Naval Aviation

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Heffron, Edward "Babe" Holland
Edward "Babe" Heffron jumped into Holland and spent over 78 days there. The jump into the drop zone meant kill or be...
Pierce, Wayne Holland to VE-Day
Wayne Pierce returned to England after Normandy. The regiment stayed there until September when the paratroopers...
Fontana, Frank Holland, Belgium and the Bulge
Frank Fontana went into Holland then Belgium. He was a supply sergeant for the whole outfit [Annotator's Note: 93rd...
Schneider, Irwin Hollandia and Mios Wundi
Irwin Schneider arrived at Hollandia just after the landings there. There was no opposition to the assault. He had not...
Loring, Bud Home and Bomber Crews
[Annotator's Note: Bud Loring was in London, England after being rescued in France.] Loring was asked where he wanted...
Kiplinger, Austin Home and Closing Thoughts
When Austin H. Kiplinger returned to civilian life, he had no secondary effects. He was fortunate it being a little...
Davis, Charles Home and Iwo Jima
About eight months after the Helena went down [Annotator's Note: the USS Helena (CL-50) was sunk during the Battle of...
Aldous, Robert Home and Then Korea
Robert G. Aldous and his crew were on Ie-Shima [Annotator's Note: Ie-Shima, Japan] at the time [Annotator's Note: of...
McCowen, William Home from the Korean War
When William McCowen [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the Strategic Air Command of the US Air Force] came home from Korea...
Jennings, Edward Hospital Duty
Edward Bruce Jennings remembers that on their way to Japan, a typhoon came up. The ships had to get out of the bay to...
Mikus, John Hospital on Guam
John Mikus, Jr. was never attacked from the air [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26...
Fraser, Rodney Hospital Recuperation
Rodney Charles Fraser used to have wheelchair races down the hospital hallways [Annotator’s Note: he laughs]. The young...
Jagers, Robert Hospital Stay in North Africa
From Gibraltar [Annotator's Note: Gibraltar, British Overseas Territory], Robert Jagers and his ship [Annotator's Note...
Linker, George Hospital Stay then Return to Action
George Linker was sick with yellow jaundice while he was on the front. He was pulled back from the action [Annotator's...
Schicker, Tom Hospitalized with Malaria
Thomas Francis Schicker knows there is a lot he has forgotten to tell. They took Kunishi [Annotator's Note: Kunishi...
Campbell, John Hostile Journalism
John Scott Campbell says that Westbrook Pegler [Annotator's Note: Francis James Westbrook Pegler, American journalist...
Muri, James How to Attack Naval Vessels
James Muri and his crew got on the first B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] they could...
Raquepau, John Hung Torpedo
John "Jack" Raquepau was just bombing in the Gilbert [Annotator's Note: Gilbert Islands] and Marshall Islands [...
Morehead, James B. Hunting Japanese Fighters
Another incident James Morehead felt worth recounting happened when he was flying a protection flight while other...
Mesken, Lorraine Hysteria and Paranoia in the First Days of the War
Very soon, Lorraine Mesken became aware that the Japanese-American citizens in her area were being gathered at the...
Talley, Chester Idaho to Casablanca
Chester L. Talley was born in Idaho in 1921. He grew up with one older brother and one older sister. His father was a...
Guillory, Lloyd Ie Shima and Missions Over Japan
Lloyd Guillory made one flight against Rabaul. Rabaul was a Japanese airfield that was a very hot spot. It was bypassed...
Childs, J. Impression, Then and Now
On the day of the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Sunday, 7 December 1941], J. W. Childs saw one Japanese...
Bates, Dale In the Army Air Corps
Dale Bates wanted to be a pilot in the Army Air Corps and enrolled in college at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon...
Turnbull, David In the Navy
After joining the Navy, David Eugene Turnbull was sent to Great Lakes Training Center [Annotator’s Note: Chicago,...
Robinson, Stewart In the Navy
Stewart W. Robinson was born in March 1925 in Liverpool, Pennsylvania. One of 16 children, he grew up on a farm. Times...
Williams, Stanley In the Navy
Stanley Richard Williams was born in May 1926 in Wheeling, West Virginia. He grew up on Wheeling Island with his...
Thompson, Judge In the Navy
Judge Gordon Thompson was born in June 1926 in Perry County, Alabama. He grew up with two sisters on a hundred-acre...
Fili, William In the Romanian Prison Camp
The first night William Fili was in the prison camp [Annotator's Note: in Bucharest, Romania], the British came over...
Fili, William In the Village Jail
[Annotator's Note: William Fili, his tail gunner, and radio operator were all captured and placed in a village jail...
Hanley, Fiske Incarceration and Interrogation
During his interrogation, Fiske Hanley was asked some military questions, but the Japanese interest centered mostly on...
Pena, William Incompetency and Ardennes Arrival
William Pena remembers how after suffering heavy casualties his battalion was diminished to the size of practically one...
Becker, Clarence India, Home, Saipan, Guam
[Annotator's Note: Clarence Becker went to India as a photo reconnaissance pilot.] India was damp and humid, but very...
Shown, Donald Indianapolis and the Atomic Bomb
Donald Herbert Shown and his ship [Annotator’s Note: USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] completed delivery of atomic bomb [...
Driscoll, Edward Inherent Danger
On 1 September 1944, Edward Driscoll was involved in the bombing of Chichijima [Annotator's Note: Chichijima, Japan]....
Neilson, Francis Inherent Dangers
When Francis Neilson got back to the United States, the war with Japan was still raging. He had a ten day furlough [...

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