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Barnhart, Clyde Assignment and Deployment
Clyde Barnhart was assigned to the 20th Air Force at the Overseas Replacement Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Some of...
Bethard, Orville At Sea Aboard the USS Midway (CVE63)
After Orville Bethard went aboard ship [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS St. Lo (CVE-63)] they went to Australia where...
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...
Stone, Edward Attack on Pearl Harbor
Edward Stone began his morning duty [Annotator’s Note: 7 December 1941 aboard the USS Pyro (AE-1) in Pearl Harbor] with...
Shatz, Ewalt Attack on Pearl Harbor
Ewalt "Walt" Shatz was assigned to the USS Patterson (DD-392) docked in Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor,...
Rodrigues, Alfred Attack on Pearl Harbor
Alfred Rodrigues identified Japanese aircraft by the large circles on their wings. It was Sunday and he had just sat...
Pavlovich, Theodore Attack on Pearl Harbor
The morning that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7...
Albarado, Nolan Attack on Pearl Harbor
Nolan Albarado went to basic training in San Diego, California. From there his unit [Annotator's Note: 133rd...
Boreen, Roy S. “Swede” Attack on Pearl Harbor
On the morning of 7 December 1941, Roy Boreen enjoyed an early breakfast of pancakes. After breakfast, he went to the...
Hogan, Moses Attack on Pearl Harbor
Moses Hogan was on the USS Montgomery (DD-121) when Pearl Harbor was attacked. As one of three stewards, he cooked and...
Alexander, Samson Attack on Pearl Harbor
Samson Alexander was at the Lincoln Theater when he heard of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. They showed pictures...
Womack, James Attack on Pearl Harbor
James Thomas Womack arrived in Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] around 1941. He was on patrol duty...
Hoff, Donald Attack on the Hiryu
Donald Hoff's plane was not bothered [Annotator's Note: by Japanese fighters during the second strike of the Battle of...
Shimp, Marcella Attacked on a Train
Minnie Marcella Oleskey Shimp [Annotator's Note: a Pharmacist's Mate in the United States Navy Nurse Corps] was on a...
Billingsley, James Attacking Nichols Field
[Annotator's Note: James Billingsley was treated for a shrapnel wound at Parañaque, Philippines and sent back to his...
Currier, Al Attu Island, Alaska
Al Currier was able to learn to operate a tank [Annotator's Note: M3 Stuart light tank] when the Army sent 20 prewar...
Meisel, Judith Auschwitz then Stutthof Arrivals
Judith Meisel was taken by train to Auschwitz. They were loaded into a car with others who were already there. Feces...
Gross, Eva Auschwitz to Bergen-Belsen
Eva Gross returned to Auschwitz as the war was nearing its end. Her mother was with her. Her mother was a very forward...
Alexander, Joseph Auschwitz to Dachau
Joseph Alexander arrived in Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp complex in...
Mayer, Philip Australia to New Britain
As soon Philip Mayer got off the boat [Annotator's Note: in Melbourne, Australia], he was ordered to help extinguish a...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Australians and Melanesians
When Charles Wesley Borders was not flying, he had some reading material and records. They would also play ball. There...
Horne, Floyd "Bud" Aviation Cadet School
Floyd Horne signed up [Annotator's Note: for the US Army Air Forces Aviation Cadet Program] early enough that when he...
Guillory, Lloyd Aviation Cadet Training
Lloyd Guillory joined the Air Force and was shipped to Sheppard Field in Texas. It was a hell hole for Guillory. There...
Walker, Robert Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
A mission over the road leading out of Remagen [Annotator's Note: Remagen, Germany] proved problematic for Robert...
Bolin, George Awards for Excellence
At the launch of PC-567 [Annotator's Note: USS PC-567, launched 11 April 1942], George R. Bolin's father, Lodwick...
Hutcherson, Kenneth B-17 Missions and Axis Sally
Albion Kenneth Hutcherson [Annotator's Note: a radioman on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber serving with the...
Ernest, Malcolm B-29 Bombs and Close Calls
In the main camp [Annotator's Note: Hoten Camp, Mukden, Manchuria; present day China], Malcolm Ernest and the prisoners...
Woodall, Wendall B-29 Specs and the End of the War
The name of Wendall Woodall's B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber] was City of...
Oreck, David B-29 Training and Saipan
David Oreck enlisted in the US Army Air Forces in 1942 after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He wanted to fly in the Air...
Tarkington, Frank B-29s on Tinian
A regular day for Frank V. Tarkington [Annotator's Note: a radioman in the US Navy] was to keep the transmitters going...
Resta, Francis "Fran" Back in Action in Germany
At the Southampton hospital, Francis Resta was treated for his shrapnel wounds as well as for frostbite to his feet....
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...
Heath, David Back in the United States and Discharge
David Heath was told the Marines could not use a man with a hole in his stomach, so he was shipped back to Camp...
Woolf, Basil Back to England and Fish and Chips
Basil Woolf and his landing craft [Annotator's Note: LCH-269] helped support troop landings in Sicily and Italy....
Gangwere, Blanche "Blanche Gregory" Back to Germany
Blanche Gangwere went to Bad Neuenahr, Germany on the Danube River near Cologne. She always wanted to make it to Bonn...
Armstrong, James Back to Paris
The French Resistance had taken James Armstrong via train to the town of Quimper, France. [Annotator's Note: Armstrong...

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