Naval Aviation

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Baham, Marietta Entertaining Troops and Meeting Celebrities
Marietta Baham met Omar Bradley [Annotator's Note: US Army General Omar Bradley], who was meeting a colonel at Jackson...
Reitman, Seymour Entertainment in Germany
Seymour Reitman was sent to get occupation money because there was a black market thriving. He borrowed money from some...
Audler, Richard Entertainment on Ponam and Air Raids on Minduro
Richard Audler's unit [Annotator's Notes: Carrier Aircraft Service Unit (Forward) 13 or CASU(F)-13] was stationed on...
Wolff, Robert Entrance into Service
Robert Wolff was called to active duty on 29 April 1942. He went to a class in Santa Ana [Annotator’s Note: Santa Ana,...
Rogers, Lloyd "Frenchie" Entrance into Service
Lloyd Rogers joined the service in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. He had basic training in St...
Kerr, Perry Entrance into Service
Perry Kerr was born in Texas in 1925. He grew up during the Depression [Annotator's Note: Great Depression; a global...
Carter, Donald Entrance to the Army
In June 1943, Don Carter was drafted with 60 other boys from his town [Annotator's Note: Hornell, New York]. They...
Praetorius, Leo Equipment and Personnel Problems
Leo Praetorius recalls that on his next cruise the pilots found landing at night difficult because of a poor lighting...
Williams, Kenneth Escape from France
Kenneth R. Williams [Annotator’s Note: a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the 355th Fighter Group, 354th...
Williams, Kenneth Escape to Paris
Kenneth R. Williams [Annotator’s Note: a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the 355th Fighter Group, 354th...
Meisel, Judith Escapes from Death
Judith Meisel was standing with her mother and sister when they discovered that her sister had typhus. That was the...
Bahman, Manfred Escaping Dresden
[Annotator’s Note: The sound goes in and out throughout segment.] Manfred Bahman’s city [Annotator’s Note: Dresden,...
Leibold, William Escaping the USS Tang (SS-306)
When on the P-34 ship that pulled them out of the ocean, William Leibold and the other survivors of the Tang [Annotator...
Levy, Anne Escaping the Warsaw Ghetto and Being Liberated by the Russians
Anne Levy and her family needed three things to get out of the Warsaw Ghetto. They had to have papers saying they were...
Schaller, Henry Escorted Home by Tuskegee Airmen
A typical day for Henry Schaller would start with a briefing at four o'clock in the morning. If the target was to be...
Bryan, Donald Escorting bombing missions
For the first several months they were flying out of Bodney, they did not live on base. They lived in a hotel and were...
Westcott, Marvin Escorting USS Enterprise (CV-6)
Marvin Westcott was aboard the USS Balch (DD-363) while she performed escort duty for the aircraft USS Enterprise (CV-6...
Altmann, Judith Essen, a Compassionate Guard and Lice
There were 2,000 Czech girls taken from Auschwitz at the time Judith Altmann left. From Gelsenkirchen, the prisoners...
Birnbaum, Stanley Europe
Stanley Jack Birnbaum fell into his landing craft before landing at one of the American beaches at Normandy about five...
Bronstein, Isador Europe and Combat
Isadore Bronstein was transported by train to Verviers, Belgium to a replacement depot or repple-depple. It was a big...
Klimas, Irvin Europe to the Pacific at War's End
Irvin C. Klimas and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Thompson (DD-627)] gave support to the landing forces around...
McBride, Frank European Air Warfare
Frank Curtis McBride installed the bombsight [Annotator’s Note: Norden bombsight] in the twin engine Martin bombers [...
Thurston, Stanley European Combat
Stanley James Thurston was not provided basic training. After enlistment, he was sent to a pigeon outfit [Annotator's...
Ericson, John European Vacation in 1939
During the summer of 1939, John Ericson's mother wanted to take them to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. She had come over...
Baum, Irving Evacuating the Camp
Winter started and around October or November [Annotator's Note: October or November 1944] and Irving Baum [Annotator's...
Bollich, James Evacuating to Bataan and POW Experiences
James Bollich had just gotten back from the movies when he heard about the attack at Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...
Bussel, Norman Evading a U-boat
Norman Bussel left his final training base and took a train to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. He and the crew were pretty...
O'Donnell, Joseph Evasion and Capture
Being off of oxygen, you go into hypoxia after three minutes. Joseph O'Donnell pulled his ripcord right away and went...
Whitman, Philip Evasion and Capture
[Annotator's Note: Philip Whitman bailed out of his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber over Vienna, Austria on 13...
Doolan, Robert Evasion then Capture
[Annotator's Note: Robert Doolan was a navigator on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber that was heavily damaged...
Rosenbaum, James Events on Okinawa
James Stewart Rosenbaum worked with two Navajo Code Talkers [Annotator's Note: also called Diné code talkers, one group...
Praetorius, Leo Excitement and Injury
In Norfolk, Virginia, Leo Praetorius was assigned to several different pilots. They were training up and down the east...
Adam, Adolf Expelled From Czech Republic
Adolf Adam was born in May 1940 and grew up in a small town in the Sudetenland. He had eight sisters and two brothers....
Schilling, Ira Experience on Saipan
When Ira Schilling and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st Battalion, 18th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division...
Hitchcock, Peggy Experience with Death
Peggy Hitchcock remembers her father was a happy person who loved life and entertaining people. He loved giving back....
McLain, Cecil Experiences Across the Pacific
Cecil Ezell McLain was aboard the battleship [Annotator's Note: USS Tennessee (BB-43)] when it bombarded and took Kiska...

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