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Jackson, Earnest Pearl Harbor and Montford Point
Ernest Jackson was sitting in a movie theater watching a musical when the movie was stopped and it was announced that...
Baker, Sterling Pearl Harbor and VJ-Day
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Sterling Baker if he recalls a wide variety of ships being hit. He does not]....
Grant, Lydia "Diane" Pearl Harbor Attack
Lydia Smith Grant was born in Bath, Maine. Her grandfather was a banker as was her father. Her stepfather was in the...
Schlink, Dick Pearl Harbor Attack Aftermath
Having escaped the ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Oklahoma (BB-37)] as she capsized, Richard Schlink survived the day...
McAuliffe, Edwin Pearl Harbor Changed Lives
Edwin McAuliffe was in Covington [Annotators Note: Covington, Louisiana] visiting friends. The news came across the...
Hatch, Norman Pearl Harbor Day
Norman Hatch was in New York at the March of Time [Annotator's Note: an American newsreel series sponsored by Time...
Ericson, John Pearl Harbor to Glider Infantry
John Ericson went walking in Bowne Park in Flushing [Annotator's Note: Flushing, Queens, New York, New York] with his...
Wilson, Paul Pearl Harbor to Jump School
Paul Wilson had moved to north Oklahoma City [Annotator's Note: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma] when Pearl Harbor happened [...
McWilliams, Donald Pearl Harbor to the Marines
Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams was in high school in 1941 in Ozona [Annotator's Note: Ozona, Texas]. They were shocked [...
O'Hara, Richard Pearl Harbor to Tinian
Richard O'Hara and his father were in the kitchen and heard the news of the bombing of Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...
Black, Jerome Pearl Harbor, Commissioned, and Married
Jerome Harold Black was a student at LSU [Annotator's Note: Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana] and...
Barrick, Calvin Pearl Harbor, Enlisting and Joining the Crew of the USS Tang (SS-306)
Calvin Barrick grew up on a farm. He had four brothers and one sister but two of his brothers have died. Barrick was...
Carlson, Donald Pearl Harbor, the Air Force and B-24s
Donald Albert Carlson was in high school [Annotator's Note: when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7...
Dendy, Lloyd Peleliu
Lloyd Dendy met people from different parts of the country. They had different accents and different ways of doing...
McWilliams, Donald Peleliu
Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters and Service Company, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st...
Petrus, Andrew Personal Stories and Reflections
[Annotator's Note: Andrew Petrus' wife talks about her family offscreen.] Andrew Petrus had a friend who bought a hotel...
Aust, Abner Pete Everest and Crashing During a Test Flight
Abner Aust was at Iwo Jima, Japan when the Japanese formally surrendered. He was the first pilot to go home on 11...
Vaughn, Odell Phantom Pains, Kids and Learning to Walk Again
Like many other veterans in a similar condition, Odell Vaughn felt sensations in his legs even though both were lost...
Stone, Edward Philippines then Home
Edward Stone and the USS Bumper (SS-333) joined Submarine Squadron Five in the Philippines. The squad was classified as...
Knese, Benard Photograph Discussion
Bernard Knese asks about the bricks at the museum [Annotator's Note: The National World War II Museum in New Orleans,...
Danegger, Alfred Photographing Koblenz
Immediately after the war, Alfred "Al" Danegger started taking college students to Europe on bicycle trips. On one of...
Tsubota, Thomas Photographs and Final Thoughts
[Annotator's Note: Thomas Kiyoshi Tsubota and the interviewer review a photograph album that he had kept during and...
Rose, Olaf "Olly" Picking Up a PT Boat
After he landed in Noumea, New Caledonia, Olaf Rose, his brother, and some other guys who had traveled together on the...
Galbraith, Wendell Pilot Error and No Beer
Wendell Galbraith has never told a story about the time he learned what it was like to go down in a plane while not...
Rondinelli, Ricardo Pilot Training
Ricardo R. Rondinelli was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in April 1924. During the Great Depression [Annotator's Note:...
Gallego, Anthony Pilot Training
While Anthony “Tony” Gallego was in pilot training, he was married to his wife whom he had known since she was 14 years...
Patterson, James Pilot Training
James Patterson remembers classification was the hardest part of becoming a cadet. They were considered privates as far...
Eddy, Sherwin Pilot Training
Sherwin Lansing Eddy was born January 1924 in Corona, California. His mother passed away when he was seven years old,...
Edwards, Charles Pilot Training, Getting Married, and Unit Assignment
Charles T. Edwards was sent to the University of North Carolina [Annotator's Note: Chapel Hill, North Carolina] for pre...
Abadie, Melvin Plantation to US Navy
Melvin Abadie was born on the Evergreen Plantation in Wallace, Louisiana in June 1925. He spent the first eight years...
Baumgarten, Harold Plastic Surgery and Going Home
Harold Baumgarten was released from the Royal Navy hospital [Annotator's Note: in Portsmouth, England] around 4 July...
Finder, Rena Plaszow Concentration Camp and Working for Oskar Schindler
Soon after her father was taken away, Rena Finder and her mother were told they had to go to the Plaszow concentration...
Walter, Robert Playing ball and seeing the country
Robert Walter had 40 men under him during the Battle of the Bulge. He never had a problem with that. While he was in...
Bird, Lyle Playing in a Band
Lyle Bird was born in May 1926 in Bakersfield, California and grew up in Oakland, California. Bird was one of three...
Kerry, Margaret Playing Tinkerbell
Margaret Kerry felt special she had been chosen to play Tinkerbell [Annotator's Note: the sassy fairy in Disney's 1953...
de Marcken, Christian Playing with Danger
Christian de Marcken recalled that when his family was forced back to Belgium, their home had been occupied by the...

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