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Brock, Pete Great Depression to Breakout of War
Pete Brock was born in April 1926 in Columbia, South Carolina. He grew up with a twin brother and two sisters. His...
Comeaux, James Growing up in Rural Louisiana
James D. Comeaux was born in August 1926 in Crowley, Louisiana and grew up in nearby Egan, Louisiana. He did a lot of...
Miralles, Richard Guadalcanal
Richard Miralles thought Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] was miserable. They had mud on...
Thomas, Wilbur "Will" Headed for Europe
Wilbur Thomas was an officer in the Army. He recalled times where he had to lead and support hundreds of troops during...
Fisher, Clayton Heading for Midway
They returned to Pearl Harbor but didn't stay long enough for Clayton Fisher to train. He still hadn't made any dives...
Schicker, Tom High School to Marine Corps
[Annotator's Note: The interview opens with Thomas Francis Schicker already in conversation with the interviewer.] When...
Hecht, Lester His Wife and Her Experience
Lester Hecht's wife [Annotator's Note: Lillian] did not mind moving back in with her parents, when Hecht went to war....
Scherer, Monroe Holidays in Korea
Some weeks after Monroe Scherer arrived in Korea, some of the older members went back to the United States. Scherer...
Benjamin, Adelaide Homefront
Once the United States entered World War 2, Adelaide Benjamin followed the progress of the war in a number of ways but...
Armstrong, Henry Horrors of Combat
It was not Henry Armstrong's first time in combat [Annotator's Note: when his Battery B, 607th Field Artillery...
Manning, Sarah "Sally" Hospital Service
Sara "Sally" Manning met her husband while he was a hospital patient [Annotator's Note: Manning worked at Naval...
Jagers, Robert Hospital Stay in North Africa
From Gibraltar [Annotator's Note: Gibraltar, British Overseas Territory], Robert Jagers and his ship [Annotator's Note...
DeForest, Harold Hospital Stays and Detached Duty
That was the end of combat for Harold DeForest. After DeForest got out of the hospital he was supposed to go back to...
Squire, Vernon Hospitalized and Going Home
[Annotator's Note: Vernon Squire was wounded in a tank battle near Jülich, Germany on 25 February 1945.] His hands were...
Pena, William Hurtgen Part 1
William Pena remembers how his battalion commander was a gung-ho, brave, and tall man who refused to stay at the rear...
Walsh, Violet In and Out of the Navy
There was a young man with whom Violet Walsh corresponded throughout the war. He was her high school pen pal from...
Dietrick, Alfred Injured out of Combat
Alfred Dietrick took a patrol [Annotator's Note: of men from Company B, 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th...
Doroff, Lorraine Interactions with Men and Women
Lorraine Doroff [Annotator's Note: while serving in the Women's Army Corps or WAC; women's branch of the Army from 1942...
Sawada, Lily Internment Camp
Lily Sawada and her family arrived in Poston, Arizona [Annotator’s Note: this was part of the relocation of Japanese-...
Luce, Dwain Invading Italy
Dwain Luce says there were several plans for airborne [Annotator's Note: 82nd Airborne Division in Allied invasion of...
Buckley, James Invasion at Okinawa
James Buckley's first landing [Annotator's Note: as a Deck Officer on the USS LST-1013] was on Leyte during the return...
Milkis, Abe Invasion of Normandy
Abe Milkis landed on Omaha Beach during the invasion of Normandy on D-Day. Rather than entering France as a...
Sullivan, George Invasion of Saipan
George Joseph Sullivan was on a ship gun crew. When he would be sitting off the beach, he would ask to go ashore. Once...
Bowsher, Walter Isamu Ishihara
Walter Bowsher felt the commander of the prison camp at Wusong was the worst person he met. He was named Ishihara [...
Dawson, Ruffin Island Hopping
Ruffin Walker Dawson [Annotator's Note: with the 51st Defense Battalion] found out he was going overseas in February...
Banghart, William Italy
William Banghart went with the 64th Fighter Wing. He was in several different outfits. In the letters he wrote, he put...
Lepore, Louis Iwo Jima
In 1944, Louis R. Lepore loaded his division [Annotator's Note: 5th Marine Division] into a ship and set sail. He...
Mikus, John Iwo Jima
John Mikus, Jr. was in E Company, 26th Marines [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, 5th...
Wilson, Adolph Iwo Jima
Adolph Wilson and the 5th Marine Division assaulted Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: on 19 February 1945]. The island was...
Currier, William Iwo Jima and Okinawa
William Currier [Annotator's Note: while serving as a radarman aboard the USS Hall (DD-583)] headed to Iwo Jima [...
Costa, Anthony Japanese Captivity
Anthony Costa was sent to Osaka aboard a ship to work on the docks there. He was in a transport ship hold where he did...
Joslin, Harold Japanese Guards and War's End
Harold Joslin and his fellow prisoners of war tried to keep their humor up. There was a Japanese guard who marched them...
Baumgarten, Aaron Job Descriptions
During the war, Aaron Baumgarten worried less about meeting up with the Japanese than he was of coming to a bad end...
Henry, Margaret John Henry's War
Margaret Brewer Henry's husband, John [Annotator's Note: John R. Henry, war correspondent for International News...
Flanagan, Earl Joining Eisenhower's Symphony and Nuremberg Trials
After the war, Earl Flanagan worked for the Military Government because of his ability to speak French. Only two months...
Colburn, George Joining the 3rd Marine Division on Guam
George Colburn shipped out on the USS Rochambeau (AP-63), which was the same ship that Jack Kennedy [Annotator’s Note:...

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