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Haffner, Robert Marching into Germany
While marching through the Ardennes, Robert Haffner recalls a German jet flying overhead and firing on the 82nd...
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...
Johnson, Homer Marine Corps Service
Homer Johnson made many friends with people from the South. They taught Johnson how to treat White people. Many of the...
O'Keefe, Jeremiah Marine Fighter Squadron 323 (VMF-323)
Jeremiah "Jerry" O'Keefe's unit [Annotator's Note: Marine Fighter Squadron 323 (VMF-323), known as the "Death Rattlers...
Harkness, Henrietta Market Garden and Battle of the Bulge
Henrietta Harkness [Annotator's Note: an Army nurse with the 24th Evacuation Hospital] was sent to Nijmegen, Holland...
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...
Azemar, Gerard Marseilles and Postwar
Gerard L. Azemar and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 3188th Signal Service Battalion] were assigned to communications for...
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...
Morrow, John Max Effort and the End
John Morrow recalls MEs, Maximum Effort missions [Annotator's Note: for a maximum effort mission, every bombardment...
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...
Wofford, Jesse L. Me-262s and Operation Chowhound Food Drops
Jesse Wofford thought the German Me-262s [Annotator's Note: German Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter aircraft] were "...
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...
Rupp, Robert Medals and the G.I. Bill
Robert Rupp was anxious to get home, even though he had only been gone about 18 months. He had a Bronze Star [Annotator...
Gilmore, Selwyn Meeting Different People
When Selwyn Gilmore was in Tucson [Annotator's Note: Tucson, Arizona], there was a WAC [Annotator's Note: Women's Army...
Uttero, Cosmo Meeting the Russians
Cosmo Uttero and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry...
Zilliacus, Patrick Memorable Patrols
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Patrick Zilliacus if he had a good luck prayer for when his submarine was being...
Warner, George Memories of the War Era
George Warner said that while growing up in the war he saw a lot of military personnel come through the town [Annotator...
Nunnink, Lawrence Merchant Marine Life
Gregory Lawrence Nunnink served aboard several ships sailing along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States as...
Balabanow, William Merchant Marine Service
William Balabanow joined the Merchant Marines after World War 2 had broken out. He never encountered the Germans...
Vangrov, Sherman Merchant Marine Service
Sherman Vangrov was born in March 1927 in Dayton, Ohio, but moved around the county because his mother was ill. He...
Johnson, Erwin Messing with the Japanese
Erwin Johnson was a prisoner of war in Mukden, Manchuria and worked in a factory there. Some of the men would smuggle...
Culp, Oscar Military Duty and Training
Oscar Culp was based at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii when the war with Japan ended. He remembers the day [Annotator's Note:...
Higgins, Archibald Military Experience, Esprit de Corps and War's End
For Archibald Higgins, being away from family and friends was not easy during his service. It took a tough toll on his...
Cohen, Benjamin Military Government Assignment
After fighting at the Saar River [Annotator's Note: Saar River, Germany], Benjamin Wolf Cohen and his division [...
Beal, Marion Military Life
It was raining one day on base [Annotator's Note: Camp Montford Point, Jacksonville, North Carolina]. Their mattresses...
Ward, George Military Policeman in CBI and Europe
George C. Ward Bombay [Annotator’s Note: he was deployed to Bombay, India as a member of the 503rd Military Police...
Bartels, Carl Military Service
Carl C. Bartels, M.D. [Annotator's Note: Doctor of Medicine] arrived at the beaches far enough away to see what was...
Barnes, Alvin Military Service
Alvin Barnes was drafted into the Navy. He previously knew he would have to serve. He had no problem with boot camp. He...
Lamm, Edwin Military Service in the Pacific
Edwin Lamm was assigned to the Air Transport Command at Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base [Annotator's Note: now Travis...
Cushman, Gene Military State Side
In 1942, Gene M. Cushman was admitted to the aviation cadet program and attended his pre-flight training in San Antonio...
Gemperline, Eugene Military Training and War's End
Eugene J. Gemperline reported to San Angelo, Texas [Annotator's Note: San Angelo Army Airfield] for bombardier training...
Loving, Burl Minesweeper Duty
Burl Loving was ordered to report to the 317 [Annotator’s Note: USS YMS-317 minesweeper] which was a 130-foot-long,...
Pratt, Robert Minesweeping and Hiroshima
Robert W. "RW" Pratt, [Annotator's Note: assigned as the gunnery officer aboard the USS LST-781] was a witness to the...
Clark, Earl Mission at Lake Garda
Earl Ervin Clark and 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment crossed the Po River in Italy as the lead unit. Because Clark was...
Hammond, Jr., Robert C. Mission over Japan
[Annotator’s Note: Video skips throughout the segment and the audio does not sync with the video.] Robert C. Hammond Jr...
Kneflin, Charles Mission Over Shanghai and War's End
[Annotator's Note: Charles Kneflin was a tail gunner on a Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber in the 53rd...

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