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Settles, Louise Seeing The World
Louise Settles worked in personnel, mostly making assignments. She had never left the United States before the Army....
Kirk, Mancel Segment 1
Mancel Grant Kirk was born near Finger, Tennessee in 1925 and spent his whole life there except when he went away for...
Schmedemann, Keith Segment 1
Schmedemann was born in Junction City, Kansas where he grew up and attended high school. He went to Kansas State...
James, C.W. "Tex" Segment 1
James was born in North Texas in Aberdene. The town is no longer there. He lived there until he was 10 years old. His...
Dennis, David Segment 10
They [Annotators Note: David Dennis and his fellow POWs] had been given their parcels [Annotators Note: Red Cross...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 10
Leonard Spivey noted that there was a lot of commotion when they were burrowing through the tunnel. Some of the guys in...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 11
Lyle Bouck was not put in any work detail and was in an area containing only officers. He is pretty sure that he hooked...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 11
Freddie Ohr found out it was that bullet that ricocheted off his helmet and went into the cushion. His leader made a...
Greer, Richard Segment 11
While Richard Greer and his fellow Marines were on Guadalcanal they were bombed almost constantly. They were hit at ten...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 12
Leonard Spivey was at the airfield for a few days. They were at the airfield on V-E Day. All hell was breaking loose on...
Myers, Leroy Segment 12
They never really knew. They could have used any excuse to cut Myers' head off, but he still took alot of chances.Myers...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 12
They also knew through a radio set that they had that the Rhine River was under siege. They were aware that the...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 13
Leonard Spivey notes that the Germans managed to get all of the prisoners out before the Russians came. All of the...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 13
One of the new pilots from Vejtasa's group got lost during the battle. He tried to make it to Guadalcanal but couldn't...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 14
They were able to keep their sanity because they knew the war was going well for them. Once the front line was going...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 15
Freddie Ohr then called his flight up while the next two flights hit the field. They set the whole airfield on fire....
Ohr, Freddie Segment 16
Freddie Ohr realized the weather was bad. The ground crew said no one could fly. Ohr stayed a couple of nights in Paris...
Malarkey, Donald Segment 2
The men learned to pack parachutes and jump from a tower. They had to pack the first 10 parachutes they would use at...
Luckadoo, John Segment 2
John Luckadoo and the other cadets were segregated in advanced flight training between single engine and twin engine....
Paluch, Theodore "Ted" Segment 2
At first, Paluch was attached to the 1st Army and was then transferred to the 3rd Army. When they got to the Hurtgen...
Church, Ray Segment 2
Church did not know what to expect when he surrendered. There was about 5000 troops with over 4500 backups. There were...
Monpat, Raymond Segment 2
The Evans [Annotator's Note: US Navy destroyer USS Evans (DD-552)] was a Fletcher Class destroyer of 2100 tons.Life on...
Barnes, William Segment 2
William Barnes served aboard USS PC-590 which was a patrol craft. During the early part of 1942 the navy was desperate...
Doi, Michael Segment 2
When Michael Doi and the rest of the 100th Battalion were on the French Italian border they were allowed passes to go...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 2
Leonard Spivey did very well in his training and was qualified to continue training as a navigator. Spivey went to...
Baptiste, Wallace Segment 2
Baptiste went to the Customs House [Annotator’s Note: in New Orleans] on 5 February 1938 where he was selected with 6...
Standifer, Leon Segment 2
Standifer was at Ft. Benning for 16 weeks. From there Standifer went to Camp McCain with the 94th Infantry. There were...
Gibbons, John Segment 2
John Gibbons met his future wife in Kansas before deploying overseas. Gibbons acted as the copilot for the flight...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 21
Freddie Ohr notes that another day LeMay [Annotators Note: USAAF then USAF General Curtis LeMay] landed and was looking...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 3
The training also helped Lyle Bouck. It was new to all of them. The purpose of an I...
Luckadoo, John Segment 3
John Luckadoo was a copilot in the 100th Bombardment Group based at Thorpe Abbotts. Dye [Annotators Note: Glen Dye, the...
Kirk, Mancel Segment 3
Mancel Kirk and his unit continued to move up toward Pisa, Italy. They were moving pretty good did not have much...
Paluch, Theodore "Ted" Segment 3
The guys who captured them were about in their 30s.The SS men put them into the field. Eventually the SS men circled...
Henderson, William Segment 3
They got to the target [Annotator’s Note: Bridge on the River Kwai] at 9:00 in the morning and no other aircraft were...

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