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Villarrubia, Forrest Mess Duty
Forrest Villarrubia was in combat with General MacArthur [Annotator's Note: US Army General Douglas MacArthur] on Leyte...
London, James Metz and the Saar
James Harvard London shipped out of Southampton [Annotator's Note: Southampton, England] on the Belgian ship...
Paul, John Midair Collision
John Paul flew 34 missions as a bomber pilot [Annotator's Note: with the 327th Bombardment Squadron, 92nd Bombardment...
Kight, Otis Midway Aftermath and USS Cowpens
Otis Kight and others volunteered for the salvage party to return to Yorktown [Annotator's Note: the USS Yorktown (CV-5...
Morse, Ralph Midway and Guadalcanal
Following the Doolittle Raid [Annotator's Note: named for its commander, then US Army Air Forces Colonel, later US Air...
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:...
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...
Hirschmann, Peter Military Service and Capture
Peter Hirschmann was sent to Fort Dix [Annotator's Note: now Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Trenton, New Jersey]...
Dole, Robert Military Service and Postwar
Senator Robert "Bob" Dole [Annotator's Note: Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole, American veteran and politician] entered the...
Lane, Charles Military Service in the South Pacific
Charles Nathan Lane’s first battle was in the Philippines [Annotator’s Note: as part of the 197th Coast Artillery...
Honz, Burdell Military Service Stateside and Postwar
Burdell S. Hontz and his unit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Squadron, 11th Bombardment Group] were shipped back to...
Bleuler, Jack Military Training
After completing basic training, Jack H. Bleuler was sent to Texas A...
Asher, Adolph Military Training
Adolph Edward Asher's [Annotator's Note: with the 45th Infantry Division] ship was sunk by a U-boat [Annotator's Note:...
Barton, Walter Military Training
At the age of 17, Walter Henry Barton dropped out of high school to join the Army. Since. He was called up three months...
Johnson, Kaare Military Training
Kaare Allan Johnson was drafted in the Army in March 1943. He was sent to Camp Upton, Long Island [Annotator's Note:...
Scoppa, Carmen Military Training
[Annotator's Note: Carmen Scoppa is in a hospital and voices can be heard in the background throughout the interview...
Fried, J. M. Military Training and Overseas
J.M. "Jimmy" Fried, Jr. attended officer training school at Fort Benning [Annotator's Note: Fort Benning, Georgia]. The...
Watson, Donald Military Training and Overseas Deployment
Donald G. Watson was sent to Camp Carson, Colorado during the winter and was assigned to the 71st Infantry Division....
Dietrick, Alfred Military Training and Studying Rommel
Alfred Dietrick was federalized [Annotator's Note: from the Texas Army National Guard to the 36th Infantry Division] on...
Hihn, Stewart Military Training to Overseas Deployment
Stewart Hihn was sent to Fort Meade [Annotator's Note: Fort George G. Meade in Anne Arundel County, Maryland] for...
Cook, Edward Military Training to the Bulge
After graduating high school at 17 years old, Edward J. Cook found work with the New York Life Insurance Company as a...
Lawrence, Paul Milne Bay, New Guinea
Paul Lawrence did not know how many people were on the base where he was stationed [Annotator's Note: at Milne Bay, New...
Stahl, Floyd Minesweeping Around Japan
[Annotator's Note: Floyd Stahl served in the Navy as a storekeeper aboard the minesweeper USS Sway (AM-120).] Going...
Beck, Carl Misdropped over Normandy
Carl Beck does not know exactly where he parachuted into on his way to Normandy, France [Annotator's Note: in the early...
Lesniewski, Joseph Misery After the Bulge
[Annotator's Note: Joseph Lesniewski served in the Army as a paratrooper in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute...
Kinsey, Norman Misery in Oudjda
On 9 November 1942, Norman Kinsey was offshore of Casablanca and Fédala [Annotator's Note: both in Morocco]. He awoke...
Graham, Marvin Mission 30 and Hospitalization
[Annotator's Note: Audio is not good throughout this segment.] Marvin Raymond Graham says the German fighter pilots...
Wolyn, Monroe Mission Gone Wrong
Monroe S. Wolyn remembers that they went north instead of south on this mission. They headed across the North Sea....
Fouts, Henry Mission Particulars
Preflight for Henry Sherman Fouts' missions [Annotator's Note: with the 346th Bombardment Squadron, 99th Bombardment...
Hogan, Ralph Missions and Bailing Out
Ralph Francis Hogan and his unit [Annotator's Note: 850th Bombardment Squadron, 490th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force...
Sinise, Jack Missions and D-Day
Jack Sinise got hit a number of times [Annotator's Note: as a navigator aboard Boeing B-17 FLying Fortress heavy...
Linger, Russell Missions and Down Time
Russell Bretz Linger, Jr. flew a mission where there were heavy guns on the Cherbourg Peninsula [Annotator's Note:...
Butz, John Missions for the OSS
John B. Butz and his entire crew were transferred from the 460th Bomb Group [Annotator's Note: 760th Bombardment...
Sieck, Albert Missions in CBI
Albert Sieck was assigned as a pilot with the 22nd Bombardment Squadron, 341st Bombardment Group, 10th Air Force in...
Beary, Thomas Missions in Europe
[Annotator’s Note: There is traffic noise in the background throughout this segment.] Thomas Beary served with the...

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