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Banghart, William Shipped to North Africa
William Banghart was in the 71st Ghost Artillery and sent to Washington, D.C. as an anti-aircraft unit. They went to a...
Leonard, Edward Shipped to North Africa
Edward J. Leonard remembers they lost the horses and got armored cars and tanks in their place. They were shipped out...
Sledge, Nevin Shipped to the Pacific
Nevin Sledge had 319 pilots in his graduating class in Corpus [Annotator’s Note: Corpus Christi, Texas]. They were...
Groth, Walter Shipped to the Pacific
Walter Groth landed in Leyte [Annotator’s Note: Leyte, the Philippines]. He saw General MacArthur [Annotator's Note:...
Lopez, Lionel Shipped to the Pacific
Lionel Lopez remembers that they took a ship to Australia, but ended up in San Francisco [Annotator’s Note: San...
Skare, Theodore Shipped to the Pacific
[Annotator's Note: There was an odd tape break and the conversation starts mid-sentence]. Theodore Skare was aboard the...
Dendrinelis, Socrates Shipping Out
Socrates Dendrinelis was assigned to the USS Carina (AK-74). They headed to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl...
Simmons, Curt Shore Duty and Overseas Voyages
Curt Simmons served as a US Navy Armed Guard gunner aboard merchant ships. Even at the start of the war there were...
Jasicko, Frank Shot Down Over Yugoslavia
On 31 May 1944, Frank Jasicko [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 781st Bombardment Squadron, 465th Bombardment Group,...
Carter, Alex Sicily
Alex Carter Sr. went to boot camp in Norfolk, Virginia. He wanted to go to Vicksburg, Mississippi for welding school,...
LaRose, Bruce Sicily and Normandy
Bruce LaRose [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, veteran of the North...
Maymon, Paul Sicily Campaign
After the Battle of El Guettar [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of El Guettar, 23 March to 7 April 1943; El Guettar,...
Brown, Bernard Siegfried Line Fighting
From Camp Howze [Annotator's Note: Camp Howze in Gainesville, Texas; now Gainesville municipal airport], Bernard Brown...
Guidry, Edmond Sinking a Japanese Submarine
Edmond Guidry took a troop ship out of San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] with no escort and...
Twible, Harlan Sinking of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
[Annotator's Note: This segment begins with the interviewer asking Harlan Twible to describe the USS Indianapolis (CA-...
Dufour, O'Hearn Sinking of the USS Preston (DD-379)
O’Hearn “Duffy” Vincent Dufour, assigned to the USS Preston (DD-379), met the fleet in the Pacific [Annotator’s Note:...
Eakes, Thomas Six Battle Stars, Home, and Postwar Life
[Annotator's Note: Thomas Eakes served in the US Army Air Forces with the 713th Bombardment Squadron, 448th Bombardment...
Quigley, Tom Slapton Sands and D-Day Landing
Tom Quigley jumped on a train and made his way with the other soldiers down to central England to a military base at...
Aziz, Edmund Sonar and PA systems
When Edmund Aziz and his ship [Annotator’s Note: USS Reeves (DE-156)] returned to Norfolk [Annotator’s Note: Norfolk,...
Mills, George Southern Boy to Army Soldier
George F. Mills was born in Spencer, Tennessee in May 1921. His family moved to Rock Island, Tennessee where his father...
Thompson, Thomas Southern France to the Pacific
During the invasion of Southern France [Annotator's Note: Operation Dragoon, Provence, Southern France, 15 August 1944...
Ruess, Richard Special Kind of Missions
Richard R. Ruess was sent to Canada on the St. Lawrence River [Annotator's Note: after being assigned to the 1st...
Boeke, Robert Specialized Training
Robert Boeke went to infantry training school which was 16 weeks of training at Fort Benning [Annotator's Note: Fort...
McEwen, Richard Specialty Training and Assignment
Initial PT-boat [Annotator's Note: patrol torpedo boat] training for Richard McEwen took place at Newport, Rhode Island...
Swan, Robert Spotting the Japanese at Midway
At Midway, Robert Swan was classified as a first pilot and navigator. The patrol plane commander was Jack Reid. Swan...
Hall, Meda Squadron Missions
Meda Royce Hall and his squadron [Annotator's Note: Composite Squadron 68 (VC-68) aboard the USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70)]...
Villars, Robert SS Benjamin D. Wilson
Robert Villars returned to the Armed Guard center at the New Orleans Naval Station [Annotator's Note: in New Orleans,...
DuBose, John SS Bostonian and Staying One Stap Ahead of the Draft Board
John DuBose reached his new ship [Annotator's Note: the SS Bostonian] and was immediately given lifeboat training. He...
Spera, George Stateside Duty
George Spera went through basic training and then to the ASTP, Army Specialized Training Program. With the ASTP he...
Gilmore, Wayne Stateside Duty
While on a transport ship, Wayne McKinnon Gilmore was on crow's nest duty [Annotator's Note: the crow's nest is a...
Griffith, Leon Stateside Maneuvers to Mules in New Guinea
[Annotator's Note: Leon Griffith was guarding the Florida Keys as a member of the 155th Infantry Regiment, 31st...
LaPook, Sidney Stateside Service
At Fort Sill, Sidney LaPook was just doing dentistry. It was required to have at least seven opposing teeth for the...
Field, Richard Stateside Service
[Annotator's Note: Richard Field served in the Army as a paratrooper with the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, then...
Edwards, Randall Stateside Service and Occupation Duty
At 11 years in the Navy, Randall Edwards decided to make a career of the military. In 1946, he had an unfortunate...
Paege, Harry Stateside Soldier
Harry George Paege, Junior was at Camp Fannin [Annotator's Note: in Tyler, Texas] for a long time. Soldiers in the...
McGovern, George Stateside Training and Overseas Deployment
George McGovern had one his buddies took him up in a plane to see if he could still fly a few years ago. He was able to...

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