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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...
Reilly, Joseph Jumping in Holland
After Normandy [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], Joseph Dean Reilly...
Lesniewski, Joseph Jumping into Holland
Sometime in August [Annotator's Note: August 1944], Joseph Lesniewski and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd...
O'Connor, Robert Jumping into Normandy
Robert W. "Bob" O'Connor [Annotator's Note: a communications sergeant in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute...
Howard, William Just Sheer Terror
William Edwin Howard loved his trip overseas on a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo...
Jenkins, Frederick Kamikaze Attack
Frederick Jenkins was in damage control in the machine shop where the kamikaze [Annotator's Note: Japanese suicide...
Townsend, Joseph Kamikaze Attack
Joseph Townsend was being trained as a radioman and radio technician. They wanted him to become an aviation technician...
Dendrinelis, Socrates Kamikaze Attacks
Socrates Dendrinelis would always get the worst details. He was in a boxing match with some of the other guys on the...
Alair, Gene Kamikazes
Gene Alair went into Lingayen Gulf [Annotator's Note: Invasion of Lingayen, Philippines, 6 January 1945], the spot...
Harvey, David Kamikazes and Life on Ship
David Harvey engaged kamikazes at Okinawa, Tokyo, and Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Japan]. The skipper [Annotator's Note...
Barnett, Robert Kamikazes at Okinawa
Robert Barnett was at Ulithi [Annotator's Note: Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands] about ten days before the invasion of...
Bee, Donald Kamikazes Attack on Intrepid
Donald H. "Don" Bee saw his first action [Annotator's Note: as a crewman aboard the USS Intrepid (CV-11)], when a...
Eshelman, Raymond Kamikazes to Discharge
The kamikazes were day and night [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of Okinawa, code-named Operation Iceberg, 1 April...
Van Wart, Fergus Kamikazes, Swells, and a Typhoon
When Fergus Van Wart was aboard ship [Annotator's Note: USS Bergen (APA-150)], the thing that frightened him more than...
Urice, Joe Kassel, Germany
Joel Urice was assigned to an apartment with another 100th Bombardment Group member in Germany. He had enough points to...
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:...
Negrotto, Constance Keeping up with the War
Constance Negrotto had cousins and friends who were all over the place during the war. They kept her informed of what...
Stevens, Kenneth Killing More Than 50 Enemy Fighters
Kenneth E. Stevens [Annotator's Note: with Company E, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division] watched...
Morisak, Daniel Kiriwina Island
Daniel Morisak moved from New Mexico [Annotator's Note: from Alamogordo, New Mexico] to Oakland, California to board a...
Willett, Richard Kooks in His Outfit
[Annotator's Note: Richard Willett was in Camp Lucky Strike near Le Havre, France.] They finally left Lucky Strike and...
Britt, James Korean War
James Britt went back to Europe after the war. He was in a field observation battalion. He gathered intelligence about...
Bertino, Donald Korean War
After World War 2, Donald W. Bertino returned home as a PFC [Annotator's Note: Private First Class] and joined the Army...
Winslow, Lawson Korean War Deployments
Going on deployments after the war ended, the seas could get rough. Lawson T. Winslow, Junior's lieutenant [Annotator's...
Tatum, John Korean War Duty
John Wesley Tatum was never on the front lines [Annotator's Note: while serving in a mortar section in Company H, 2nd...
Suter, Martin Korean War Service and Postwar Life
Martin Suter went to fighter school and was called back to go to Korea [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 1950 to 1953] in...
Grimes, Vernon Korean War, Philippines, and Postwar Life
Vernon Grimes wanted to protect his rank, so he joined the Reserves after the war and was called up for the Korean War...
Cart, William "Bill" Kwajalein Combat Air Patrols
As the war was nearing its end, some of William Cart's friends were sent to China but he went up to the Roi fighter...
Rosenzweig, Abraham Kwajalein Invasion
Abraham Rosenzweig picked up troops [Annotator’s Note: at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] and headed for the invasion of...
Love, John Labor Detail and Hell Ship
John Edward Love [Annotator's Note: an American prisoner of war] and hundreds of other POWs were transferred from O'...
Moose, Warren Laboratory Dental Technician
Warren Sanford Moose was given orders to go overseas as a replacement laboratory dental technician. He first stopped in...
Pomroy, Frank Lack of Food and Illnesses on Guadalcanal
Frank Pomroy begins the interview by talking about the living conditions on Guadalcanal. Living conditions were as...
Fitz, Robert Land and Sea Stories
During his initial trip to London [Annotator's Note: London, England], Robert Fitz had his first experience with "buzz...
Bederson, Benjamin Landing a Physicist's Job
While Benjamin Bederson's buddies were being deployed overseas, he was being interviewed by three "obvious scientists"...
Young, James Landing and First Mission on Guadalcanal
James Franklin Young and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine...
Wilson, Anderson Landing at Normandy
When Anderson Wilson and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 23rd Headquarters Special Troops], they were told not to go...

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