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Gulotta, James Joining the Americal Division
James Gulotta was sent to New Caledonia. New Caledonia was a French possession which was used a staging area for new...
Gemmel, Fred Joining the Navy
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Fred Gemmel already in conversation with the interviewer.] Gemmel arrived...
Jenkins, Frederick Kamikaze Attack
Frederick Jenkins was in damage control in the machine shop where the kamikaze [Annotator's Note: Japanese suicide...
Surratt, Carey Kamikaze Attacks
The closer Carey Suratt got to Japan, the more aggressive things became. On his second trip to Leyte, the 459 [...
Dunlavy, Jack Kamikaze Hit at Okinawa
A kamikaze hit Jack Dunlavy's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Missouri (BB-63)] on 11 April [Annotator's Note: 11 April...
Bertucci, George Kamikazes
George Joseph Bertucci and the USS Mississippi (BB-41) were first attacked by Japanese suicide aircraft in the Lingayen...
Duff, Clarence Kamikazes
Clarence Robert Duff recalled picking up survivors from the USS Franklin (CV-13) during the kamikaze attacks off...
Anderson, William Kamikazes Sink the USS Reid (DD-369)
As a torpedoman on the USS Conyngham (DD-371), William Anderson's general quarters station was the starboard torpedo...
Winslow, Lawson Korean War Deployments
Going on deployments after the war ended, the seas could get rough. Lawson T. Winslow, Junior's lieutenant [Annotator's...
Cowell, Ernest Korean War, Vietnam, and Post Military Life
Ernest Cowell took a train from Fort Mason, California [Annotator's Note: in San Francisco, California], to Fort Lewis...
Westbrook, James Kwajalein and Saipan
James Roland Westbrook served in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines [Annotator's Note: 24th Marine Regiment], 4th...
Rosenzweig, Abraham Kwajalein Invasion
Abraham Rosenzweig picked up troops [Annotator’s Note: at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] and headed for the invasion of...
Young, James Landing and First Mission on Guadalcanal
James Franklin Young and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine...
Jagers, Robert Landing at Utah Beach
Robert Jagers landed on Utah Beach [Annotator's Note: Utah Beach, Normandy, France aboard the USS LST-351 on D-Day; the...
West, Gerald L. Landing on Guadalcanal
Gerald West was transported from Tulagi to Guadalcanal aboard the USS Colhoun (APD-2). The USS Colhoun was sunk while...
Durocher, Edmund Landing on Guadalcanal
[Annotator's Note: Edmund Durocher served in the US Marine Corps as a radio telephone operator in Company H, 2nd...
Stewart, Frank Landing on Guadalcanal and Setting Up Guns on the Tenaru River
Frank Stewart stopped to see one of his brothers in Oklahoma on his way to Boston when he returned to the United States...
Haslauer, Warren Landing on Guam
Warren J. Haslauer [Annotator's Note: with Company M, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division] was...
Stewart, Roy Landing on Iwo Jima
In 1944, Roy Stewart was shipped out with the 24th Marine Regiment, although he was not attached to that regiment. They...
Wayne, William Landing on Iwo Jima
William Wayne went from Honolulu [Annotator's Note: Honolulu, Hawaii] to Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Mariana...
Lansford, William Landing on Iwo Jima and the Death of John Basilone
Basilone [Annotator's Note: Medal of Honor recipient John Basilone] and his guys went ashore in the third wave. William...
Wicklund, John Landing on Leyte
It was a beautiful day with calm seas when John Wicklund and the 96th Infantry Division [Annotator's Note: at the time...
Schicker, Tom Landing on Okinawa
Aboard ship, the head [Annotator's Note: naval slang for toilet or bathroom] was full. Nobody showed any fear...
Chaisson, Roland Landing on Omaha Beach and Fighting Through the Hedgerows
In late April 1944 they [Annotator's Note: Roland Chaisson and the rest of the 1st Infantry Division] were put on...
Mace, Sterling Landing on Peleliu
Sterling Mace had various individuals in his platoon for the assault on Peleliu. There was Jim McEnery, the platoon...
Farley, Daniel Landing Plan for D-Day
[Annotator's Note: Daniel Farley served in the Army as a rifleman in Company A, 5th Ranger Battalion.] In the lock up...
Tillery, Allen Landings in the Marshall Islands
[Annotator's Note: Allen Tillery served in the USMC as a Japanese language specialist. For the campaign in the Marshall...
Anderson, William Landings in the Philippines
William Anderson first saw the new destroyers with the twin, five inch guns after the USS Reid (DD-369) had been hit by...
Lepore, Louis Late Battle of Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] was cold. At night on the northern end of the island, Louis R. Lepore...
Pendleton, Arthur Latrines and Enemy Bombings
[Annotator's Note: Arthur Pendleton served in the US Marine Corps as a machine gunner in Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Learning to Fly
The war started and 50 of Charles Wesley Borders' classmates went to Canada to join the RCAF [Annotator's Note: Royal...
Schilling, Ira Leaving Guadalcanal
On Guadalcanal, Ira Schilling and Company L, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment faced some enemy air raids and naval...
Gibbs, Robert Leyte Gulf
Robert S. Gibbs was shipped to Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte, Philippines, aboard the USS Boston (CA-69)] in October...
Brannon, Mark Liberating Leyte
Next, the USS Hutchins (DD-746) took part in the landings on the Philippine island of Leyte, and Mark Brannon mentioned...
Wells, Raymond Life After War
Raymond Wells retired from the service in June 1983. After retiring, he moved to Fort Worth, Texas but eventually...
Borrell, Francis "Frank" Life in the Navy
Francis "Frank" Borrell was born in Beacon, New York, 60 miles north of New York City and ten miles from West Point [...

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