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Gallaspy, Garland "Mac" Securing Corregidor and War’s End
In February 1945, Garland Miller Gallaspy [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 161st Parachute Engineer Battalion, 503rd...
Donovan, Robert Securing Leyte
Robert L. Donovan landed in Leyte [Annotator’s Note: Leyte, the Philippines] on 20 October [Annotator’s Note: 20...
Rosenbaum, James Securing Peleliu and Rest on Pavuvu
In early September 1944, James Stewart Rosenbaum shipped out for the Pacific from San Diego [Annotator's Note: San...
Geiger, John Seeing MacArthur
John Geiger remembers when he was in New Guinea [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 6th Army Special Reconnaissance...
Settles, Louise Seeing The World
Louise Settles worked in personnel, mostly making assignments. She had never left the United States before the Army....
Brewer, Chester Seeing Winston Churchill
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Chester Brewer about a story of when he threw his hat down at a colonel.]...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 1
Lyle Bouck joined the National Guard [Annotator's Note: Missouri National Guard] at the age of 14. Growing up during...
Chuck, Harris Segment 1
Chuck was born in Long Island, New York in 1917. He believes that things were going better during the Great Depression...
Phoutrides, Ari Segment 1
Ari Phoutrides was born in Seattle in 1925. His father was a priest who was moved around the country often.After high...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Segment 1
[Annotators Note: Interview begins with Theodore Finkbeiner and the interviewer discussing the interview they did three...
Gardner, Clinton Segment 1
Clinton Gardner was born in New York City on December 26, 1922. The family moved to Larchmont, New York when Gardner...
Phillips, Henry Segment 1
[Annotators Note: Segment begins with a female telling Phillips that she is going to the grocery store and will be...
Inouye, Daniel Segment 1
Interview begins with the interviewer stating that Senator Inouye is and always will be the most influential Japanese-...
Ford, Richard Segment 1
Richard Ford was born in Erie, Pennsylvania on the Great Lakes. He had two sisters and was the youngest one in the...
Onesi, Anthony "Tony" Segment 1
Onesi was born in Pennsylvania, but moved to Niagara Falls, New York at a young age. He was drafted into the Air Force...
Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 1
Baldwin was born on 7 February 1922 in Jasper, Alabama. His family moved to Birmingham in 1928 when he was 6 years old...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 1
Rogers was born in Saltville, Virginia on 1 January 1915.He graduated from high school in 1932 during the middle of the...
Rosen, Harold "Hank" Segment 1
Harold Rosen was born in Dallas, Texas in April 1925. His father owned his own business so the depression did not hit...
LaPorta, Edward Segment 1
Edward LaPorta was born in Italy in 1917. He grew up and was educated in Italy as well. His dream was to be a...
Brooks, Howard Segment 1
Brooks was born on 30 October of 1919 in Greeneville, Tennessee. He recalls his childhood during the Great Depression....
Kirk, Mancel Segment 1
Mancel Grant Kirk was born near Finger, Tennessee in 1925 and spent his whole life there except when he went away for...
Sherman, Richard Segment 1
Sherman was born and raised near Toledo, Ohio. He attended school in Toledo. He was fortunate enough to take classes at...
Blanchard, Robert C. Segment 1
Blanchard was born in Yonkers, New York. He moved around quite a bit as an employee of General Motors.He came from a...
Paluch, Theodore "Ted" Segment 1
[Annotator's Note: Interview begins mid-discussion with brief mention of the Malmedy Massacre, the massacre of 84...
Currey, Francis S. Segment 1
Currey was born in 1925 in Loch Sheldrake, New York and grew up in the small community Hurleyville, New York. His...
Ross, Wilburn Segment 1
Wilburn K. Ross grew up in Strunk, Kentucky. He worked on a farm until he was 18 then went to work in a coal mine but...
Church, Ray Segment 1
Church was born in Henryville, Utah. After high school he ended up going to Dixie College in St. George. He knew that...
Showers, Donald "Mac" Segment 1
Showers was born on a farm in Iowa. As a student, he remembers the Armed Forces recruiting students. The first station...
Jackson, Donald Segment 1
Jackson was born in Covina, California in 1924. He was a senior in high school on 7 December 1941 when Pearl Harbor was...
Tenney, Lester Segment 1
Tenney joined the National Guard in November of 1940. He joined to get his year of service completed before the draft...
Bishop, Charles Segment 1
Charles Bishop was born in New Haven, Connecticut in November of 1920. The depression years were sketchy. His mother...
Monpat, Raymond Segment 1
Monpat was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He went to E.D. White High School for one year then quit and went...
Doi, Michael Segment 1
Michael J. Doi was born in California. On 19 January 1942 Doi was inducted into the US Army at the age of 21. The army...
Biddle, Melvin Segment 1
Biddle was born in Daleville, Indiana on November 28th, 1923. Daleville had about nine hundred people. He lived there...
Diamond, Joseph Segment 1
Joseph Diamond served with the 104th Infantry Division, which is the Timberwolf Division. He was born in Camden, New...
Wahlen, George Segment 1
Wahlen was born in a farmhouse near Ogden, Utah. Soon after he was born his family moved to Ogden where they stayed...

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