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Ammerman, Gale Paris and Postwar Life
During Operation Varsity [Annotator's Note: Operation Varsity, 24 March 1945, Wesel, Germany], the glider pilots of one group [Annotator'
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Ammerman, Gale Prewar to Glider Training
Gale Ammerman was born in Sullivan, Indiana in March 1923. He grew up there.
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Ammerman, Gale Training for D-Day
Gale Ammerman went to England just after Christmas 1943. He went to Scotland first.
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Ammerman, Gale Working With the 82nd Airborne
Gale Ammerman was wearing a regular combat jacket and trousers, carried a .45 caliber pistol [Annotator's Note: .45 caliber M1911 semi-automat
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Amore, Frederick Close Call
Only one time did Frederick Amore come into a truly dangerous situation.
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Amore, Frederick Early Life and Entrance Into Service
Frederick Amore was born in 1924 in Bay Ridge, New York and lived there until age 17 when he moved to Rome, New York.
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Amore, Frederick Experiences in Africa
When he was overseas, Frederick Amore was servicing mostly C-46s [Annotator's Note: Curtiss C-46 Commando transport aircraft], but also C-47s
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Amore, Frederick Incidentals and Postwar Life
Frederick Amore was transferred to Payne Field in Cairo, Egypt and, because there were too many mechanics there, he did "absolutely nothing&qu
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Amore, Frederick Postwar Experiences
The only negative thing Frederick Amore heard about the American warfare in the Pacific was when "they used that bomb." A lot of the guys
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Amore, Frederick Reflections
Frederick Amore's most memorable experience from World War 2 was getting off the train at Biloxi [Annotator's Note: Biloxi, Mississippi],
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Amore, Frederick Training, Deployment and Assignment
Sent to Keesler Field in Biloxi, Mississippi, Frederick Amore spent two months in basic training before volunteering to teach illiterates to read a
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Amoss, Walter "Jimmy" Closing Thoughts
Walter Amoss feels nostalgic when he visits the museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana].