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DeForest, Harold Training, Citizenship and Overseas Deployment
From Fort Custer, Harold DeForest was sent to Camp Wheeler, Georgia for 13 weeks of basic training. They were on the...
Fox, Charles Training, Deployment, and More Training
Charles Joseph "Charlie" Fox went through boot camp in San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California], and was...
Bergbower, Harold Training, Deployment, and Prewar Service in the Philippines
Harold Bergbower completed high school then entered the service at age 19. He was 21 years old when Pearl Harbor was...
Harkness, Henrietta Training, Nursing, War's End
Henrietta Harkness [Annotator's Note: an Army nurse with the 24th Evacuation Hospital] was trained in Virginia for a...
Glusing, Benjamin Transfer to the 39th Military Police Company
Benjamin Albert Glusing's men [Annotator's Note: in the 208th Military Police Company] saved themselves, other men,...
Glusing, Benjamin Transfer to the Air Force
Bougainville [Annotator's Note: Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands] was taken on 1 November [Annotator's Note: 1...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Transfer to Wendover Field
One day Olen Grant was working on an airplane when a private notified him that someone was waiting to see him in the...
Landwehr, Carl Transferred to 8th Air Force
Carl Landwehr was transferred to the 8th Air Force in High Wycombe [Annotator's Note: 8th Air Force Bomber Command...
McLaughlin, Sr., James Transferred to Gibraltar for Operation Torch
After his rough mission during which his engine caught fire James Kemp McLaughlin was ordered to take an airplane to...
Balfour, Fred Transferred to Nuremberg
Fred Arthur Balfour [Annotator's Note: SHAEF – Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force] was going to be sent...
Sykes, Ralph Transferring to the 1st Infantry Division
After the war ended, Ralph Sykes volunteered to work in the supply section. After a couple of days, Sykes was promoted...
Warne, Therese Transport to Manila
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: was an American child prisoner in the Philippines during World War 2] and...
Samet, Judah Transported to Bergen-Belsen
Judah Samet was sent to a large lumber yard [Annotator's Note: The first attempted deportation from Debrecen, Hungary...
Moret, Vernon Trapped on Okinawa
Vernon Henry Moret and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry...
Knight, Edwin Treating Wounded
On one occasion, Edwin Knight removed a wounded man downhill by following a telephone wire. The wire split and changed...
Tarrant, Eugene Treating Wounded and Performance of Duties
Eugene Tarrant has certain memories from the war that have stuck with him to this day. One night off of Guadalcanal,...
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...
Komito, Joseph Treatment by the Germans
Joseph Komito knew most of the people working in his first camp in Mielec [Annotator's Note: his hometown of Mielec,...
Reynolds, Florence G. Treatment of WASPs
Florence Reynolds finished training on 6 June 1944. Afterwards, she was stationed in California. She was allowed to...
Lynch, James Treibel and Enlisted Men
James Paul Lynch's skipper [Annotator's Note: his captain, aboard the USS Snook (SS-279)], Chuck Triebel [Annotator's...
Morgan, Fred Tremendous Men and Leadership
Fred B. Morgan, Junior [Annotator's Note: a medic with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry...
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...
Loges, Richard Troops and Southern France
Richard "Dick" Loges was deployed to Italy [Annotator's Note: and assigned to Company H, 2nd Battalion, 180th Infantry...
Wilson, Adolph Troops on Iwo Jima and Going Home
Adolph Wilson was a platoon sergeant on Iwo Jima but acted as a lieutenant after the officers were wounded or killed....
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...
Roy, William Trying to Save the USS Yorktown (CV-5)
[Annotator's Note: William G. Roy served in the Navy as a Photographer's Mate 2nd Class aboard the aircraft carrier USS...
Addison, Robert Tulagi and Guadalcanal
Robert Addison [Annotator’s Note: with the 1st Marine Raider Battalion] fought on Guadalcanal. The battle of Bloody...
LaRose, Bruce Tunisia
Bruce LaRose [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division in North Africa] took a...
Harrison, John Tuskegee Airmen
John Langston Harrison, Jr. experienced racial prejudice throughout all of his 23 years in the service. A weaker man...
Moret, Calvin Tuskegee Airmen Training
Calvin Moret did not keep track of his comrades in Europe during his training. Each class was a standalone class. The...
Jefferson, Alexander Tuskegee Army Air Field and Racism
Alexander Jefferson volunteered for service in order to avoid the draft. If he had been drafted he would have been a...
Moret, Calvin Tuskegee Training
Calvin Moret saw about half of his Tuskegee flight class dropout of training. That was about on par with that of the...
Roberts, George Twelve O'Clock High
George Roberts remembers a pilot named Clyde Cosper. He was a sergeant who went through flight school and was...
McLaughlin, Sr., James Two Missions to Schweinfurt
The missions James Kemp McLaughlin flew without fighter cover were much tougher missions. When they took off, P-47s [...
Liles, Robert Two Successful Missions
On 20 September and 18 December [Annotator's Note: 1943] Robert Liles had very successful mission. They were moving...
Broussard, Lee Typhoon Cobra and Fighting the Japanese
Lee R. Broussard was working for Admiral Nimitz's [Annotator's Note: US Navy Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander...
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