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Keller, Richard Taking Command of Company E
Richard Keller was transferred to Company E [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th...
Carawan, Chris Taking Manhay, Belgium
When F Company [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 424th Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry Division] got word...
Breen, Vernon Taking Prisoners
With his partner Curtis Mathews, Vernon Breen was assigned to take a phone down to a "T" in the road to observe the...
Coxe, John Taking the Offensive Through Germany
In the spring of 1945, John Coxe's 63rd Infantry Division went on the offensive, and his superior, Brigadier General...
Rodrigue, Lowell Tarawa and Christmas at Home
Lowell Rodrigue and his crew [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Zeilin (APA-3)] picked up some Marine troops and brought...
Goodrich, James Tarawa and Going Home on a 30 Day Furlough
As the 6th Marines [Annotator's Note: 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division] were going in [Annotator's Note: on...
Franzky, Gerhard Tarnopol and Normandy
Gerhard Franzky was attached as a radioman to the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Regiment, 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsburg"....
Schicker, Tom Tent Camp Two
Thomas Francis Schicker was sent to Mainside Area 13 [Annotator's Note: location on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in...
Womack, Charles L. "Red" Terrain on New Guinea and New Britain
Charles Womack remembers the terrain on New Guinea being thick jungles with vines growing wildly throughout and near...
Richard, Martin Terrible Losses
Martin Richard does not really recall his first debriefing on D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of Normandy,...
Shima, Terry The 442nd Regimental Combat Team
The performance of the 100th Infantry Battalion [Annotator's Note: an all Japanese-American unit from Hawaii] helped in...
Fulton, Robert The ABDA Fleet
Robert Fulton and the USS Houston (CA-30) did not obtain any ammunition from the Dutch. Added antiaircraft ammunition...
Smith, John The Admiralty Islands Campaign
When the 1st Calvary Division was preparing for the landing on Manus, John Smith was in the reconnaissance patrol sent...
McNeely, Marigold The Americans, London, and Big Events
Marigold McNeely went to London when she was afforded a long weekend leave. They liked the American canteens because...
Cummings, John The Asiatic Fleet
Albert Elmer "John" Cummings was with the Asiatic Fleet [Annotator's Note: United States Asiatic Fleet, 1902 to 1942]....
Beaman, William The Australian Experience
Home base for William Beaman and the USS Flasher (SS-249) was Perth, Australia. At the end of a two month mission, the...
Goodwin, Hersey The B-24 and Reunions
The B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber] was a four engine bomber. Hersey Goodwin has read...
Hendrick, Robert The Battle of Iwo Jima
Robert Erskine Hendrick's [Annotator's Note: with Battery B, 6th Marine Defense Battalion] father [Annotator's Note:...
Wilson, Donald The Battle of Midway
Donald Wilson applied for flight training. When he received transfer orders for him to leave the USS New Orleans (CA-32...
Thornhill, Jack The Battle of Surigao Strait
[Annotator's Note: Jack Thornhill served in the Navy as a gunner's mate aboard the USS Daly (DD-519) and was a gun...
Lowe, Robert The Battle Was On
[Annotator's Note: Robert Lowe was with the 1st Defense Battalion at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.] They were on a guard duty...
O'Brien, Richard The Bulge and War's End
[Annotator’s Note: The interviewee shows the camera several pictures while he talks about events of World War 2.] In...
Kelley, Archie The Coming War
Archie Kelley had done very well in high school and had no academic problems at all [Annotator's Note: while attending...
Howard, William The Crew
William Howard was flying in an airplane that another pilot had flown. They did not want to name their plane after his...
Finklang, Frank The Dangers of Missions
Frank Finklang was put with experienced crews for nine missions, and then his original crew was reformed to fly their...
Maymon, Paul The Depression to Wartime
Paul Maymon was born in June 1920 and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. His father worked with a fabric company until it...
Hurd, Francis The Depression, Being Drafted and Deploying to England
Francis Hurd was born in Woodhall, New York to parents who were farmers. When he was 16 years old he was forced to quit...
Fisher, Clayton The Doolittle Raid
Clayton Fisher volunteered to fly an SB2A Brewster [Annotator's Note: Brewster SB2A Buccaneer scout bomber] and lead...
East, Dossie The Doolittle Raid and Reassignment
Dossie East saw the planes take off the deck of the Hornet [Annotator's Note: USS Hornet (CV-8)] for the Doolittle Raid...
Wainwright, James The Green Project
James Eyre Wainwright [Annotator's Note: a second lieutenant in the 326th Bombardment Squadron, 92nd Bombardment Group...
Sherman, Joyce The Holocaust
Joyce Sherman was not aware of the Holocaust, but she knew about what was going on. She was in high school when she...
Wayne, William The Iwo Jima Flag Raisers
William Wayne says Bradley [Annotator's Note: US Navy Pharmacist's Mate 2nd Class John Henry Bradley, known as “Jack”...
Lauderdale, Dell The Japanese
Dell Lauderdale went into the areas outside the prison while he was in Tokyo [Annotator's Note: While at Sugamo Prison...
Stewart, William The Korean War
William Stewart was sent to Washington state to work on the radar in flying box cars. He made corporal as an auto...
Dendy, Lloyd The Korean War and Parting Thoughts
Lloyd Dendy met the toughest guy ever in Korea. He had been hit in the cheek by shrapnel and lost a lot of his teeth....
Leefe, Guy The Last Week of the War
Guy Leefe, Jr. was in Lemgo, Germany when the war ended. Prior to that, Eisenhower [Annotator's Note: US Army General,...

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