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Freligh, Robert 47 days with geurillas then going home
[Annotators Note: Robert Freligh served as a TBF and TBM Avenger torpedo bomber pilot in Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13),...
Higgins, Archibald 494th Bombardment Group Operations
Archibald Higgins was in the Palau Islands with the mission of keeping those islands neutralized and flying missions to...
Tso, Samuel A Code Talker at Saipan and Okinawa
[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom answer questions...
Fitz, Robert Aboard Ship Training and Service
When he was told that he would be trained aboard ship as a gunner, Robert Fitz was "mystified." He arrived at the main...
Moret, Calvin Advanced Flight Training
After ten weeks of flying the BT-13 [Annotator’s Note: Vultee BT-13 Valiant two seat trainer aircraft], Calvin Moret...
Wicklund, John After Effects
On the day after V-J Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945], John Wicklund and a friend went to...
Womack, Charles L. "Red" After the War
Charles Womack and every other Marine on the island were fully aware that they were headed for Japan after the fighting...
LeBlanc, Dale After the War
When Dale LeBlanc heard the news that the battle [Annotator's Note: Battle of Okinawa] was over he was relieved. One...
Schoonejans, Emil J. After the War
Emil Schoonejans was in Portsmouth, New Hampshire when the war ended. They had been sent back to the United States for...
Maduell, Audrey Air Raids and Military Reservists
Audrey Maduell had an air raid shelter right across from her house. Her father would bring coffee to the workers...
Machaud, Albert Air Traffic Controller in the Pacific
[Annotator's Note: Throughout the segment, a chirp sound can be heard.] Albert "Al" Machaud is not sure of the unit he...
Bishop, Harvey Aircraft and Pilot Performance and War's End
Harvey Lee Bishop [Annotator’s Note: a North American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft pilot in the 457th Fighter Squadron...
Fallon, John Aircraft Factory in a Mountain
John T. Fallon and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 3rd Battalion, 36th Engineer Combat Group] went in through...
Welty, Orrin Anecdotes
Orrin Welty describes some of the differences between flying the B-17s [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress...
Wolyn, Monroe Army Air Corps Training
Monroe S. Wolyn would not return fire if it was anti-aircraft fire. If it was enemy fighters, however, they would...
Skaggs, Jack Assault on Japan
Jack Skaggs could tell the end of the war was coming by April 1945 when the 7th Fleet wiped out the shipyard in Osaka....
Laborde, John Atomic Bomb and Surrender of Japan
John Laborde was assigned to General MacArthur's [Annotator's Note: US Army General Douglas MacArthur] advance echelon...
Courant, Hans Atomic Bomb Test
Everybody knew what they were building there. Hans Courant was at Alamogordo for the bomb test since he had built some...
Sylvest, Thomas Atomic Bomb, War's End and Reflections
[Annotator's Note: Thomas Ard Sylvest served in the USAAF with the 302nd Fighter Control Squadron, 7th Fighter Command...
Dye, Jack Atomic Bombs
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Jack Dye what his reaction to the news of the atomic bombs being dropped on...
Boggs, Marie "Lindy Boggs" Attitudes during the war
[Annotator's Note: Corrine Boggs, also known as Lindy, was the wife of Congressman Hale Boggs then later took his...
Fristoe, Claud B-25 Bomber Tail Gunner
Claud Neal Fristoe, Jr. and his crew mates used skip bombing [Annotator's Note: a low level bombing technique that...
Raner, Norman Back in the United States
Norman Raner went home for 30 days and then was transferred down to Hot Springs, Arkansas for R...
Milan, Ira Basic Training and Deployment
Adjustment to military life was only difficult at first for Ira Milan; for a couple of weeks he was lonesome, as were...
Lennon, Daniel Battle of the Bulge, Being Hospitalized and War’s End
When the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16 December 1944 to...
Wilson, Donald Battle of the Marianas, Flight Training, War's End and Postwar Service
Donald Wilson and the USS Vincennes (CL-64) participated in the shore bombardment of Saipan and Tinian during the...
Russo, James Becoming a Pilot
James Russo applied for and was accepted into Officer Candidate School after his Army basic training. He was then sent...
Cohn, Major Becoming a Sailor
Major Cohn joined the Navy and originally thought of becoming a submariner. He mistakenly thought it would be romantic...
Dugas, Lee Becoming a Sailor and Deployment
Lee Roy Dugas was sent to San Diego for his Navy basic training. It was his first trip out of Louisiana, having never...
Fontenot, Herbert Becoming a Sailor and Overseas Naval Service
Herbert Fontenot went to Camp Wallace, Texas for Navy boot camp. He had no problem with the weather but wearing boots...
Daquarna, Joseph Becoming a Sailor and Traveling the World
Joseph Daquarna enlisted in early 1945 and went to boot camp in San Diego. Afterward, he was assigned to a submarine...
Befera, Victor Becoming a Sailor and War's End
Victor Befera learned of and passed the V-12 [Annotator's Note: V-12 US Navy College Training Program, 1943 to 1946]...
Livingston, Robert Becoming an Aerial Gunner
While stationed in Polebrook, England [Annotator's Note: with the 511th Bombardment Squadron, 351st Bombardment Group,...
Bergbower, Harold Being a POW in Japan and the End of the War
Harold Bergbower has no memory of the trip from the POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] camp in Davao on Mindanao...
Fulton, Robert Being a POW in Japan, the End of the War and Liberation
Robert Fulton had been brought to Japan to be interrogated by the Japanese Navy general staff in a camp called Ōfuna....
Koone, Carl Being an Instructor at Selfridge Field
Carl Koone was in the Army Air Corps for another year after his return to the United States. He spent the winter [...

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