Life in the Field/aboard ship

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In a battery of 120 men [Annotator's Note: Battery D, 16th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion], they had to set up their...
Thomas Edward Pugh sailed into Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] and saw the damage to the ships in...
Floyd James Reissig was drafted in May 1944. He was allowed to choose his service after his physical. He was not...
Louis R. Lepore received OCS [Annotator's Note: officer candidate school] training at Camp Lejeune [Annotator's Note:...
Sol Lazinger was in the Bronx [Annotator's Note: the Bronx is one of the five boroughs in New York, New York], New York...
When Darrell D. Gust concluded his 12 weeks of training at Santa Ana [Annotator's Note: Santa Ana Army Air Base in...
Sam V. Abate did reconnaissance and field artillery training [Annotator's Note: at Camp Hood, now Fort Hood, in Killeen...
Edward C. Cole [Annotator’s Note: after being drafted into the Army in 1942] spent two days at Fort Dix [Annotator's...
Herbert Saylor was drafted shortly after graduating from high school. His father and sister brought Saylor to the train...
When Claire Maddox went into the service [Annotator's Note: in the summer of 1943], he had the option to pick any of...
At Fort Dix, New Jersey, Dominick Sgobbo mustered and had instruction in military courtesy and avoiding social diseases...
Boot camp for Louis Smith took place at Parris Island, South Carolina and he found it tough. They shaved his head to...
While he trained at Fort Slocum in New Rochelle, New York, Armando Galella could go home every weekend. After about a...
Making her way alone, Virginia Wilterdink arrived at Camp Devens in Massachusetts to begin her military career. She met...
Irwin Schneider was ill prepared to be a naval officer when he went on active duty. He was sent to Fort Schuyler, New...
Ralph Sykes was not affected much by the Army. It was a new experience though. He believes people should think hard...
In February 1943, Bill Connelly was inducted into the Army at Indiantown Gap [Annotator's Note: Fort Indiantown Gap in...
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] An average day of training for Seymour...
On the morning of Sunday, 7 December 1941, Maurice Hackler and a friend were driving to a wildlife area to go rabbit...
Wallace McKay went to Bougainville [Annotator's Note: Bougainville, Solomon Islands], where troops were being trained...
William J. Twigger was training on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, in September 1944]...
Kenneth Barnette was drafted into the Army at age 18 in March 1943. He was sent to Fort Barkley in Abilene, Texas for...
Virgil Clayton Moen was trained in gliders in the Army Air Corps. Many guys died in glider crashes because they were...
After a short orientation at Camp Beauregard [Annotator's Note: in Pineville, Louisiana], David Verlander was sent to...
On 20 October 1942, Robert "Bob" Rickel began his military experience at Fort Dix [Annotator's Note: in Trenton, New...
The only time Alfred Dietrick was concerned about what he had gotten into was when he would go to the movies and see...
Military training was easy for Clarke Langrall, having been a company leader in the cadet corps when he was in high...
Against his older brother's advice, Arnold Addison joined the Marine Corps. He remembers that when he started boot camp...
Wilbur Rogers moved easily from civilian to military life because his pre-enlistment days were more strenuous than that...
Henry Feldman was drafted shortly after he turned 18 years of age [Annotator's Note: in April 1943]. On the train to...
Gale Ammerman went to England just after Christmas 1943. He went to Scotland first. He about froze to death even...
Henry Quinton Pike was part of the 3rd Raider Battalion [Annotator's Note: 3rd Marine Raider Battalion]. He had two...
Robert Dickinson's training took place on one of the old S-boats. [Annotator's Note: The United States' S-class...
In the beginning, Alfred Dietrick would go to the movies before going overseas and the Germans looked invincible. The...
Robert L. Donovan trained for artillery at Fort Bragg [Annotator’s Note: Fort Bragg, North Carolina]. He learned how to...
William Earl Gast was sent to Camp Shanks [Annotator's Note: in Orangetown, New York] for embarkation. While he waited...

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