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Reilly, Joseph Interviews and Traveling
Joseph Dean Reilly was a Private First Class [Annotator's Note: PFC, with Headquarters, 3rd Battalion, 501st Parachute...
Schleider Jr., Benjamin Into Combat
Benjamin Schleider and his unit [Annotator's Note: 6th Armored Division] landed at Utah Beach on 18 July 1944. The...
Blunt, Rockie Into Combat
[Annotator’s Note: The sound is muffled.] Rockie Blunt’s father told him to join the Army. He attended Fort McClellan,...
Muller, Henry Into Yokohama
Henry Muller was present for the arrival of General Douglas MacArthur at Atsugi field, Japan, 30 August 1945. The...
Power, James Introduction
James Moore Power was born in Red Banks, Mississippi in May 1925. Power’s father was the head of the Mississippi Civil...
Yatsu, Lawrence Introduction and Early Life
Lawrence Yatsu served as a replacement with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Company C, 100th Infantry Battalion. He...
Luce, Dwain Invading Italy
Dwain Luce says there were several plans for airborne [Annotator's Note: 82nd Airborne Division in Allied invasion of...
Houston, Jack Invading Japan, Chinese Food and PTSD
When Jack Houston was evacuated [Annotator's Note: from Okinawa] he was taken first to Saipan then to Guam. While they...
Bucher, Francis Invasion of Kiska
Francis Bucher was on Adak [Annotator's Note: Adak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska] when the invasion of Kiska [...
Milkis, Abe Invasion of Normandy
Abe Milkis landed on Omaha Beach during the invasion of Normandy on D-Day. Rather than entering France as a...
Guisewite, Myron Invasion of Normandy
On D-Day [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], Myron L. Guisewhite flew...
Tyson, Marvin Invasion of Okinawa
Marvin Tyson was in Little Creek, Virginia [Annotator's Note: Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, now Joint...
Richard, Joseph Invasion of Okinawa
Joseph Richard stayed assigned to the USS Rigel (AR-11) throughout the war until the invasion of Okinawa. He then...
Winestone, Ted Invasion of Poland
Ted Winestone was born in September 1929 in Baranowicze, Poland [Annotator's Note: now Baranovichi, Belarus]. His...
Sullivan, George Invasion of Saipan
George Joseph Sullivan was on a ship gun crew. When he would be sitting off the beach, he would ask to go ashore. Once...
Baker, Sterling Invasion of Saipan
Sterling Baker was on the invasions of Kwajalein [Annotator's Note: Kwajalein, Marshall Islands] and Enewetok [...
Lewis, Karen Invasion of the Philippines
Karen K. Lewis was born in 1932 in Glendale, California. During the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great...
Alexander, Joseph Invited to Germany and Closing Thoughts
In 2015, Joseph Alexander was invited by the German government to help celebrate the 70th anniversary of the liberation...
Barrett, Elizabeth Involvement in the Korean War
On the day North Korea invaded South Korea [Annotator's Note: 25 June 1950], Elizabeth Barrett and her husband were...
Bowsher, Walter Isamu Ishihara
Walter Bowsher felt the commander of the prison camp at Wusong was the worst person he met. He was named Ishihara [...
Jennings, Edward Island Hopping
Edward Bruce Jennings remembers the bombing was heavy and the Japanese backed off. On Mindoro [Annotator’s Note:...
Ferris, Robert Island Hopping
[Annotator's Note: Robert J. Ferris was pilot in Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) and took part in combat...
Kelley, Archie Island Hopping, MacArthur, and MIT
Tarawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Tarawa, 20 to 23 November 1943 at Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands] was a morale...
Samet, Judah Israel, Life Lessons and Reparations
Judah Samet had a difficult time connecting with Israel as an Orthodox Jew. He was eight years old at the time he...
Samet, Judah Israeli Defense Force
Judah Samet was a willing fighter in the Israeli Defense Force. Jews have been warriors since the time of Abraham. The...
Haines, George It's Not Easy to Kill
George Haines was offered a promotion to sergeant, but he did not want it. He liked being a scout and figured the men...
McCowen, William Italians, Home, and War's End
In Italy, William McCowen [Annotator's Note: a member of the US Army Air Forces] would only see Italians when he was...
Romano, Joseph Italy
Joseph Roman was in Africa for a few months before going to Naples, Anzio, Apennines – all over [Annotators Note: Italy...
Varone, Francis "Dick" Iwo Jima
After the battle of Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945, Iwo Jima, Japan],...
Mikus, John Iwo Jima
John Mikus, Jr. was in E Company, 26th Marines [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, 5th...
Wilson, Adolph Iwo Jima
Adolph Wilson and the 5th Marine Division assaulted Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: on 19 February 1945]. The island was...
Currier, William Iwo Jima and Okinawa
William Currier [Annotator's Note: while serving as a radarman aboard the USS Hall (DD-583)] headed to Iwo Jima [...
Swinney, Lauren Jack Swinney
Lauren Swinney displays a hat from the 1940s with the V for victory emblem on the front of it. The V was a very...
Warne, Therese Japan Invades the Philippines
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: an American child living in the Philippines during World War 2] was eating...
Abadie, Melvin Japan Then Going Home
The ship Melvin Abadie was assigned to [Annotator's Note: USS Appalachian (AGC-1)] was one of 18 ships that took troops...
Dyer, Jimmie Japan to Guam to China
Jimmie Dyer and the 6th US Marine Division turned loose the kids who were training to be kamikaze pilots. Dyer later...

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