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Charles Coolidge was born in August 1921 on Signal Mountain, Tennessee where his family spent the summer months. The...
Floyd Dumas' father worked for the New York Central Railroad in Malone, New York as a boilermaker. Dumas had three...
Philip Sciortino entered the Army and went to Camp Beauregard [Annotator's Note: in Pineville, Louisiana] for his...
Wayne Pierce grew up in the small farming community of Polo, Illinois. He was drafted in June 1941 six months before...
Before he could finish his schooling, Philip Schmidt was drafted into the Army. He knew several people that had been...
Henry Feldman went to Fort Custer [Annotator's Note: near Battle Creek, Michigan] for indoctrination. He did his basic...
Samuel Lombardo joined the National Guard on 11 November 1939. He had a friend in the Guard who coaxed him into doing...
Thomas Kingsley's departure for military training was an emotional family event. He had volunteered for the Army...
When Ernest Cowell was in high school, his friends started being drafted. One boy was a tanker [Annotator's Note: part...
Wallace Hurley was initially trained as a scout but reassigned to regular infantry. His training was at Camp Robinson...
Mitchell Zimmer liked the idea of sailing on a smaller boat like a submarine. He was trained in New London, Connecticut...
Richard "Dick" Schneider was trained at various locations in the United States but spent most of his time at Gulfport...
William Anderson enlisted in the Navy. It took him five days to get through because they found a spot on his lungs from...
Helen Anderson Glass enlisted but could not enter active service until she was investigated by governmental security...
Mildred Bonvillian Aupied was born in Bayou Black near Houma in Terrebonne Parish [Annotator’s Note: south of New...
Walter Ram went through basic training for the Army. He was discharged after a year in the Army. When the Japanese...
Irwin Stovroff got the call for service in the military, but it was not the assignment he anticipated. Instead of entry...
Claud Neal Fristoe, Jr. took tests and examinations [Annotator's Note: for entry into aviation training in the United...
John W. Towle volunteered for the service. He had been attending the University of Tennessee but had a wreck and was...
Timothy Mahoney wanted to join the Navy because a friend of his was in the Navy. His father told him to wait until he...
David L. Lehigh was born in December 1924 in York County [Annotator's Note: York County, Pennsylvania]. He grew up in...
Howard Anderson was born in December 1922 in North Dakota. He grew up on a farm. His father was a farmer. The family...
George Roberts was working a good job when he was drafted. He was called up in August and reported to Altoona,...
Francis Dymnicki attempted to become a pilot in the Air Force. Half of his friends wanted to do the same. Dymnicki was...
Elmore Ruck went to ground school in Santa Anna, California. It involved training in navigation and aircraft...
Ted Winestone [Annotator's Note: a Polish Jewish refugee] was placed in a DP camp [Annotator's Note: displaced persons...
Marigold McNeely and her sister Jennifer had been invited by an American officer named Captain Richardson [Annotator's...
Antoinette Underwood signed up for the Army a day or two after Pearl Harbor. She had to go to West Point for an...
Josephine Reeves was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in April 1919. Growing up, Reeves attended the West Catholic...
Donelson Houseman was born in Dallas, Texas in 1923 and grew up there. After graduating high school, he began classes...
Art Frankel was born in January 1928, in the Bronx, New York [Annotator's Note: the Bronx is one of the five boroughs...
David Olson attended field artillery school at Fort Sill right after his graduation from college [Annotator’s Note: in...
Bruno Viani was asked by his company commander if he would consider applying for OCS [Annotator's Note: Office...
John Raaen attended West Point. His father was a career officer who graduated from the Military Academy on 1 November...
[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom can be heard off-...
While working on a road, Ben Steele would see men covered with mosquitos. They did not have mosquito nets to sleep with...

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