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Norris Morvant’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was visiting places in England and France. As a young person...
Willis Broussard believes there should be institutions like the National WWII Museum [Annotator's Note: The National...
William Morris Paulk was relieved to return home and adjusted back to civilian life with ease. He wanted to go back to...
David Fisher loved and admired the B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber]. The...
Charles Childs felt it was his duty to serve. When he saw how they [Annotator's Note: the Germans in West Berlin,...
Melbourne Sanford Courtney had a lot of experience in combat in his one year of war. His unit [Annotator's Note:...
John Arch McGill says the war was a terrible waste, in terms of loss of human life, of destruction to communities, and...
Ernest L. Poulson attends a reunion every other year. He believes its important for kids to have World War 2 as part of...
Wesley Carroll and his wife raised three children. Their first son, James Stephen, was born in 1948 and was adopted by...
Samuel W. Smith remembers they were attached to the Army. It was the Army Air Corps. In 1949, they started the Air...
Thomas Creekmore [Annotator's Note: a radio operator with the 365th Bombardment Squadron, 305th Bombardment Group, 8th...
[Annotator's Note: There is a sound of a clock ticking in the background]. Chester Sharp's most memorable experience...
Wayne O. Hill remembers how important the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act...
Frank Ramsey fought in the war because it was something to do. He thinks the United States is a great country. The war...
Vincent Losada planed a reunion for his crew in the 1980s. Losada used the G.I. Bill to go to school for a year and a...
[Annotator's Note: Throughout the segment, a chirp sound can be heard.] Albert Machaud's most memorable experience of...
Robert "Bob” Ruiz regrets the loss of so many young lives during the war, as well as during the subsequent Korean [...
Robert "Bob" Rickel fought in World War 2 to defend the United States. He fought because all his other friends fought...
Carl Smith is glad he served his country. He is glad he was in the military. He is glad to live in the Armed Forces...
Charles Struble remembers planes [Annotator's Note: of the 421st Bombardment Squadron, 504th Bombardment Group, 20th...
The most memorable experience of the war for Omer Van Huylenbrouck is his first mission to Berlin [Annotator's Note:...
Samuel Spector's most memorable experience of World War 2 was growing up from 18 to 20 years of age. His expectations...
Orville Carroll's most memorable experience of World War 2 was going over to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana...
Stanley "Stan" Levy's most memorable experience of World War 2 encompasses many things. He enjoyed being in Orlando [...
After returning to Jefferson Barracks [Annotator's Note: Saint Louis, Missouri], the military wanted to keep Bernard...
On his way back home, Lincoln Piazzo was relieved to be leaving the scene of the war. He admitted that he was...
Joseph DeMott [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war of the Japanese] left the war feeling that we are all human beings...
Chester Strunk views The National WWII Museum as a valuable asset to teach people about the sacrifices made not only by...
Darrell D. Gust has been a student of the 8th Air Force since he left service. Its growth has been phenomenal. He left...
Irwin Stovroff feels that The National WWII Museum is a creation that could only have happened after a war like the one...
Dr. Kenneth Arrow sees the most important lesson of World War 2 as it is related to the costliness of war. War can be...
After the war, Orrin Welty went back to Ohio worked for a Ford company where his father was the sales manager. He took...
Russell Gackenbach felt that Tibbets [Annotator's Note: retired USAF Brigadier General Paul W. Tibbets] and crew number...
Henry Ratcliff was most affected by the kamikaze [Annotator's Note: Japanese Special Attack Units, also called shimbu-...
James N. Rizzo's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note...
Donald Strait thinks it important to study the history of the Second World War because there is so much to be learned...

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