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Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 2
All of the barnstormers had on the boots, leather jackets and goggles and all had a bottle of spirits in the back seat...
Jones, David "Davey" Segment 2
Jones' group would fly patrols up and down he coast out of McCord. He liked that flying because there were no controls...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 2
An interesting thing happened while Kanaya was there. They had a patient that needed a blood transfusion every day....
Hopkins, Lewis Segment 2
Hopkins finished that phase in September 1941. Hopkins was assigned to Bombing Squadron 4 which operated off of the USS...
Baptiste, Wallace Segment 2
Baptiste went to the Customs House [Annotator’s Note: in New Orleans] on 5 February 1938 where he was selected with 6...
Gatewood, Joel Segment 2
From Nebraska they flew to Bangor, Maine. There were 36 planes that flew out of Maine to go overseas. They were...
Standifer, Leon Segment 2
Standifer was at Ft. Benning for 16 weeks. From there Standifer went to Camp McCain with the 94th Infantry. There were...
Williams, Hershel "Woody" Segment 2
Hershel Williams was sent to the capitol city of Charleston [Annotator's Note: Charleston, South Carolina] and from...
Kuroki, Ben Segment 2
Ben Kuroki’s B-24 outfit was called to North Africa to help out with the British forces who were going against Rommel....
Wagner, Helen Segment 3
Wagner was checking in after dinner when a guard stuck a gun in her back. She identified herself as Lieutenant Wagner...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 3
Clarence Anderson felt for his wife having to see her husband and son both going off to war during the Vietnam War....
Baker, Vernon Segment 3
Vernon Baker stayed at Geiger Airfield until October 1942 when they went back to Fort Huachuca, Arizona. One day he was...
Flournoy, Maxine Segment 3
After an airplane engine had flown a certain number of times it would be due for an overhaul. If it was in good...
Snapp, Helen Segment 3
They [Annotator’s Note: women of the WASPs, Women’s Airforce Service Pilots in Washington D.C.] were told at the...
Jackson, Donald Segment 3
They moved on south into Bavaria. The war ended while they were in Rosenheim.When they went overseas they were told not...
Dennis, David Segment 3
In basic training David Dennis went to school first. His basic training was the normal marching and learning their gun...
McNeil, Esther Segment 3
McNeil went into the service on the 5th of February 1943. Her first posting was to Davis Martin Field and Air Force...
Noack, John Segment 3
John Noack called the base and they sent some trucks in to pick them up. They were in a new base which was a mudhole....
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 3
Whidhelm ended up as the CO of Scouting 8 aboard the USS Hornet. One day while sitting in the ready room Vejtasa...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 3
When Charles Scheffel became a platoon leader, he used all of the ammunition that they could teaching his men about...
Van Kirk,Theodore "Dutch" Segment 3
Theodore Van Kirk completed his tour of duty and was sent home because he flew over 50 missions. At first they could...
Earnest, Albert J. Segment 3
Earnest told the man at the base that he was ordered to Torpedo Squadron 8. He was to report to them in 3 days. Three...
Cole, Richard Segment 3
[Annotators Note: Richard Cole served in the USAAF as a pilot flying B-25 Mitchell medium with the 17th Bombardment...
Stegmeier, James L. Segment 3
Stegmeier enlisted because everybody was doing it. There was a draft going on and if you didn't enlist you would be...
Wagner, Helen Segment 4
Wagner's other brother was also in the Pacific and would write to the family telling them that he was trying to meet up...
Flournoy, Maxine Segment 4
Flournoy did not have an instructors rating. She went to Alice airport [Annotator’s Note: Alice, Texas airport] after...
Snapp, Helen Segment 4
Snapp enjoyed flying the PQ-8. It had tricycle landing gear and it was fun and easy to land. It was highly maneuverable...
Holloman, William Segment 4
When they got overseas to Italy, black and white [Annotator’s Note: African American and Caucasian], they were a team....
Disanza, William Segment 4
William Disanza had trains and tanks on the deck of his ship. The train cars were too big to fit underneath the deck....
James, C.W. "Tex" Segment 4
James was there for about 2 or 3 months for ground school. He was then shipped to Lafayette. He did not make his first...
Earnest, Albert J. Segment 4
Waldron was the commanding officer of Torpedo Squadron 8. He wanted things done his way and he wanted them done right....
Snapp, Helen Segment 5
The only benefits they were eligible for was housing and medical benefits. The WASP [Women’s Airforce Service Program]...
Bishop, Charles Segment 5
Charles Bishop stayed with the Piranha [Annotators Note: USS Piranha (SS-389)] to put her out of commission since he...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 5
Freddie Ohr flew in a P-64 and a P-35. He cannot find the P-64 in modern books about fighters. Both were forerunners to...
Holloman, William Segment 5
A friend of Holloman’s in a MATS [Annotator's Note: Military Air Transport Service] unit needed an operations officer....
Snapp, Helen Segment 6
Snapp met some of the women in the First Air Force class, some were astronauts. They had a tough time as well. Snapp's...

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