Life in the Field/aboard ship

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Splichal, William Life as a Soldier
William Splichal was right in the war room. It was full of bright lights. There were maps all over the wall. They had...
Faust, Frank Life as a Submarine Doctor
While in Hawaii, Frank Faust can remember submarines would come in for repair and overhaul, and the crew members would...
Haggerty, June Life as a WAVE
June Catherine Elliott Haggerty was 23 years old when she went into the Navy. Her brothers were in the service already...
Fitzpatrick, Thomas Life as an Airman in Italy
Dr. Thomas Fitzpatrick was assigned as the radio navigator in the 96th Bombardment Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Group,...
Mineta, Norman Life at Heart Mountion
Norman Mineta saw no newspapers in the camp. No radios were allowed. The only mail that arrived came from family...
de la Vergne, Cyril Life at Mare Island
[Annotator's Note: Cyril de la Vergne was stationed at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California.] They did...
Cascio, Roy Life at Port Moresby
Roy Cascio was stationed at Port Moresby, New Guinea. The captain of their squadron was Roy Jones. He was in the 27th...
Horne, Floyd "Bud" Life at RAF Great Dunmow
[Annotator's Note: Floyd Horne was stationed at Royal Air Force Station Great Dunmow, or RAF Great Dunmow, Little...
Donaldson, Buck Life at Sea
Buck Donaldson had to be able to tell the difference between Morse code sounds [Annotator’s Note: Morse code is a...
Reissig, Floyd J. Life at Sea
Floyd James Reissig arrived at the Harry Lee [Annotator's Note: USS Harry Lee (APA-10)] a week and a half before he...
McCorriston, James "Fran McCorriston" Life at Sea
Because James McCorriston had attended machinist mate school, he was transferred to the B Division [Annotator's Note:...
Guderian, Emmett Life at Sea
The ship would reposition at Ulithi [Annotator's Note: Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands]. Occasionally, Japanese planes...
Borrell, Francis "Frank" Life at Sea
Francis Borrell's first cruise was in the Atlantic Ocean. Borrell believes Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator...
Synder, Harold Life Becomes Cheap
A Jewish boy joined Harold Daniel Snyder's group [Annotator's Note: 71st Bombardment Squadron, 38th Bombardment Group,...
Jameson, Andrew Life During the Bulge
Andrew George Jameson and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company L, 3rd Battalion, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry...
Kushnir, Helen "Helen Preiss" Life During the War
[Annotator's Note: Helen Kushnir was in grade school when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941...
Baham, Marietta Life During the War
Marietta Baham worked in the mail and communications department [Annotator's Note: at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans,...
DeMott, Joseph Life in a Japanese Prison Camp and Blindness
Joseph DeMott and the other prisoners had to count off for role call in Japanese; otherwise they were kicked in the...
Grunte, Leon Life in a Russian Prison Camp
Leon Grunte was locked up in a cattle truck going to prison in the Soviet Union. He went through parts of Latvia. He...
Hagans, Benjamin Life in Cabanatuan POW Camp
Benjamin Hagans remembers they were in the sea and the Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese]...
O'Rorke, James Life in Colorado
James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] labored at a Japanese port with an American prisoner named...
Blouin, Joseph Life in England
The British treated the Americans well until the war ended. Joseph Blouin would go to pubs frequently and after the war...
Carlson, Donald Life in England
After the war, trolley missions were flown to show ground personnel the damage that had been done to Germany. Donald...
Dullnig, Roland Life in England
Roland Dullnig [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 668th Bombardment Squadron, 416th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force...
Jaffe, Stanley Life In France
Dr. Stanley Jaffe had a lot of fun as a bachelor [Annotator's Note: while serving on a mobile surgical team with the...
Morgenthaler, David Life in Italy
David T. Morgenthaler was transferred to the Headquarters and Service Company [Annotator's Note: Headquarters and...
Cauble, Raymond Life in Italy
The little country towns in Italy were all dirty to Raymond Cauble. The big cities, like Foggia, were good cities. He...
Mahoney, Timothy Life in Italy
Timothy Mahoney was in the 449th Bombardment Group. During the invasion of Southern France [Annotator’s Note: Operation...
Brien, Russel Life in Italy
Russell Brien was at the Foggia Airfield [Annotator's Note: the Pantanella Airfield was part of the Foggia Airfield...
Giamberardino, Alfiero Life in Italy During the War
Alfiero Giamberardino was born in May 1936 near Rome [Annotator's Note: Rome, Italy]. The American and British bombers...
Weil, Roswell Life in Liverpool
[Annotator's Note: Roswell Weil was assigned to the 68th Quartermaster Depot near Liverpool, England to prepare for the...
Gagel, Helen "Cosgrove" Life in Manila
In New Guinea, Helen Gagel lived in a tent with a cot. In the Philippines, she had a tent until she was over at the...
Welch, Darrell Life in North Africa
Darrell Welch returned home from North Africa in just under a year. He flew 61 missions. He has great praise for the B-...
Bueker, Robert Life in Prison Camp
Robert Bueker [Annotator's Note: while a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft I in Barth, Germany] was treated quite well by...
Cristiano, Nick Life in Prison Camp
When Nick Cristiano got to the prison camp, he was given a paper to fill out. He only would put name, rank, serial...
Albright, William Life in Stalag XVII
[Annotator's Note: William Albright was interrogated in Frankfurt, Germany after being shot down in late November 1943...

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