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Nesser, William Teaching Sailors
William Nesser went to the Army Transportation Corps. When he got there, the USS Kermanshah [Annotator's Note: SS...
Redmond, Leroy Tearing Through Europe
Leroy Redmond started at Fort Dix [Annotator's Note: Fort Dix, New Jersey] and was then sent to Camp Breckenridge,...
Schicker, Tom Tent Camp Two
Thomas Francis Schicker was sent to Mainside Area 13 [Annotator's Note: location on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in...
Halberg, Norma Test Pilot
[Annotator's Note: Norma Halberg graduated from her training for the Women Airforce Service Pilots or WASPs at Avenger...
Cervantes, Enrique "Henry" Testing Aircraft
Following his duty at McConnell Airbase in Wichita, Kansas, Enrique Cervantes was assigned to test aircraft in the...
Mancuso, Frank Texas and Florida
Frank Mancuso landed in Charleston, South Carolina then he travelled on a hospital train to McKinney, Texas and then to...
Adams, J. Texas Boy to Bombardier
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Jones Quincy Adams Jr. and the interviewer in conversation.] Adams was...
Gilmore, Selwyn Texas to Enewetak
Selwyn Gilmore was drafted and went in on 17 August 1943. He stayed in Camp Beauregard [Annotator's Note: Pineville,...
Rockforte, Joseph The Army Before Deployment
Joseph Rockforte was sent to Camp Beauregard in Alexandria [Annotator's Note: Alexandria, Louisiana]. There, he got all...
Wisher, Charles The B-29 Superfortress
Charles “Chuck” Wisher thought the B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber] was the...
West, Gerald L. The Battle of Bloody Ridge
Gerald West returned to the United States and went to a camp on Catalina island. There, the Marine Corps was training...
Carroll, Wesley The Beginning and the End of Service
The interviewer asks Wesley Carroll to discuss his recollections of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7...
Halvorsen, Gail The Berlin Airlift
After World War 2 ended, Gail Halvorsen remained in the US Air Force. He had flown in the Berlin Airlift [Annotator's...
Ream, John The Black Panther Party
John Ream’s wife traveled from place to place her whole life. He could pick between the police or the military for a...
Gantz, Walter The Bushnell Project
Walter "Babe" Gantz volunteered for a secret mission made up of two medical officers and 58 enlisted me. They were sent...
Lutz, William The CCC and the Army
William Lutz was not in a combat unit. They trained other units for amphibious landings. They went hunting and fishing...
Brignac, Martin The Coast Artillery and Designing Obstacle Courses
Martin Brignac went into the service on 5 June 1941 and went to Camp Callan, California for basic training. Most were...
Bussel, Norman The Crew
Norman Bussel went to Florida to be assigned to a B-17 [Annotator’s Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress] crew. The pilot...
Fisher, Clayton The Doolittle Raid
Clayton Fisher volunteered to fly an SB2A Brewster [Annotator's Note: Brewster SB2A Buccaneer scout bomber] and lead...
Parra, Pedro The End of the War and Postwar Service
Pedro Parra was getting ready to get to go to Japan when the bomb [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...
Rooney, Andrew The French and The Germans
Andrew A. Rooney went into Belgium [Annotator's Note: as a correspondent for the Stars and Stripes, American military...
Hatch, Norman The Importance of Oral Histories
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Norman Hatch in conversation with the interviewer.] Hatch used to show...
Freligh, Robert The last months of the war
[Annotators Note: Robert Freligh served in the navy as a TBM Avenger pilot in Torpedo Squadron 13, VT-13, flying from...
Kinney, Gabriel The Last Year of the War
On 10 November [Annotator's Note: 10 November 1944], Gabriel Kinney was sent back to the airport [Annotator's Note: at...
Foerster, David The Navy's First Hurricane Hunters
David Foerster was in the Azores when the war ended in Europe and Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano...
Pettis, Merle The Pacific and Returning Home
After Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], Merle Jerome "Jerry" Pettis was sent to Oregon. They did not get...
Grenny, Guy The Philippines
[Annotator's Note: Guy Grenny was stationed at the Naval Air Station in San Diego, California.] Grenny served food and...
Lopez, Lionel The Points System
Lionel Lopez did not lose any POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war]. They got paid for their work on the...
Leaming, Jack The SBD Dauntless
Jack Leaming and the USS Enterprise (CV-6)'s Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) received SBDs [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD...
Bass, Stewart The TBM Avenger
Stewart Bass flew a TBM Avenger [Annotator's Note: Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bomber] during the Second World War. He...
Dabney, William G. The training begins
William Dabney took his basic training at Camp Tyson, Tennessee. This was near the Kentucky border and sometimes the...
Guidry, Edmond The USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
Edmond Guidry came back [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Ellet (DD-398)] to the Philadelphia Navy Yard [Annotator's...
Schaller, Henry The War Ends
Henry Schaller's bomber [Annotator's Note: a Boeing B-17 FLying Fortress heavy bomber] flew at 23,000 feet. It was 33...
Cummings, Mary The War Ends
Mary Cummings was on duty on the night shift when she got news that an atomic bomb [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapon...
Sutcliffe, Albert The War Ends
Albert G. Sutcliffe was taken from the Battle of Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26...
Hillard, Frank The War Ends
Frank Hilliard [Annotator's Note: with the 5th Air Force] enjoyed his stay at Ardmore [Annotator's Note: Ardmore,...

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