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Brooks, Howard Segment 2
They made several convoy trips to Port Darwin on the northern coast of Australia. The Japanese moved closer to their...
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...
Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 2
Merrill was aboard the Saratoga [Annotator's Note: USS Saratoga, CV-3] both times she was torpedoed.When they left...
Sherman, Richard Segment 2
Instead of heading into the mountains, the Chinese man took them to Canton. They spent several days in Canton. After...
Blanchard, Robert C. Segment 2
The ship [Annotator's Note: the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13)] wasn't at Pearl Harbor for long before heading...
Henderson, William Segment 2
Henderson flew as a tail gunner on a B-17 [Annotators Note: American B-17 Flying Fortress bomber] until his last...
Monpat, Raymond Segment 2
The Evans [Annotator's Note: US Navy destroyer USS Evans (DD-552)] was a Fletcher Class destroyer of 2100 tons.Life on...
Greer, Richard Segment 2
After basic training Richard Greer and the other Marines from his boot camp class went to Norfolk, Virginia where they...
Baynham, James Segment 2
Baynham was based at Tibenham, England where there were numerous airfields that were three or four miles apart. Every...
Myers, Leroy Segment 2
They hurried with thier sandbags and got in their hole. The anti- aircraft guns were used the other day and had to be...
James, C.W. "Tex" Segment 2
He was asleep in his bunk [Annotator's Note: aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco, CA38] early in the morning of...
Thatcher, David "Dave" Segment 2
Thatcher watched and was actually in a few of the B-25's that were practicing taking off from a short runway. It gave...
Crain, Joe Segment 2
When Crain was in the armada heading towards the beaches [Annotator's Note: during the invasion of Sicily, July 1943],...
Bollinger, Ardell Segment 2
Ardel Bollinger did not get along with the Colonel in England. When Bollinger asked for a recommendation to join the...
Van Kirk,Theodore "Dutch" Segment 2
Theodore Van Kirk recalls his first combat mission in Europe in B-17s [Annotator's note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress...
Rall, Gunther Segment 2
The 109's [Annotator's Note: Messerschmitt Bf-109] undercarriage wasn't very sensible. Early on when they trained...
Hilliard, Madlyn and Paul Segment 2
For Paul Hilliard, The National WWII Museum obtaining an SBD [Annotators Note: Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber] is a...
Hopkins, Lewis Segment 2
Hopkins finished that phase in September 1941. Hopkins was assigned to Bombing Squadron 4 which operated off of the USS...
Candelaria, Richard Segment 2
Richard Candelaria credits the 8th Air Force for never having been turned back on a mission by enemy action. Enemy...
Corbin, Robert "Bob" Segment 2
They were taken into the pillbox and searched [Annotators Note: after being captured by Germans near Aachen in...
Feightner, Edward "Whitey" Segment 2
Feightner and a friend, Red Hall, attended the CPT [Annotator's Note: Civilian Pilot Training] class their school [...
Hanna, Homer H. Segment 2
Hanna was the chief clerk for group engineering [Annotators Note: at Clark Field in the Philippines in 1941]. His boss...
McKee, Ralph Segment 2
McKee relates the story of how his new crew lost their original Navigator and Bombardier when they bailed out of their...
Wiley, Delmar Segment 2
Wiley relates that at the time of the hit and run carrier raids, they had more aircrew than airplanes. Being a new...
Johnson, Oscar Segment 2
Oscar Johnson went to Kingman, Arizona for gunnery school and then to Lincoln, Nebraska to assemble the crew. From...
Earnest, Albert J. Segment 2
Earnest then had to make a decision, he was already a 2nd lieutenant in the Army but he was not sure if he wanted to be...
Cole, Richard Segment 2
On the trip from Pendleton to Columbia [Annotators Note: Oregon to South Carolina in December 1941] Richard Cole was...
Childers, Lloyd Segment 2
Childers got ten days leave and went to visit family down in Los Angeles, California.When they returned to Pearl Harbor...
Gibbons, John Segment 2
John Gibbons met his future wife in Kansas before deploying overseas. Gibbons acted as the copilot for the flight...
Leisey, Alvin Segment 2
Leisey was told before he deployed that he was going to go to Officer Candidate School, yet that never developed. He...
Gross, Clayton Segment 2
Clayton Kelly Gross should have been on the first combat mission, but when it happened he was in the hospital with a...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 21
Freddie Ohr notes that another day LeMay [Annotators Note: USAAF then USAF General Curtis LeMay] landed and was looking...
Phoutrides, Ari Segment 3
The invasion at Ormoc Bay was small and consisted mainly of destroyers and rocket firing landing craft.The Laffey [...
Luckadoo, John Segment 3
John Luckadoo was a copilot in the 100th Bombardment Group based at Thorpe Abbotts. Dye [Annotators Note: Glen Dye, the...
Leahr, John Segment 3
Leahr was shipped overseas in early 1944. He had graduated in Class 43-G [Annotator's Note: Class 43-G graduated in...
Phillips, Henry Segment 3
For Henry Phillips Sicily was a cake walk. They landed in Palermo from a big transport. The Germans used aircraft...
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