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Hairston, Joseph Fort Huachuca
Joseph Hairston ended up at a camp 100 miles south of Tucson [Annotator's Note: Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona...
Schilling, Ira From a Boy to a Marine
Ira Schilling was born in June 1924 in Saratoga, Texas. His parents separated when he was very young and he moved to...
Geist, Lloyd From an Aviation Cadet to a Flight Instructor
Due to a pilot shortage, after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor...
Lesniewski, Joseph From Basic Training to Jump School
Joseph Lesniewski went into the US Army Air Forces and was sent to California. He was in ten different camps while...
Haines, George From Basic Training To New Guinea
George Haines had never been away from home before leaving for the Army in May 1943. Basic training was where he...
Kolesa, Thomas From Boot Camp to Hawaii
Thomas Kolesa and his wife were able to get a place to live in San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California] that...
Thomason, David From Boot Camp to Honolulu
David Thomason loved it [Annotator's Note: Navy boot camp] and worked hard. He went home on leave [Annotator's Note: an...
Keller, Richard From Camp Shelby to Fiji
Richard Keller had a good friend from Alabama who was a funny guy. He received different training than Keller had...
Wiswall, Frank From Cavalryman to Aviator
[Annotator’s Note: A woman interjects throughout this clip.] Frank A. Wiswall was born in September 1919 in Brooklyn,...
Leibold, William From Destroyer-Mine Layers to Submarines
Richard O'Kane [Annotator's Note: US Navy Rear Admiral Richard H. "Dick" O'Kane] gave William Leibold a nice 35mm...
Leibold, William From Destroyers to Subs
Richard O'Kane gave William Leibold a nice 35mm camera. O’Kane snuck it in the trunk of Leibold's car one day during a...
Mayes, Davis From Early Life to Attack on Pearl Harbor
Davis Gordon Mayes was born in February 1919 in Pontotoc, Texas. During his service in World War 2, he served on the...
Parra, Pedro From Engineer Training to Kwajalein Atoll
[Annotator's Note: Pedro Parra was assigned to the 854th Engineer Aviation Battalion in February 1943.] They did not...
Bartlett, Robert From France to Virginia
Bob Bartlett [Annotator's Note: assigned to USS Barnett (APA-5)] participated in the invasion of Southern France [...
DeSalvo, Vincent From Gulfport to Kanchipuram
Vincent DeSalvo was drafted into the US Army Air Force. He was at Gulfport Field in Gulfport, Mississippi for a while...
Wombacher, Delbert From Horses to Motorcycles
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Delbert Wombacher to talk about the 4th Cavalry Regiment's transition away from...
Goodwin, Hersey From Iwo Jima to the Korean War
Hersey Goodwin flew one mission over Iwo [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] where they [Annotator's Note: 11th...
LaPook, Sidney From Jersey City to Fort Sill
On 10 June 1942 Sidney LaPook graduated from NYU Dental College. He became engaged to his future wife that same day. At...
Kiefer, Keith From Las Vegas to Enewetak
Keith Kiefer got his ground radio maintenance training in Biloxi, Mississippi, at Keesler Air Force Base. Kiefer then...
King, Rivers From New Orleans to Guadalcanal
Rivers Richardson King was born in October 1920 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Great Depression effected his family...
Pizzolongo, Paul From Pearl Harbor to England to Paris
Paul Pizzolongo was already in the Army and was returning from maneuvers in Pennsylvania when he heard about Pearl...
Aust, Abner From Picking Cotton to Flying Fighters
Abner Aust was born in Scooba, Mississippi. He took civilian pilot training in college. When he finished he went to...
Burke, Dracos From PR to JAG and SAC
When he returned to the United States, Dracos Burke joined the 43rd Bomb Wing [Annotator's Note: 43rd Bombardment Wing...
Jones, Johnnie From South Carolina to Omaha Beach
Johnnie A. Jones Senior was made a warrant officer [Annotator's Note: officers above non-commissioned officers,...
Wichterich, George From the 9th Ward to the Army
[Annotators Note: Interview begins with the interviewer and George Wichterich talking about a tank that was knocked out...
Stricklan, Mary From the WACs to the Pentagon
Mary R. Stricklan's uniform [Annotator's Note: in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) then Women's Army Corps (WAC...
Reed, Robert Funny Stories
While Robert Frederick Reed was stationed in El Centro [Annotator’s Note: El Centro, California before being deployed...
Fitzmorris, James Generals and Presidents
James Fitzmorris was pulled out of the combat engineers and placed into transportation at Camp Beauregard [Annotator's...
Hicks, Ora Pierce German POW Camp
Ora Hicks entered the military at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. She then went to Fort Huachuca [Annotator's Note: in...
Hurley, Wallace German POWs and War's End
Wallace Hurley contracted pneumonia during the Battle of the Bulge. He was in the hospital for four days. Following his...
Rooney, Andrew Getting Even in Field Artillery
Andrew A. Rooney was with the 17th Field Artillery [Annotator's Note: 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 13th Field...
Massengale, Louis Getting Out and Re-Enlisting
When he signed up for the Marines, Louis Massengale was on his way to Montford Point, North Carolina within two days....
Gustafson, Gerald Getting to Know Japanese-Americans
[Annotator’s Note: A washing machine running in the background is audible throughout this segment.] Gerald “Gerry”...
Buschmeier, Frank Getting to know the crew
Frank Buschmeier went to armament school in Denver, Colorado. In Denver, the men were split into training groups for...
Weber, Ed Girl He Did Not Marry
Ed Weber was on furlough [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] in Dallas [Annotator's...
Livaudais, James Glider Infantry
James Livaudais was part of the division which was to become the Sergeant York Division—the 82nd Division with about 16...

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