Overseas deployment

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Ross, Wilburn Segment 2
Wilburn K. Ross was on a ship heading through the Straits of Gibraltar when an announcement was made that Germany had...
Quintana, Ben Segment 2
After Quintana went through boot camp, he came out feeling like he could fight anyone. They prepared the men in boot...
Henderson, William Segment 2
Henderson flew as a tail gunner on a B-17 [Annotator’s Note: American B-17 Flying Fortress bomber] until his last...
Bell, Bryan Segment 2
At Ft. Benning, Bell ended up training with the 79th Infantry Division. As an officer, Bell remembers going through...
Schmedemann, Keith Segment 2
They left Fort Dix in October 1943. They sent their families home.They went to Europe on a liberty ship. The whole...
Vessey, John "Jack" Segment 2
John Vessey and his unit headed to Fort Dix to prepare to go overseas. They were supposed to go on a French ship but it...
Barnes, William Segment 2
William Barnes served aboard USS PC-590 which was a patrol craft. During the early part of 1942 the navy was desperate...
Woods, Edward Segment 2
Woods did well in school. He could have gone on to any of the advanced training schools but he volunteered to go out as...
Holloman, William Segment 2
In 1940 Holloman had attempted to volunteer for the Canadian Air Force. He filled out the application and his father...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 2
Leonard Spivey did very well in his training and was qualified to continue training as a navigator. Spivey went to...
Karr, Robert Segment 2
One of Karr's uncles was an original member of the American Legion when it was founded in Paris in World War I. Another...
McNeil, Esther Segment 2
McNeil reported to Fort Belvoir [Annotator's Note: Fort Belvoir, Virginia] but that was too close to Washington D.C....
James, C.W. "Tex" Segment 2
He was asleep in his bunk [Annotator's Note: aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco, CA38] early in the morning of...
Compton, Lynn "Buck" Segment 2
Lynn Compoton had just played football against USC when Pearl Harbor was bombed. Compton woke up to hearing people talk...
Thatcher, David "Dave" Segment 2
Thatcher watched and was actually in a few of the B-25's that were practicing taking off from a short runway. It gave...
Crain, Joe Segment 2
When Crain was in the armada heading towards the beaches [Annotator's Note: during the invasion of Sicily, July 1943],...
Bollinger, Ardell Segment 2
Ardel Bollinger did not get along with the Colonel in England. When Bollinger asked for a recommendation to join the...
Baum, Abraham "Abe" Segment 2
Baum recalls that Jewish men did not receive the recognition that the other soldiers did. It was not as bad for the...
Mann, Karl Segment 2
Mann was initially sent to Camp Lee, Virginia where he got his uniforms and his vaccination shots. He then took 17...
Weinart, John Segment 2
John Weinart notes that three months after he got to Europe there were only ten of them left. Many were killed, injured...
Perrett, Marvin Segment 2
Perrett was sent on a truck to Little Creek, Virginia. When Mr. Higgins [Annotator’s Note: Andrew Higgins] finished...
Bacon, Giles Segment 2
Giles Bacon remained at Merritt Island for five months before transferring to Quantico, Virginia. He then transferred...
McClellan, James Segment 2
McClellan and two other people were selected to take the guns down to Paris. On the train ride down he was with a...
Galloway, Thomas Segment 2
Galloway lost his radio at one point and had to join up with another radio operator. Galloway recalls one afternoon...
Hopkins, Lewis Segment 2
Hopkins finished that phase in September 1941. Hopkins was assigned to Bombing Squadron 4 which operated off of the USS...
Feightner, Edward "Whitey" Segment 2
Feightner and a friend, Red Hall, attended the CPT [Annotator's Note: Civilian Pilot Training] class their school [...
Starnes, James Segment 2
They were cruising around Java when they ran aground in the valley straights [Annotator’s Note: aboard the USS Boise in...
Bailey, Herman Segment 2
Bailey checked in with his draft board and was put on a bus to Camp Croft. He told the army recruiter that he wanted to...
Gatewood, Joel Segment 2
From Nebraska they flew to Bangor, Maine. There were 36 planes that flew out of Maine to go overseas. They were...
Johnson, Oscar Segment 2
Oscar Johnson went to Kingman, Arizona for gunnery school and then to Lincoln, Nebraska to assemble the crew. From...
Deen, Braswell Segment 2
When they landed on New Caledonia they were told they were going to march off their sea legs with a thirty mile hike....
Standifer, Leon Segment 2
Standifer was at Ft. Benning for 16 weeks. From there Standifer went to Camp McCain with the 94th Infantry. There were...
Cole, Richard Segment 2
On the trip from Pendleton to Columbia [Annotators Note: Oregon to South Carolina in December 1941] Richard Cole was...
Zager, Raymond Segment 2
They [Annotator's Note: Raymond Zager and his fellow soldiers of the 66th Infantry Regiment, 71st Infantry Division]...
Kassal, Bentley Segment 2
Kassal enlisted in January of 1942 and was assigned to the Army Air Forces. He was sent to Camp Upton at Yaphank, Long...
Ehlers, Walter Segment 2
The 3rd Infantry Division assimilated all of its regiments into the 3rd Division's headquarters at Fort Lewis,...

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