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Kleiss, Norman "Dusty" Segment 11
[Annotators Note: Norman J. Kleiss, known as Dusty, was a dive bomber pilot in Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) flying from...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 12
Freddie Ohr came running out of the wave and he did not see the boat anymore. He made two or three passes that low....
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 12
Vejtasa had hit the carrier he had made a run on. Fighting 42 was aboard the Yorktown and was commanded by Jimmy...
Childers, Lloyd Segment 12
While Childers was a cadet he was asked by Colonel Mangrum if he had received a Purple Heart. When he told Mangrum that...
Ford, Richard Segment 13
Richard Ford had 180 men in his company with six officers in his LCI [Annotators Note: Landing Craft Infantry] on D Day...
Hairston, Joseph Segment 13
Recently Hairston went to artillery OCS [Annotator’s Note: Officer Candidate School] to learn how today's generations...
Baker, Vernon Segment 14
At the end of the war Vernon Baker was a second lieutenant but in May of 1945 he became a first lieutenant. His...
Lazarick, Len Segment 2
Lazarick heard President Roosevelt's speech [Annotator's Note: Roosevelt's speech to Congress which he gave on 8...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 2
Lyle Bouck was the youngest graduate in his class. He was 18 or 19 years old and the average age of the OCS [Annotator'...
Malarkey, Donald Segment 2
The men learned to pack parachutes and jump from a tower. They had to pack the first 10 parachutes they would use at...
Loevsky, Louis Segment 2
Loevsky's motivation for joining the service was that he felt that the treatment of the Jews in Europe, and by Hitler...
Baker, Vernon Segment 2
Vernon Baker went to Camp Wolters, Texas for basic training and experienced segregation. He got onto a bus when he...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Segment 2
Theodore Finkbeiner shipped out of Cape Cod aboard the USS George Washington [Annotators Note: SS George Washington] in...
Luckadoo, John Segment 2
John Luckadoo and the other cadets were segregated in advanced flight training between single engine and twin engine....
Leahr, John Segment 2
The training at Tuskegee was rigorous. There was a lot of hazing. Leahr believes that they were trained as good as...
Zawada, Robert Segment 2
Robert Zawada was 16 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He graduated from high school in 1942. He did not think...
Phillips, Henry Segment 2
Henry Phillips' regiment went through a series of disasters during the battle. One full company was bush whacked by the...
Kalil, Louis Segment 2
Kalil and the others were not prepared while training in Louisiana. They did not have any of the equipment they would...
Shoens, Robert Segment 2
The Army Air Corps knew that they needed to get the best pilots. Robert Shoens took his training in January of February...
Ford, Richard Segment 2
Richard Ford was in Panama City when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He was in a bar when he found out. Panamanian police...
Flournoy, Maxine Segment 2
In primary training they flew the PT-19. It was an open cockpit aircraft. Basic training was BT-13's and BT-15's. Her...
Tyler, Kermit Segment 2
Tyler took primary and basic training at Randolph Field then advanced training at Kelley Field [Annotator's Note: San...
Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 2
The next morning, possibly around 3 am, Baldwin and the rest of Cannon Company were told to get ready to go ashore. To...
Duchossois, Richard Segment 2
Richard Duchossois knew his unit was going to be a tank destroyer unit. None of the men in the battalion had ever even...
LaPorta, Edward Segment 2
Edward LaPorta was a member of the 1st Armored Division. The first tanks they had overseas were riveted together. They...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 2
In January 1944, Yellin was sent to Thunderbird Field in Arizona. That was where he took his primary training. He was...
Rankin, Robert "Shorty" Segment 2
Rankin left McChord Field on 14 July 1942 and arrived in Santa Ana, California in 15 July 1942 for preflight training....
Ichikawa, Grant Segment 2
Grant Ichikawa was first taken to an assembly center located on a horse racing track near Turlock, California. His...
Ross, Wilburn Segment 2
Wilburn K. Ross was on a ship heading through the Straits of Gibraltar when an announcement was made that Germany had...
Old Coyote, Barney Segment 2
By the time Barney Old Coyote got out of the service the letter [Annotators Note: see Barney Old Coyote Segment 1] had...
Showers, Donald "Mac" Segment 2
Showers spent the entire war working in communications and intelligence, in direct collaboration with Admiral Nimitz [...
Quintana, Ben Segment 2
After Quintana went through boot camp, he came out feeling like he could fight anyone. They prepared the men in boot...
Snapp, Helen Segment 2
When Snapp arrived at the hotel [Annotator’s Note: in Sweetwater, Texas for WASP training] there was roughly thirty to...

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