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Parra, Pedro From Engineer Training to Kwajalein Atoll
[Annotator's Note: Pedro Parra was assigned to the 854th Engineer Aviation Battalion in February 1943.] They did not...
Spaulding, Arthur From Enlistment to France
Arthur Spaulding decided to enlist in the Army because his brother was in the V-12 unit [Annotator's Note: V-12 US Navy...
Brien, Russel From Flight School to Italy
Russell Brien was 16 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor but he does not know exactly where he was. He...
Foerster, David From Flight School to North Africa
David Foerster got his wings at Pensacola [Annotator's Note: Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida]. He went to...
Laborde, John From Fort Ord to the Philippines
John Laborde traveled by train from Fort Benning, Georgia to Fort Ord in Monterey, California via New Orleans,...
Singlaub, John From France to China
John Singlaub completed his mission with the French resistance in France. His proposal for a mission to organize French...
Colson, Earl From France to the Philippines
Earl Colson landed in Le Havre, France [Annotator's Note: with the 86th Infantry Division]. They trained there as they...
Moore, Hilar From Guam to Iwo Jima
Hilar Moore was shipped to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Northern Mariana Islands] after the invasion started. He took...
DeSalvo, Vincent From Gulfport to Kanchipuram
Vincent DeSalvo was drafted into the US Army Air Force. He was at Gulfport Field in Gulfport, Mississippi for a while...
Bell, Harry From Hattiesburg to Europe
Harry Bell was born in May 1925 and grew up in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He graduated high school in May 1943 and by...
Kaylor, Emmett From Highspire, Pennsylvania to Luzon
Emmett Kaylor was born in Highspire, Pennsylvania. He went to school from kindergarten to 12th grade was in the same...
Mock, John From Kansas to Scotland
[Annotator's Note: Interview begins with interviewer introducing himself.] John Henry Mock was born in September 1925...
Kiefer, Keith From Las Vegas to Enewetak
Keith Kiefer got his ground radio maintenance training in Biloxi, Mississippi, at Keesler Air Force Base. Kiefer then...
Wold, Vernon From Le Havre to Linz
On 10 January 1945, Vernon Wold went by train to Camp Shanks, New York [Annotator's Note: Camp Shanks in Orangetown,...
Jaccarino, Richard From Long Island to Leyte
Soon after being drafted into the Army, Richard Jaccarino was sent to Camp Upton at the end of Long Island, New York...
Wolf, Robert From Louisiana to Austria
Robert Wolf trained in Louisiana in the summer of 1944. He then went to California to do amphibious training for the...
Chaisson, Roland From Louisiana to Sicily to England
Roland Chaisson was born in 1924 in Thibodaux, Louisiana. He went to high school there and played football until he...
McNeely, Walter From Minnesota to France
Walter McNeely was born in St. Paul, Minnesota [Annotator’s Note: in April 1927]. During the Great Depression [...
Barnes, Walter From New Orleans to Anzio
Walter Barnes was born in New Orleans and grew up on Webster Street in the Uptown neighborhood. Life was good for him....
King, Rivers From New Orleans to Guadalcanal
Rivers Richardson King was born in October 1920 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Great Depression effected his family...
Bucksell, Norris From New Orleans to Italy
Norris Bucksell was born in August 1921 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended Valena C. Jones Elementary School. He...
Landwehr, Carl From New Orleans to Southampton, England
Carl Landwehr was born in 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His family never had a lot of money, but they never really...
Stein, Murray From New York to German POW Camp
Murray Stein moved to Florida in 1981 after working for the US Postal Service for 37 and a half years. He was 18 when...
Curtis, William W. From New York to Great Britain
William Curtis departs for New York and heads for Manhattan Beach Training Station. Learned the alphabet in Morse Code...
Darphin, Irma "Irma Boulet" From Orange, Texas to Liverpool, England
Irma Darphin was born in Orange, Texas in August 1922. Her family moved to Crowley, Louisiana when she was one year old...
Pizzolongo, Paul From Pearl Harbor to England to Paris
Paul Pizzolongo was already in the Army and was returning from maneuvers in Pennsylvania when he heard about Pearl...
Tillery, Allen From Pearl Harbor to Kwajalein
In early January [Annotator's Note: January 1944] Allen Tillery went to Linda Vista where he boarded the USS Manila Bay...
Whitten, Sumner From Pearl Harbor to Midway
Sumner Whitten arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, west of Honolulu. The mess from the attack on Pearl Harbor was...
Linett, Joseph From Pittsburg to Ulithi
The two years of college at Carnegie Institute of Technology was helpful to Joseph Linett and the Navy. Radar was the...
Audler, Richard From Ponam to Manila
Richard Audler shipped out of the United States and steamed for to the island of Ponam, located off Manus Island [...
Burke, Dracos From PR to JAG and SAC
When he returned to the United States, Dracos Burke joined the 43rd Bomb Wing [Annotator's Note: 43rd Bombardment Wing...
Faust, Frank From School to the Navy
Frank Faust was born in January 1916 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. His father worked for...
Jones, Johnnie From South Carolina to Omaha Beach
Johnnie A. Jones Senior was made a warrant officer [Annotator's Note: officers above non-commissioned officers,...
Wichterich, George From the 9th Ward to the Army
[Annotators Note: Interview begins with the interviewer and George Wichterich talking about a tank that was knocked out...
Faust, Virgil From the Mine to a B-17
Virgil Faust was born in Windber, Pennsylvania, an old gold mining town. [Annotator's Note: Faust was born in August...
Holder, Jack From the Pacific to Europe
On 2 July 1942, Jack Holder [Annotator’s Note: serving with Patrol Squadron 23 (VP-23)] was deployed to Noumea, New...

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