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London, James Metz and the Saar
James Harvard London shipped out of Southampton [Annotator's Note: Southampton, England] on the Belgian ship...
Wingo, Hugh Midway
Hugh Wingo was at Midway [Annotator’s Note: The Battle of Midway, 4 to 7 June 1942; Midway Island]. This was the next...
Hall, William Midway Island
William Hall reached Sand Island in the Midway Atoll with his personal equipment. Midway was a stopping point for Pan-...
Hammond, Jr., Robert C. Midway to Guadalcanal
[Annotator’s Note: Video skips throughout the segment and the audio does not sync with video.] Robert C. Hammond Jr....
Smith, Samuel Military Honors
Samuel W. Smith was awakened to fly a mission. He had to get up and get his crew ready. They had their breakfast and...
Stables, Barbara Military Intelligence
Barbara Stables remembers they got an apartment on the third floor in a building where generals lived. [Annotator’s...
Glass, Murray Military Musician
Murray Glass was drafted and sent to the Fort Dix, New Jersey reception center for a few weeks. He then went to the...
Uthes, Roy MIlitary Police
Roy Uthes grew up in Detroit, Michigan. His father was a policeman. Uthes had brothers who were also in the service. He...
Tarantelli, Armand Military Police in Europe
[Annotator's Note: There is another person in the room off screen that interjects to help interviewee with the...
Glusing, Benjamin Military Police Training
Camp Bowie [Annotator's Note: in Brownwood, Texas] was a major camp that could handle several regiments. At the same...
Ward, George Military Policeman in CBI and Europe
George C. Ward Bombay [Annotator’s Note: he was deployed to Bombay, India as a member of the 503rd Military Police...
Ladner, Nimocks Military Service
Nimocks Foyle Ladner was seventeen when he joined the Navy. He did not want to crawl through the bushes and see the...
McKnight, Harry Military Service
Harry McKnight was born in Detroit, Michigan in July 1926. He had an older brother. The family moved to Ohio soon...
Bartels, Carl Military Service
Carl C. Bartels, M.D. [Annotator's Note: Doctor of Medicine] arrived at the beaches far enough away to see what was...
Lamm, Edwin Military Service in the Pacific
Edwin Lamm was assigned to the Air Transport Command at Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base [Annotator's Note: now Travis...
Davis, William Military Stateside
[Annotator’s Note: There is background noise throughout this segment.] William Isham Davis [Annotator’s Note: serving...
Creekmore, Thomas Military Training
Thomas Creekmore did what they told him [Annotator's Note: when Creekmore was drafted January 1943]. He told his wife...
Fagerstrom, Stanley Military Training
Stanley Fagerstrom did not find boot camp to be bad. He made a lot of friendships. He felt they were being well-trained...
Jaffe, Stanley Military Training
Dr. Stanley Jaffe's basic training at Camp Barkeley, Texas [Annotator's Note: in Abilene, Texas] was straightforward....
Bowie, James Military Training
James Bowie was stationed in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] for boot camp. He lived in a tent in...
Frazier, Glenn Military Training
Glenn Frazier met a large sergeant when he arrived in Camp Shelby. Some of the new recruits were destined for Hawaii....
Scoppa, Carmen Military Training
[Annotator's Note: Carmen Scoppa is in a hospital and voices can be heard in the background throughout the interview...
Hirsekorn, Fred Military Training
Fred Hirsekorn was drafted in early 1943. After induction at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas he was sent to Camp Campbell,...
Mabarac, Raymond Military Training and Deployment
During basic training in Miami Beach [Annotator's Note: Miami Beach, Florida], Raymond Mabarac lived in a hotel for a...
Sylvest, Thomas Military Training and Deployment to Hawaii
Thomas Ard Sylvest enlisted in the Army Air Forces and began his training at Keesler Field in Biloxi, Mississippi. He...
Baxter, Lionel Military Training and Field Life
Lionel Baxter was trained to handle ammunition [Annotator's Note: as part of a gun crew in Battery A, 941st Field...
Fried, J. M. Military Training and Overseas
J.M. "Jimmy" Fried, Jr. attended officer training school at Fort Benning [Annotator's Note: Fort Benning, Georgia]. The...
Haffner, Robert Military Training and Overseas Deployment
On 7 December 1941, Robert Haffner and a friend of his borrowed their fathers' cars and rode around Detroit celebrating...
Watson, Donald Military Training and Overseas Deployment
Donald G. Watson was sent to Camp Carson, Colorado during the winter and was assigned to the 71st Infantry Division....
Ito, Susumus Military Training and Overseas Deployment to Italy
Susumas Ito was sent to Camp Shelby [Annotator's Notes: Hattiesburg, Mississippi] as a motor sergeant for a cadre in...
Schmidt, Vernon Military Training to Deployment in Europe
In 1944,Vernon Schmidt began his military training with a cannon company on the 105mm howitzer [Annotator's Note: M2A1...
Ventura, Nicholas Military Training to Overseas
Nicholas Ventura Sr. joined the Army and was sent to Spartanburg, South Carolina for basic training for 10 weeks. He...
Hihn, Stewart Military Training to Overseas Deployment
Stewart Hihn was sent to Fort Meade [Annotator's Note: Fort George G. Meade in Anne Arundel County, Maryland] for...
Cook, Edward Military Training to the Bulge
After graduating high school at 17 years old, Edward J. Cook found work with the New York Life Insurance Company as a...
Lawrence, Paul Milne Bay, New Guinea
Paul Lawrence did not know how many people were on the base where he was stationed [Annotator's Note: at Milne Bay, New...
Grass, Philip Mindoro
Philip Grass and his unit [Annotator’s Note: 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division] left Leyte and...

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