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Finkbeiner, Theodore Segment 10
The river crossing [Annotators Note: the 20 September 1944 crossing of the Waal River in Holland during Operation...
Kalil, Louis Segment 10
Kalil does not know what happened to the P-47 pilot. The airmen were taken to a different camp from the infantry. He...
Mack, Frank Segment 10
Mack is the chaplain of the Sixth Marine Division Association. He notes that the ranks are getting very thin. The...
Karr, Robert Segment 10
It turned out that a small piece of shrapnel had severed Burgess's spinal chord. Burgess was 18 years old. Karr had...
Delewski, Lawrence Segment 10
The Laffey escorted a ship named the Dashing Wave [Annotator's Note: SS Dashing Wave] all the way back to the States [...
Noack, John Segment 10
John Noack went on to fly on 1 December to fly his 13th mission. It also happened to be Noack’s 24th birthday. He came...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 10
Years later Vejtasa asked Japanese veterans if they had thought about strafing the deck and they said no. Vejtasa would...
Childers, Lloyd Segment 10
Childers was placed in a basket and hoisted onto the deck of the destroyer that had picked him and his crew up. He was...
Kleiss, Norman "Dusty" Segment 10
[Annotators Note: Norman J. Kleiss, known as Dusty, was a dive bomber pilot in Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) flying from...
Ford, Richard Segment 11
Richard Ford was pinned down by a German machine gun. He was up against a hedgerow so tight that he could not move. The...
Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 11
The local principal got him to come up there and then teachers started asking him to speak to their classes. The...
Mack, Frank Segment 11
Mack was going to bring his carbine home with him. He put it in his sea bag and had all of his stuff packed around it....
Greer, Richard Segment 11
While Richard Greer and his fellow Marines were on Guadalcanal they were bombed almost constantly. They were hit at ten...
Noack, John Segment 11
John Noack got the emergency radio set up. Noack had a little difficulty getting everything set up. Noack got seasick...
Childers, Lloyd Segment 11
The navy commander leading the Hornet's [Annotator's Note: USS Hornet, CV-8] air group was responsible for the deaths...
Kleiss, Norman "Dusty" Segment 11
[Annotators Note: Norman J. Kleiss, known as Dusty, was a dive bomber pilot in Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) flying from...
Smith,James "Horse Collar" Segment 11
For the first battle of the Matanikau, James Smith and the Raiders were going to go up the river and 1st Battalion, 7th...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 12
Lyle Bouck thought about escaping twice. Reid [Annotators Note: Bouck’s friend Matt Reid] and Bouck were on a detail...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 12
One of Clarence Anderson's men came across a German pilot shooting at men in parachutes. He shot the German down and...
Deen, Braswell Segment 12
Deen remembers the fear that was prevalent among the replacements, yet they responded when it was time to fight. He...
Kleiss, Norman "Dusty" Segment 12
Norman Kleiss knew Peter Gaido pretty well. When Kleiss was about to take off for his first carrier landing he was...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 13
Charles Scheffel’s run in with Mr. Shaw [Annotators Note: George Bernard Shaw] was not included in his book Crack and...
Kleiss, Norman "Dusty" Segment 13
[Annotators Note: Norman J. Kleiss, known as Dusty, was a dive bomber pilot in Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) flying from...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 14
Admiral Kinkaid [Annotato's Note: Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid] who had no experince with carriers or aviators, ordered a...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 14
Charles Scheffel notes that had anyone else been there they would have done the same thing. There are people fighting...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 15
Charles Scheffel located the headquarters of the 39th Infantry Regiment. He reported to the colonel who was glad to see...
Connick Sr., Harry Segment 2
Connick's boat [Annotator's Note: an LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel)] held roughly thirty-six men. Each boat...
Gardner, Clinton Segment 2
Clinton Gardner learned in May 1944 that he and other officers would be sent to a special camp to learn the details of...
Luckadoo, John Segment 2
John Luckadoo and the other cadets were segregated in advanced flight training between single engine and twin engine....
Inouye, Daniel Segment 2
Inouye realized that there were problems in every state. Segregation in the south was a problem. He was confident that...
Blanchard, Robert C. Segment 2
The ship [Annotator's Note: the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13)] wasn't at Pearl Harbor for long before heading...
Paluch, Theodore "Ted" Segment 2
At first, Paluch was attached to the 1st Army and was then transferred to the 3rd Army. When they got to the Hurtgen...
Currey, Francis S. Segment 2
Currey recalled combat along the Siegfried line as being like combat anywhere. They are shooting at you and you are...

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