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James Shelton Scales majored in insurance when he was in college. He signed up as an insurance agent after the war. He...
In December 1944, Constance Cresswell married an American who was stationed at a supply depot in England with the 8th...
[Annotator's Note: Wendell Delavan Cole suffers from Parkinson's disease and needs the assistance of his son to...
Sandford Robert Willford served with the 5th Air Force, 49th Fighter Group, 9th Fighter Squadron stationed in the South...
Ryan O’Brien's most memorable experience was when the Messerschmitts [Annotator's Note: German Messerschmitt Me-109 or...
The South [Annotator's Note: the Southern states in the United States] was poor and the Northern states were better off...
World War 2 changed Richard Willett's life by making it possible for him to go to college. He learned how to discipline...
Bernard Hillenbrand fought in World War 2 because he is proud to be an American. When his grandfather immigrated to...
Donald F. Goyette has four sons, all of whom have achieved success in their lives. When he retired, he and his wife of...
Lawson T. Winslow, Junior's most memorable experience of World War 2 was hearing about the atomic bomb [Annotator's...
Sara "Sally" Manning's life would have been completely different had she not volunteered for the Navy. It gave her the...
Robert G. Aldous' attitude was to either fight in the war or lose the war [Annotator's Note: when asked by the...
Nicole Sabbag Spangenberg learned to survive because of World War 2. She learned to fend for herself and take what she...
Albert G. Sutcliffe's gunnery sergeant Annotator's Note: in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...
Vaughn Whitworth did not decide to fight in World War 2, he was inducted. He felt it was his duty to go along. He did...
William McCowen [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the US Army Air Forces] was about 20 miles away from where Mussolini [...
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Carrel Reavis where he thinks the Montford Point Marines fit into the Civil...
Bernice Williams' experience as woman Marine [Annotator's Note: US Marine Corps Women's Reserve] in World War 2 has...
John L. Cowan does not remember much about his time in the military. It was not very exciting. Cowan decided to serve...
The most memorable experience of World War 2 for Carroll George was the fountain of black crude oil in the crew's...
Leon Grunte says it is hard to tell how the war affected him. He let it go, dismissed it. He thinks of the funny things...
[Annotator's Note: The sound quality is diminished throughout this segment.] George Henry Rosenberg was changed by...
Helene Minehira [Annotator's Note: a person of Japanese descent in Hawaii] worked at Fort Shafter [Annotator's Note: in...
Shirley Sandy Schulman is thankful that her husband, Hyman, came home from World War 2. She was living at her mother's...
Arthur Levine [Annotator's Note: with the 30th Infantry Division] never shot a prisoner that he oversaw. He...
World War 2 changed Robert Lewis Beilman's life because he met many people from all over the world. He was able to...
[Annotator's Note: People are talking off camera throughout the segment.] Art Frankel does not have a memorable...
Marion Meredith Beal believes that he and his peers [Annotator's Note: Montford Point Marines] were the beginnings of...
Raymond Cauble had to leave his wife in Tampa [Annotator's Note: Tampa, Florida] when he went up to Smyrna [Annotator's...
Andrew George Jameson had no feeling towards his enemy other than the general enemy represented by Hitler [Annotator's...
Norman Neste's most memorable combat experience was towards the end because they were moving so quickly. He never knew...
Betty Soskin saw her work as being part of the war effort in some way, but it carried little significance. She was...
Gerard Dillon only had one situation where someone refused to jump. They were going to make a practice jump in France....
F.M. Richard Simons only regrets losing good friends. He is an only child. His parents divorced. His mother got rid of...
Delbert Wombacher was in Reims [Annotator's Note: Reims, France]. A call came out from headquarters, who knew they had...
Donald Evans landed in England and went to the 187th General Hospital for more surgeries and then to another hospital...

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