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Angst, Lawrence Many Promotions
Lawrence Angst was promoted from PFC [Annotator's Note: Private First Class] through to Sergeant. Each level bringing a...
Becker, Clarence Mapping the Aleutian Islands
[Annotator's Note: Clarence Becker was already serving in the Army Air Forces when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor,...
Klein, Gerda Marched Out of the Camp
[Annotator's Note: Gerda Klein, who was in slave labor camp in Poland, can be very difficult to understand at points...
Johnson, Erwin Marched to Camp O'Donnell
On 10 April [Annotator's Note: 10 April 1942], Erwin Johnson and his fellow prisoners of war started their march away [...
O'Donnell, Joseph Marched to Liberation
Joseph O'Donnell went to Fallingbostel, XI-B [Annotator's Note: Stalag XI-B in Fallingbostel, Germany; he arrived on 3...
Doolan, Robert Marched to Stalag VII-A in Moosburg
[Annotator's Note: Robert Doolan was a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III in Zagań, Poland.] There were about 2,000...
Edward, Isaac Mardi Gras Indian
Isaac Edward was a Mardi Gras Indian in New Orleans, Louisiana. He became one in 1932. He masked [Annotator's Note:...
Stiles, John Marine Aviation Training
John Stiles went to El Toro, California [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Air Station El Toro] for aviation training. The...
Jackson, Earnest Marine Basic Training
The hardest part of the Marines Corps for Ernest Jackson was basic training and learning to obey orders. But it was a...
Hall, Clayton Marine Basic Training
Clayton Hall went to boot camp in San Diego [Annotator's Note: US Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in San Diego,...
Ciotta, Angelo Marine Corps Boot Camp
Boot camp was mostly about discipline for Angelo Ciotta. They instill that you are not there for yourself but for the...
Drake, Betty Marine Corps League
Betty Sue Drake [Annotator's Note: a paymaster in the US Marine Corps] was discharged after the war. She helped found a...
Williams, Bernice Marine Corps Life
Bernice Williams [Annotator's Note: in the US Marine Corps Women's Reserve at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San...
Wells, Kenneth Marine Training
In June 1944, Kenneth Dwight Wells went by train to Parris Island [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris...
McWilliams, Donald Marine Training to New Britain
Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams joined the Marine Corps on 17 March 1943. He trained at San Diego [Annotator's Note: US...
Snyder, Kenneth Marine Training to the Marshall Islands
Kenneth T. Snyder, Sr. got his orders in May 1943. [Annotator's Note: Someone off-camera interrupts Snyder.] Snyder had...
Beard, Oral Mariveles
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a person off-camera answers a lot of the interviewer's questions or gives...
Spint, Robert Marriage and Then France
Robert Spint got married to a gal he met through a friend of his who had him write her a letter. She worked in Santa...
McCalla, Anna Married By Proxy on Tinian
When Anna McCalla Noren arrived on Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands] on 3 August 1945 with...
Settles, Louise Married in Manila
Louise Settles had a date or two in Hollandia [Annotator's Note: Hollandia, New Guinea] and she was very disappointed....
Peak, Betty "Betty Taylor" Married to a P-38 Pilot
Betty Peak's husband got his early training in Victorville, California on the edge of the Mojave Desert. There were...
Miller, Rudolph Marrying a Holocaust Survivor
Rudolph C. Miller met his wife [Annotator's Note: Freda Miller, formerly Freda Feuer] on the street. It was snowing and...
Williams, Bernice Marrying a Marine
Bernice Williams chose the Marine Corps [Annotator's Note: US Marine Corps Women's Reserve] because she did not want...
Sherman, Joyce Marrying Her Pen Pal
Joyce Sherman had a pen pal. She had a cousin who was an Army nurse stationed in Italy and was corresponding with a...
Rothenberg, Judith Marseilles, Nice and Escape Attempt
Judith Rothenberg [Annotator's Note: a Belgian Jewish child at the time of the war] arrived in Marseilles [Annotator's...
Cowan, John Maturing to ROTC
John L. Cowan did not know or care what a Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great Depression, a global economic...
Stewart, Roy Maui to Nagasaki
Roy Stewart went to Maui [Annotator's Note: Maui, Hawaii after the Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945 at...
Beck, Carl Maxing Out His Credit in Europe
Carl Beck was in Berchtesgaden, Germany when his unit [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute...
Bosworth, Paul Mechanical Issues on their Last Mission
Paul Bosworth had no encounters with German fighters. The only time he shot his guns was to ensure they were not frozen...
Lucas, Jack Medal Of Honor
Jacklyn Lucas got a call from the President of the United States, Harry Truman [Annotator's Note: Harry S. Truman, 33rd...
Swanson, Richard Medals and Reflections
Richard Swanson received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal [Annotator's Note: the highest non-combat decoration awarded...
Paynter, Don Medals, New York, and England
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer is looking at some war souvenirs of Donald Dean Paynter and puts the camera on some...
Angst, Lawrence Medical Training and Deployment to England
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Lawrence Angst where he was when he heard the news of the Japanese attack on...
Walker, Charles Mediterranean Cold War Duties
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Charles Walker what his most memorable experience was.] While he was flying P-...
Smith, Arthur Mediterranean Duty
Arthur Smith was stationed at La Maddalena [Annotator's Note: Advanced Base La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy]. Pop Bond [...
Smith, Arthur Mediterranean to the Pacific
[Annotator's Note: Arthur Smith left his Mediterranean duty and returned to the US from Oran, Algeria.] He landed in...
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