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Myers, Leroy Segment 16
There was sharp drop off and that is how they were able to put the destroyer right up on the beach. Myers could only...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 16
Kanaya had no idea if everyone made it back. They got off of the train in Chicago; there was a train from the Pacific...
Zawada, Robert Segment 17
Zawada regrets not finding out who the others prisoners were in his ward. He's never been able to find out anything...
Noack, John Segment 17
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewer explains to Noack about an item in The National WWII Museum's collection.] John Noack...
Myers, Leroy Segment 17
Myers knows how Mahatma Gandhi survived; he could do it. He does not know why, but he understands how people can go and...
Myers, Leroy Segment 18
Because of the war, those that survived were probably better off. They could get a job if they were willing to work.It...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 19
Freddie Ohr learned that his uncle had flown as a top turret gunner in B-25 bombers based in Africa. Ohr did not know...
Phoutrides, Ari Segment 2
Phoutrides took part in the Normandy invasion. He knew what was happening but couldn't understand the enormity of the...
Inouye, Daniel Segment 2
Inouye realized that there were problems in every state. Segregation in the south was a problem. He was confident that...
Murphy, Robert Segment 2
[Annotators Note: Robert Murphy served in the army as a paratrooper and pathfinder in Company A, 1st Battalion, 505th...
Stinson, Handy Segment 2
They proceeded to Samar to the repair base. The boats had already begun to be renovated because they had been assigned...
Ross, Wilburn Segment 2
Wilburn K. Ross was on a ship heading through the Straits of Gibraltar when an announcement was made that Germany had...
Tenney, Lester Segment 2
Tenney's first contact with the Japanese was on the morning of the 10th [Annotator’s Note: April 10, 1942] in a bivouac...
Crump, Ralph Segment 2
Crump was only aware that the Depression was a tragedy. Times were hard. Crump’s dad was unemployed half of the time....
Ohr, Freddie Segment 20
Freddie Ohr got back for Marie's graduation. He had to clean up a little bit when he landed then he joined them at the...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 21
Freddie Ohr notes that another day LeMay [Annotators Note: USAAF then USAF General Curtis LeMay] landed and was looking...
Inouye, Daniel Segment 3
The company that Inouye served in had the highest number of casualties with 42. Even the band was cut in half. In...
Rosen, Harold "Hank" Segment 3
After Harold Rosen was wounded, he went back into action. The shrapnel was embedded and it allowed him to serve, but...
Stinson, Handy Segment 3
As far as a specific routine, they knew what had to be done when they woke up in the morning. The crews were very...
Diamond, Joseph Segment 3
There was a guy in Joseph Diamond's outfit [Annotators Note: the 413th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry Division] that...
Holloman, William Segment 3
When Holloman got to Ramitelli [Annotator’s Note: Italy] there were no P-47s [Annotator's Note: Republic P-47 "...
Bailey, Herman Segment 3
Bailey had been walking around the ship [Annotator's Note: the ship that was taking him to the invasion of Okinawa]. He...
Leisey, Alvin Segment 3
Leisey was sent to Pearl Harbor [Annotator’s Note: Hawaii] for surgery. They operated on his hand and back. It was a...
Billow, Harold Segment 4
Billow recalls his friend Robert "Sketch" Marigg telling him about the incident. Sketch saw everything from a bush on...
Wagner, Helen Segment 4
Wagner's other brother was also in the Pacific and would write to the family telling them that he was trying to meet up...
Connick Sr., Harry Segment 4
Connick recalls the atmosphere of New Orleans during the war. He remembers men being replaced by stars in the window [...
Flournoy, Maxine Segment 4
Flournoy did not have an instructors rating. She went to Alice airport [Annotator’s Note: Alice, Texas airport] after...
Stinson, Handy Segment 4
With all of the different kinds of huts that the Filipinos used they mainly used armor-piercing ammunition because...
Biddle, Melvin Segment 4
Biddle was not allowed to return to combat because he was being put up for the Medal of Honor. He was told that he had...
Diamond, Joseph Segment 4
[Annotators Note: Joseph Diamond served in the army as a combat medic with the 413th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry...
Delewski, Lawrence Segment 4
Years ago Delewski did an interview for National Geographic. He accompanied his commanding officer Captain Becton [...
Ward, Harold Segment 4
Harold Ward remembers that it was quiet after they secured from general quarters. Around three in the afternoon 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...
Wicker, Benjamin Segment 4
Wicker was told to go relieve the man on the gate but he refused because he knew he had more points than any man over...

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