Life in the Field/aboard ship

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Geiger, John Shipped to New Guinea
John Geiger was shipped to New Guinea [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 31st Infantry Division]. They went through...
Williams, Earl Shipped to New Guinea
Earl Williams was shipped out to New Guinea [Annotator's Note: with the 318th Port Company, 512th Port Battalion]. They...
Leonard, Edward Shipped to North Africa
Edward J. Leonard remembers they lost the horses and got armored cars and tanks in their place. They were shipped out...
Sledge, Nevin Shipped to the Pacific
Nevin Sledge had 319 pilots in his graduating class in Corpus [Annotator’s Note: Corpus Christi, Texas]. They were...
Groth, Walter Shipped to the Pacific
Walter Groth landed in Leyte [Annotator’s Note: Leyte, the Philippines]. He saw General MacArthur [Annotator's Note:...
Skare, Theodore Shipped to the Pacific
[Annotator's Note: There was an odd tape break and the conversation starts mid-sentence]. Theodore Skare was aboard the...
Williams, Earl Shipped to the Philippines
Earl Williams and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 318th Port Company, 512th Port Battalion] would be attacked by the...
Dendrinelis, Socrates Shipping Out
Socrates Dendrinelis was assigned to the USS Carina (AK-74). They headed to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl...
Bussel, Norman Shot Down
Norman Bussel and his crew were headed towards Berlin, Germany on 29 April 1944 on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress....
McGlaun, DeQuindre Shot Down
DeQuindre McGlaun [Annotator's Note: with the 333rd Bombardment Squadron, 94th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] did...
Brien, Russel Shot Up, Milk Runs and Furloughs
On Russell Brien's third mission his aircraft lost an engine. [Annotator's Note: Brien was a nose gunner on...
Carter, Alex Sicily
Alex Carter Sr. went to boot camp in Norfolk, Virginia. He wanted to go to Vicksburg, Mississippi for welding school,...
Compagno, Nicholas Sicily and Italy Campaigns
Nicholas John Compagno first came under fire while in North Africa and then in Sicily [Annotator's Note: Sicily, Italy...
LaRose, Bruce Sicily and Normandy
Bruce LaRose [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, veteran of the North...
Evans, Donald Sicily to England
In Europe, they said the Americans were happy-go-lucky all the time and they were. There was a saying, "some people...
Bianconi, Anthony Sicily, Close Calls and Navy Musician
Anthony Bianconi [Annotator's Note:a musician and ammunition loader on the USS Philadelphia (CL-41)] went from North...
Kanter, Joseph Siegfried Line
As the leader of interrogations, Joseph Kanter [Annotator's Note: with 2nd Battalion, 406th Infantry Regiment, 102nd...
Burrus, William Siegfried Line
[Annotator's Note: Ths interview clip starts mid-question regarding the Siegfried Line, the German defensive line in...
Guidry, Edmond Sinking a Japanese Submarine
Edmond Guidry took a troop ship out of San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] with no escort and...
Tizzard, Thomas Sinking of the USS Helena (CL-50)
Thomas Tizzard was on the USS Helena (CL-50) when it was hit by torpedoes ans sunk on 6 July 1943 [Annotator's Note:...
Johnson, Burton Six Brothers Who Served
Burton "Burt" Johnson had five brothers in the war as well as him. Three were in the Air Corps, two in the Navy, and he...
Haines, Joseph Skirmishes on Okinawa
Joseph Haines wrote home. The letters were censored. He could not say more than he was doing fine. [Annotator's Note:...
Chandler, Howard Slave Labor
Howard Chandler was a forced laborer for the Germans in an ammunition factory and lumber mill. [Annotator's Note:...
Love, John Slave Laborer in Japan
John Edward Love and hundreds of other POWs' [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] hell ship [Annotator's Note: unmarked...
Lane, Charles Snipers, Capturing a Japanese Soldier, Equipment, and Tropical Illnesses
On occasion, Charles Nathan Lane would be under fire from Japanese snipers. One Japanese sniper fired at a soldier...
Gillette, Thomas Son of a Naval Captain
Thomas W. Gillette's parents were very much into the social scene in Hawaii. They often had luaus and cooked Hawaiian...
Crump, Ralph South Pacific Encounters
A few days after leaving Australia, the ship 25 miles ahead of Ralph Crump's radioed that it had been under torpedo...
Baker, Bernard Southern France
Bernard Baker boarded a LST [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] and landed in Saint-Tropez, France, on 15 August...
Rees, Holly Souvenirs of War
Asked how he got a Japanese flag, Holly Rees said that nearly every enemy soldier carried one folded up on top of the...
Davis, Arthur Special Effects
Before the war, Arthur Davis worked in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] building a plant near the...
Sparks, Bennett "Bud Sparks" Specialty Training
Working 12 hour watches on the piers of New York City, Bennett Sparks did what he called "interesting," but "strenuous...
Davis, Jack Speeding Through France
In Normandy [Annotator's Note: Normandy, France], a friend of Jack Davis' [Annotator's Note: in Company D, 1st...
Hall, Meda Squadron Training
Meda Royce Hall [Annotator's Note: a US Navy bombsight instructor] had one pilot that gave him some trouble because he...
Villars, Robert SS Benjamin D. Wilson
Robert Villars returned to the Armed Guard center at the New Orleans Naval Station [Annotator's Note: in New Orleans,...
DuBose, John SS Bostonian and Staying One Stap Ahead of the Draft Board
John DuBose reached his new ship [Annotator's Note: the SS Bostonian] and was immediately given lifeboat training. He...
Walter, Louis SS Fort Stephenson
Louis John Walter next sailed on a tanker, the Fort Stephenson [Annotator's Note: SS Fort Stephenson]. He had papers...

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