Naval Aviation

Aerial bombardment (2477)
Air warfare (2269)
Submarine warfare (784)
Bailing out/loss of plane (664)
Naval shore bombardment (537)
Kamikazes (489)
Carrier warfare (425)
Dog fights (366)

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Hussey, William Submarines After World War 2
Advances in submarine technology, William Hussey acknowledged, were directly related to the Navy's experience during...
Hill, Jennings Submarines and Ship Duties
At the beginning of the war, the ships [Annotator's Note: United States Merchant Marine ships] traveled by themselves...
Fagot, Rosemary G. Submarines, Family, a Wedding Dress and Postwar Career
Rosemary Fagot would not go into the u-boat [Annotator's Note: German submarine] because she is claustrophobic. [...
Dearman, Alfred Sugamo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki
Alfred Dearman says that Sugamo Prison [Annotator's Note: in Tokyo, Japan] was the largest, most modern prison in Japan...
Thomason, David Sunk by Kamikazes
[Annotator's Note: David Thomason served in the Navy aboard the USS Mannert L Abele (DD-733) and took part in the...
Campbell, John Sunk Twice in Icy Waters
John Campbell was on ships that sunk twice. The first one [Annotator's Note: the SS Andrew G. Curtin, sunk 1944], he...
Ledford, Robert Supplies and Equipment
During the Anzio campaign [Annotator's Note: Battle of Anzio; 22 January 1944 to 5 June 1944; Anzio, Italy], Robert...
Hull, Lester Supply Situation and Guard Duty
[Annotator's Note: Lester Hull served in the Army as the battery clerk of Battery C, 976th Field Artillery Battalion...
Harless, Paul Supporting Invasions
Paul Harless was assigned to the USS John Rodgers (DD-574) as a boatswain’s mate second class. At Tarawa [Annotator’s...
Lebow, Cleatus Supporting Pacific Campaigns
The first island the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) approached was Tarawa [Annotator's Note: Tarawa, Gilbert Islands], and...
Geist, Lloyd Supporting the Ground Troops
After the invasion of Normandy [Annotator's Note: Normandy, France], Lloyd Geist and his unit [Annotator's Note: 508th...
Heath, David Surprise Attack
David Heath served on Guadalcanal for six months and ten days. He had a colonel that was sent back to Camp Lejeune [...
Johnson, Malcolm Surrender to the Japanese
Malcolm Johnson was a civilian contractor working on the airfield at Wake Island when the Japanese attacked them. He...
Bollich, James Surrendering
When James Bollich ran out of food, he started hunting. He was using World War 1 era ammunition. One day while hunting...
Murphy, Paul Survival at Sea
Paul J. Murphy got into the water which was covered with oil and black tar [Annotator’s Note: he had just abandoned the...
Thomason, David Survival at Sea
When David Thomason was at Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, 1 April to 22...
Laster, John Thomas Survival in the Mediterranean
John Laster described other ships and other missions that were dangerous but never fatal. Once, the SS Alcoa Patriot...
Hayashi, Nobuo Surviving Aerial Bombings and the Japanese Government
While living in Japan during World War 2, Nobuo Hayashi describes that the bombings would happen during the day, while...
Burns, Lloyd Surviving an Air Raid on Nuremberg and Reflections
Lloyd Burns was on a prisoner march and had gone through the town of Nuremberg [Annotator's Note: Nuremberg, Germany]...
Celaya, Adolfo Surviving Indianapolis Sinking
Adolfo V. Celaya first encountered a man laying on his back [Annotator’s Note: while in the Pacific Ocean after the...
Broll, Walter Surviving the Attack on Bari Harbor
Walter Broll was told by one of the officers on the Grace Abbott that he should go to the English aid station at the...
Carroll, Wesley Surviving the Crash
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Wesley Carroll what was going through his mind when his plane was going down.]...
Shaw, Claude Surviving the Sinking of the USS Walke (DD-416)
Claude Bufford Shaw spent his entire wartime service in the Pacific, except for two short trips to the United States to...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Tactical Reconnaissance Training
Charles Wesley Borders served for about two months in the Louisiana Maneuvers in 1943. He and five others were sent...
Urice, Joe Tail Gunner
Joel Urice vividly remembers the belongings of the crews who did not make it back from Hamburg [Annotator’s Note:...
Wolff, Robert Taken Prisoner
Robert Wolff had leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] in London [Annotator’s Note...
Evans, Donald Taken Prisoner
Now the guys [Annotator's Note: 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division] were gone, and Donald Evans was in a ditch...
Jasicko, Frank Taken Prisoner
In July 1944, Frank Jasicko [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 781st Bombardment Squadron, 465th Bombardment Group,...
Bussel, Norman Taken Prisoner
Norman Bussel had to bail out of his B-17 over Berlin, Germany on 29 April 1944. He had been struck by shrapnel in the...
Clift, Gilbert Taken Prisoner at the Bulge
Gilbert Clift was at Camp Maxey [Annotator's Note: in Paris, Texas] for weeks without any idea where they were headed...
Hanley, Fiske Taken Prisoner by the Kenpeitai
First, Fiske Hanley said, he prayed [Annotator's Note: after bailing out of his battle damaged Boeing B-29...
Loring, Bud Taken to London
Bud Loring ended up at a POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] camp after making it back to the front lines. When...
Whitman, Philip Taken to Nuremberg
[Annotator's Note: Philip Whitman was captured after bailing out of his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber and...
Baum, Irving Taken to Stalag Luft III
Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] left the camp [Annotator's Note: after being interrogated at Dulag...
Fienup, Victor Taken to Stalag Luft III
Instead of taking Victor Fienup [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group,...
Mock, John Taking Auw
They [Annotator's Note: John Mock and his fellow soldiers of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 422nd Infantry Regiment, 106th...

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