tokyo]. Lauderdale...
Johnson, Alfred Korea
Alfred A. Johnson, Jr. joined the National Guard after he returned from World War 2. He worked as an aid for the...
Reeder, John Korea, Continued
John Reeder was unhappy with the way the reserve officers were being treated; he had overheard his commanding officer...
Halloran, Walter Korean War
Walter Halloran was sent to Korea after the conflict started up there [Annotator’s Note: the Korean War started with...

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