Liberty and Leave

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Armstrong, Henry Training with Mules
Henry Armstrong trained in artillery. He was six feet two inches tall. When they boarded the train after basic training...
Micheel, Vernon L. Training with New Squadrons
Vernon Micheel sailed on a freighter manned by a crew from Ceylon [Annotator's Note: now Sri Lanka, November 1942]. He...
Amore, Frederick Training, Deployment and Assignment
Sent to Keesler Field in Biloxi, Mississippi, Frederick Amore spent two months in basic training before volunteering to...
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...
Hoff, Donald Transfer to the Saratoga
Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in Scouting...
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...
Grapes, Opal Treating Combat Wounded
Opal Grapes saw the first patients arriving by midmorning or noon [Annotator’s Note: on D-Day, 6 June 1944]. The...
Snyder, John Treating Wounded and Burials at Sea
After finishing his training, John Snyder was assigned to the USS Harry Lee (APA-10), which transported troops to North...
Grahlfs, F. Treatment for Radiation Sickness
Besides the atomic tests, F. Lincoln Grahlfs found other work to do while at Bikini Atoll [Annotator's Note: Bikini...
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...
Golemi, Frank Trouble in Marrakesh
Frank Golemi was sent to the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center [Annotator's Note: Now Lackland Air Force Base, a part...
Linkous, Melvin Truck Accident
Melvin Linkous was riding in a two and a half ton truck [Annotator's Note: two and a half ton, six by six truck, also...
Hirabayashi, Grant Tule Lake Internment Camp
[Annotator's Note: Grant Jiro Hirabayashi was selected to attend the Military Intelligence Service Language School at...
Butler, Barbara Two and Half Years Overseas
Barbara Butler wrote home frequently. She tried to explain to her family what she was going through and to reassure...
Harris, Rufus Typhoon and Atomic Bomb
The biggest problem on Rufus Harris' ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Miami (CL-89)] was a typhoon [Annotator's Note:...
Tizzard, Thomas Typhoon on Okinawa, VJ Day, and Going Back to the United States
The USS Denver (CL-58) was at Okinawa, Japan at the end of the war to protect the hospital ships. Thomas Tizzard...
Morgan, George UDT Training
George Morgan was given a physical and sworn into the Navy along with many other men on Church Street. [Annotator’s...
Witmer, Donald Underway Aboard the USS Twiggs (DD-591)
Donald Witmer was on the USS Twiggs (DD-591) for its shakedown cruise to Bermuda. It was Christmas of 1943, and Witmer...
Flannigan, James Unit Assignment, Overseas Deployment and Combat Duties
James Flannigan was sent to Camp Carrabelle, Florida [Annotator's Note: after completing basic training at Fort Sill,...
Colbert, Hugh United Kingdom
Hugh Colbert's platoon sergeant was a man name Charles Hruby who was very good with the men and almost seemed like the...
Riddle, Clinton "Clint" United Kingdom
After combat on Saint Angelo Mountain near Naples, Italy had ceased, Clinton Riddle and Company B, 1st Battalion, 325th...
Lynch, James US Naval Academy
James Paul Lynch's father worked for a man running for Congress. Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt...
Goss, Samuel "S. Richard Goss" USS Bladen (APA-63)
Samuel Goss boarded the USS Bladen [Annotator's Note: USS Bladen (APA-63)] as it entered into a trial period prior to...
Jackson, Wilbur USS Bowfin (SS-287)
Wilbur Lee Jackson was assigned to the Bowfin [Annotator’s Note: USS Bowfin (SS-287)] in the auxiliaries gang [...
Rasmussen, Ervin USS Butte (APA-68)
[Annotator's Note: Ervin Lloyd Rasmussen served in the Navy and was assigned to Pier 92 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in...
Burton, Windom USS Enterprise (CV-6)
Windom Joseph Burton went to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6)]....
Burton, Windom USS Enterprise (CV-6) Attacked
Windom Joseph Burton was aboard the Enterprise [Annotator's Note: USS Enterprise (CV-6)] when it was hit by enemy...
Norberg, Willard "Bill" USS Enterprise (CV-6) Returns to Action
Bill Norberg [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6)] paid a visit to the Kwajalein Islands [Annotator's...
Memory, Frank USS Gato (SS-212) Recollections
Frank George Memory worked mainly with the officers [Annotator’s Note: Memory was assistant navigator aboard the USS...
Rupert, Gerald USS Lake Champlain (CV-39)
Gerald Rupert was scheduled to go to the Pacific prior the dropping of the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear...
Rosenzweig, Abraham USS Leonard Wood (APA-12)
Abraham Rosenzweig had no commander for four and a half months on the island [Annotator’s Note: He was part of the...
Perino, Salvador USS Makassar Strait (CVE-91)
Salvador Perino liked his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Makassar Strait (CVE-91)]. The ship's force learned to...
Rorschach, Robert USS Pickaway (APA-222)
Robert L. Rorschach was a member of the radar crew on the Pickaway [Annotator's Note: USS Pickaway (APA-222)] which was...
Zeringer, Harold USS SC-1011
Harold Zeringer had a great ship with the Submarine Chaser 1011 [Annotator's Note: USS SC-1011 was a SC-497 class...

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