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Chaisson, Roland Joining the Army, Learning of Pearl Harbor and the Sicilian Campaign
Roland Chaisson volunteered for the Army when he was 17. He didn't like the Navy and the Marine Corps sounded too tough...
Durocher, Edmund Joining the Marine Corps
Edmund Durocher was born in Manhattan and moved to Queens when he was eight years old. He graduated from high school in...
Womack, Charles L. "Red" Joining the Marine Corps and Training
Charles Womack was born in October 1922 and grew up in McComb, Mississippi. His parents were divorced and his father...
Hebert, Willie Roy Joining the Marines
Willie Roy Hebert joined the Marine Corps due to their reputation. He came out of boot camp as a PFC [Annotator's Note...
Burgin, Romus "R.V." Joining the Marines and Overseas Deployment
Romus Burgin was born in Jewett, Texas and stayed there until he graduated high school in 1941. He joined the Marine...
Bannai, Paul Joining the Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Paul Takeo Bannai decided to go to Washington D.C. to lobby for the inclusion of Japanese-Americans in the military. He...
Boitnott, Monty Joining the National Guard
Joe Boitnott was born Monty Joe Boitnott in April 1921 and raised in Maxwell, Iowa. Boitnott’s mother was a housekeeper...
Fisher, Clayton Joining the Navy
Clayton Fisher planned to join the Army Air Corps until a friend of his joined the Navy as an aviator. Fisher applied...
Snyder, Phillip "PB" Joining the Navy
[Annotator's Note: Interviewee pauses the interview several times, struggles to remember events, and repeats statements...
Duck, Cecil Joining the Navy
Cecil N. Duck was born in August 1925 in Bay Minnette, Alabama, and when he was six years old, his family moved to...
Brock, Pete Joining the Navy
Pete Brock and his twin brother enlisted in the Navy together on 27 April 1944 and were called to active duty on 6 June...
Werner, Morton Joining the Navy
Morton William Werner was born in February 1927 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He grew up in a middle-class home. His...
Nelson, Philip Joining the Navy
Philip Nelson was born in Woodbridge, New Jersey in December 1920. During the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: The...
Schoonejans, Emil J. Joining the Navy and Cleared for Submarine Duty
Emil Schoonejans volunteered for service in the Navy. He originally wanted to go into the air force. He and a buddy...
Surratt, Carey Joining the Navy and Deploying Overseas
Carey Suratt trained at Great Lakes, Illinois. Boot camp lasted five weeks. He enjoyed boot camp. The trainees learned...
Brant, Robert Joining the Navy and Overseas Deployment
[Annotator’s Note: chit chat for the first 13 seconds of the interview] Robert Brant was born 10 October 1924 in Denver...
Lewis, Noah Joining the Navy and Overseas Deployment
Noah Lewis was drafted and inducted into the Navy in Lafayette, Louisiana. He was examined by military doctors and then...
Bethard, Orville Joining the Navy and Preparing to go to Sea
Orville Bethard was attending Washington High School when he learned about the attack on Pearl Harbor. He enlisted in...
Kesselman, Emil Joining the Navy, Guam, and Postwar Reserves
Emil Kesselman went through boot camp in Samson, New York [Annotator’s Note: after enlisting in the US Navy in November...
West, Gerald L. Joining the Raiders
The Marine Raiders formed from Gerald West's old battalion, the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. The Raiders were...
Gangwere, Blanche "Blanche Gregory" Joining the Red Cross and Going Overseas
Blanche Gangwere was 26 and over the minimum age of 24 when she joined the Red Cross [Annotator's Note: American Red...
Ashford, Willard Joining the Sea Bees
Willard Ashford was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in May 1928. His family was mostly poverty-ridden due to the Great...
Campbell, John Joining the Service
John Edward Campbell was born in August 1920 in Porterville, California. His mother died in 1930 when he was ten years...
Van Eaton, Jack Joining the Service
[Annotator’s Note: There is a person off camera prompting the interviewee to answer the interviewer’s questions...
Broll, Walter Joining the US Merchant Marine
Walter Broll passed through the station [Annotator's Note: the Merchant Marine training station at Sheepshead Bay in...
Cawley, David J. Joining the USS Enterprise (CV-6)
[Annotator's Note: David Cawley is very difficult to understand and follow throughout this clip. Cawley joined the Navy...
Guderian, Emmett Joining the USS Independence (CVL-22)
Emmett Guderian was told he would not be able to go home before shipping out overseas. [Annotator's Note: Guderian...
Smith, Thomas Joining the War to Saipan
When they bombed Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941], there...
Horton, Alan Joining UDT-7 and Okinawa
Allen Horton was commissioned out of midshipmen's school in Chicago, Illinois, and proceeded to Scouts and Raiders...
Witmeyer, John "J.J." Joining Up and Military Training
John Witmeyer went to enlist in the United States military the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 8...
Peto, George Joining Up and Shipping Out
George Peto was born in Akron, Ohio in 1922. He grew up in the Portage Lakes area near Akron on an old farm during the...
Beaugh, George Journey Overseas, Unit Assignment and Preparing for Missions
George Beaugh recalled that his crew took the Northern route to England. Since the weather was so bad, they had to stop...
Clark, Earl Journey to Joining the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment
For Earl Ervin Clark to be selected for the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, he had to submit three letters of...
Langrehr, Henry Jump School to England
Henry Langrehr had heard about the paratroopers. When he went to join, he told them that is what he wanted. At that...
Morgan, Fred Jump School to North Africa
Fred B. Morgan Junior was one of the original members of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. He went through jump...
Billingsley, James Jump Training to Luzon
James Billingsley was at Fort Benning [Annotator's Note: Fort Benning, Georgia] in an area called The Frying Pan. The...

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