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Barnes, William Segment 4
William Barnes was sent home on leave after returning to the United States from the Pacific. He enjoyed seeing his...
Doi, Michael Segment 4
While Michael Doi was overseas his family and everyone he knew from Oxnard [Annotators Note: Oxnard, California] was...
Myers, Leroy Segment 4
They loaded the back of their rig. They took the ballast off and put the goods in there so they did not go hungry. They...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 4
When Executive Order 9066 [Annotator's Note: Executive Order 9066, or EO 9066 led the way for the internment of...
Ehlers, Walter Segment 4
Ehlers, the interviewer, and a third party are talking during a brief break they took when the interviewer’s cell phone...
Wagner, Helen Segment 5
The Wagners served for about three and a half years. They got out of the service in 1946 and put the war behind them....
Malarkey, Donald Segment 5
On the 3rd of January 1945 the 101st [Annotator's note: 101st Airborne Division] attacked through the Bois Jacques...
Connick Sr., Harry Segment 5
Connick recalls having great respect for the Marines they picked up at Iwo Jima. He watched them fight, seeing the...
Leahr, John Segment 5
Leahr got quite a bit of mail from home. Mail was important to him. He had three brothers in the service. One brother...
Gravois, Francois "F.D." Segment 5
The Americal [Annotator's Note: the US Army Americal Division] came in in October [Annotator's Note: October 1942] and...
Ichikawa, Grant Segment 5
Grant Ichikawa does not feel that he did anything special being a linguist. He had a job to do and he did it. Ichikawa...
De Mers, William Segment 5
When DeMers was wounded [Annotator’s Note: on New Guinea] he was taken by the aid men to the regimental aid station....
Bishop, Charles Segment 5
Charles Bishop stayed with the Piranha [Annotators Note: USS Piranha (SS-389)] to put her out of commission since he...
Doi, Michael Segment 5
Michael Doi does not recall hearing about the death of President Roosevelt. Doi made a lot of Caucasian friends on the...
Woods, Edward Segment 5
Woods was a wiper in the engine room. There were 15 wipers aboard large ships. The wipers reported to the 1st Mate....
Cokinos, Michael Segment 5
Michael Cokinos was only in charge of Russian prisoners for a short amount of time. The Russians were prisoners of the...
Rall, Gunther Segment 5
After losing his thumb Rall was out of combat for a while because his wound was infected.He went back to his wing early...
Starnes, James Segment 5
When the ceremony was over [Annotator’s Note: the Japanese surrender ceremony on 2 September 1945] the sky was filled...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 6
Yellin went to see Doris, but his name was called to go on an airplane back to New York. A Lieutenant Colonel gave...
Stinson, Handy Segment 6
Most of the time, they got along with the Filipinos. Stinson notes that any foreigner who comes in and occupies another...
Paluch, Theodore "Ted" Segment 6
Paluch believes that it is very important that institutions like the World War II Museum preserve the stories of people...
Benario, Janice "Janice Martin" Segment 6
Janice Benario met her future husband at a Latin seminar at Johns Hopkins. Benario’s husband took a position at Emory...
Bell, Bryan Segment 6
Bell has trouble bringing up exactly what his unit was doing at the time because he remembers it as a, "constant...
Diamond, Joseph Segment 6
[Annotators Note: Joseph Diamond served in the army as a combat medic with the 413th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry...
Greer, Richard Segment 6
Richard Greer thought very highly of the navy medical personnel who worked with them. The pharmacist’s mates were...
Erickson, Martha Segment 6
Erickson was always active in church groups and organizations such as Daughters of the American Revolution. She lost...
Johnson, Oscar Segment 6
After the war, Oscar Johnson remained single and never had children. He did not marry until 1986. He feels his wife [...
Childers, Lloyd Segment 6
The planes all arrived about the same time. They then steamed north.The men knew that the Japanese had sent an armada...
Rankin, Robert "Shorty" Segment 7
Even though many of the German pilots were under-qualified the 109 [Annotator's Note: German Messerschmitt Me-109...
De Mers, William Segment 7
It took them 3 weeks to get to Australia in the convoy. When he came home it took 15 days.DeMers never had trouble with...
Mack, Frank Segment 7
When Mack was going into Okinawa in the Higgins boat, he claims he had a vision. It was a vision of his mother. His...
Christie, Robert Segment 7
Robert Christie got orders to go back to the United States via a troop ship. The ship was named the Newburn Victory....
Dennis, David Segment 7
To David Dennis Oran, North Africa looked just like any other town but the French people there were happy to see them....
Greer, Richard Segment 7
Richard Greer left Guadalcanal on 5 or 6 January 1943 and went to Melbourne. He was very happy to be leaving the island...
Myers, Leroy Segment 7
They had to break the monotony. They would see someone get beat and they would laugh about the way he hollered or the...
Bollinger, Ardell Segment 7
Ardell Bollinger did not report back to base immediately. Bollinger still has shrapnel in his foot from when he was...

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