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Piazzo, Lincoln Early Life, Enlistment and Aviation Training
Lincoln Piazzo was born in December 1918 in Reno, Nevada. His father was an immigrant, working in the transportation of...
Kinzler, Robert Early Life, Enlistment and Deployment
Robert Kinzler was born in Newark, New Jersey, but his hometown was just outside the city in Irvington. He graduated...
Long, Thomas Early Life, Enlistment and Overseas Deployment
Thomas Long was born in January 1926 in Saint Louis, Missouri. His father died when he was only three years old,...
Payn, Thomas Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Thomas Payn was born in June 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts, the only child of his Canadian parents. The family moved to...
Gutman, Jack Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Jack Gutman was born in December 1925 in San Francisco, California, the son of a salesman who had nine children. The...
Beaman, William Early Life, Enlistment and Training
William Beaman was born in October 1924 in Dayton, Ohio, the only boy of three children. His father died when he was...
Ragazzi, Frank Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Frank Ragazzi was born in May 1920 in New York City, New York, one of two surviving children of a Metropolitan Opera...
Fitz, Robert Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Robert Fitz was born in March 1925 in South Bridge, Massachusetts, the youngest of four children. He was very young...
Grun, Frederick Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Frederick Grun was born in March 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the youngest of four children. His father was an...
Green, Arthur Early Life, Enlistment, and Military Training
Arthur George Green was born in Rock Port, Missouri in April 1926. His family moved to Wilsey, Kansas when he was about...
Neilson, Francis Early Life, Enlistment, and Training
Francis Neilson was born in October 1925 in Tacoma, Washington. His parents divorced when he was a toddler, and his...
Bazet, James Early Life, Enlistment, Training and Deployment
James Bazet was born in December 1923 in New Orleans, Louisiana. When he was two years old, he was taken to live in...
Istre, Adam Early Life, Enlistments and Assignment
Adam Istre was born in 1927 in Lake Arthur, Louisiana, but the family moved to a farm outside of Gueydan, Louisiana...
Lopez, Alex Early Life, the Draft and Basic Training
Alex Lopez was born in May 1926 in Los Angeles, California, the son of a barber. He grew up in a safe neighborhood...
Snyder, Harry Early Life, the Draft and Training
Harry Snyder was born in August 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was an only child who lived with his mother and...
Clapper, Joe Early Military Life and Overseas Deployment
Joe Clapper was born in Jonesboro, Indiana, but grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He joined the Marine Corps just out of...
McGuire, Joseph Early War Service
Since he was a twin-engine pilot, Joseph McGuire had been told he would be a training pilot but was then reassigned to...
Kinsey, Norman Earning a Bronze Star
[Annotator's Note: Norman Kinsey worked with military intelligence units in World War 2.] There was a lot of protocol....
Billingsley, James Earning a Silver Star
[Annotator's Note: There is a tape break and this clip starts with James Billingsley midsentence. There are some cuts...
Elduff, James Emergency Landing
James Elduff [Annotator’s Note: when asked about landing his damaged Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber while...
Rodgers, Brigitte Emigrating to America
On her 20th birthday, Brigitte Rodgers traveled by herself to New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] to get...
Johnson, John Encounter with the Enemy and Damage Repair
At Ormoc Bay, John E. Johnson drove his LCVP [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel also referred to as...
Smith, Carl End of Service to Retirement
Carl Smith re-enlisted in the Air Force. He was sent to Lookout Mountain [Annotator’s Note: Lookout Mountain, Georgia...
Glusing, Benjamin End of the War
Benjamin Albert Glusing was on an inspection trip on New Caledonia [Annotator's Note: as part of 39th Military Police...
Mayes, Robert End of the War
Robert Mayes knew the end of the war was impending when the Germans were trying to surrender to his unit [Annotator's...
Jones, James End of the War
After his Christmas day [Annotator's Note: 25 December 1944] fight, James Jones went on to Bastogne [Annotator's Note:...
Geraci, Dominic End of the War
Dominic Geraci was overseas for 26 months. He stayed with the 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. He was...
Frongello, Arthur End of the War
In April 1945, President Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States]...
Whitman, Melvin End of the War
Melvin C. Whitman and the rest of the artillery [Annotator's Note: Whitman was a member of Battery L, 3rd Battalion,...
Graff, Richard End of the War
Richard Graff continued moving through Germany. There were displaced people as well as American and German prisoners of...
Anderson, Howard End of the War
That night, Howard Anderson was given some food. At some point in the night, air raid sirens started blaring because...
Williamson, Leon End of the War
Leon Williamson was transferred back to the United States and was sent to Cherry Point [Annotator's Note: Marine Air...
Brukman, Jack End of the War
Jack Brukman could not tell the war was coming to a close. The airplanes he serviced as a ground crewman had been...
Joy, Carrol End of the War
Following the Battle of the Bulge, Carrol Joy and his outfit [Annotator’s Note: the 514th Fighter Squadron, 406th...
Lepore, Louis End of the War and Occupation Duty
At the end of the battle [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], Louis R. Lepore was brought back to the beach and given a...
Campisano, Frank End of the War and Occupation Duty in Japan
Frank Campisano was told he would be in the first wave for the invasion of Japan. He departed for his old camp on...

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