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Balza, Firman Enlistment and Boot Camp
In 1940, when Firman Balza was 17 years old, there was talk of mobilizing the military.
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Balza, Firman First Wave at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941
Shortly before colors [Annotator's Note: eight o'clock in the morning] on 7 December 1941, Firman Balza was standing on the starboard gal
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Balza, Firman Pacific Combat Operations After Pearl Harbor
Firman Balza believes that the Japanese lost the war that first day, but it took the United States three and a half years to prove it to them.
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Balza, Firman Reflections
Firman Balza was transferred off the ship on 7 April 1944, and watched the Maryland [Annotator's Note: USS Maryland (BB-46)] sail away on 20 A
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Balza, Firman Second Wave Attack at Pearl Harbor
Firman Balza lost track of time until mid-afternoon. He heard that his division officer, Mr. Crow, had been killed by shrapnel in the four-top.
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Banghart, William Italy
William Banghart went with the 64th Fighter Wing. He was in several different outfits.
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Banghart, William North Africa to Italy
William Banghart remembers Rommel [Annotator's Note: German Army Generalfeldmarschall, or Field Marshal, Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel] and Mont
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Banghart, William Prewar Life
William Banghart was born in May 1919 in Bucksport, Maine. His father worked in the Boston [Annotator’s Note: Boston, Massachusetts] shipyard.
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Banghart, William Shipped to North Africa
William Banghart was in the 71st Ghost Artillery and sent to Washington, D.C. as an anti-aircraft unit. They went to a National Guard camp.
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Banghart, William War's End
William Banghart drove a lieutenant in a general’s jeep. This could have led to a court martial.
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Bank, Walter Family Background
Walter Bank was born in 1926 in Marlboro, Massachusetts, the youngest of three sons of immigrant parents.
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Bank, Walter Korea and the Big Missiles
In June 1947 Walter Bank went from Japan to the United States and joined the Navy reserves in New York for the benefits.