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  • Baker, Vernon Segment 13

    [Annotator's Note: a different interviewer, Martin Morgan, now interviews Vernon Baker] Vernon Baker had a reputation for not wearing a steel

  • Baker, Vernon Segment 14

    At the end of the war Vernon Baker was a second lieutenant but in May of 1945 he became a first lieutenant.

  • Baker, Vernon Segment 15

    Vernon Baker got out of the army on 28 August 1968, 35 years before the interview. He was 83 years old during this interview.

  • Baker, Vernon Segment 2

    Vernon Baker went to Camp Wolters, Texas for basic training and experienced segregation.

  • Baker, Vernon Segment 3

    Vernon Baker stayed at Geiger Airfield until October 1942 when they went back to Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

  • Baker, Vernon Segment 4

    The interviewer notes that in the last segment Vernon Baker made a comment about an event that was his initiation into war.

  • Baker, Vernon Segment 5

    Vernon Baker arrived in Italy on around 28 June 1944. His Medal of Honor action did not happen until the following year.

  • Baker, Vernon Segment 6

    Vernon Baker continues to describe his Medal of Honor actions in Italy. He began cutting wire on the hill.

  • Baker, Vernon Segment 7

    Vernon Baker continues describing his Medal of Honor actions in Italy in detail including what he was wearing.

  • Baker, Vernon Segment 8

    Vernon Baker reviews details of his Medal of Honor actions in Italy on 5 April 1945.

  • Baker, Vernon Segment 9

    Vernon Baker was volunteered to go back up to Hill X by a colonel.

  • Bala, Walter A Couple of Close Calls

    During a mission, Walter Bala's plane was hit over the target.

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