Bridger, Harley Prewar Life and Joining the Air Corps

Harley Bridger was born in November 1923 in Searcy, Arkansas.

Bridger, Harley The War Ends

Harley Bridger's original crew stayed together the entire war except for the bombardier. He was a young, Jewish boy from Brooklyn, New York.

Bridgforth, Carolyn Closing Thoughts

Carolyn Bridgforth's most memorable experience of World War 2 was the atomic bomb [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima

Bridgforth, Carolyn Getting Married

[Annotator's Note: Carolyn Bridgforth and her boyfriend decided to move up their wedding after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7

Bridgforth, Carolyn Her Husband is Home

Carolyn Bridgforth met her husband at Camp Shelby [Annotator's Note: Camp Shelby near Hattiesburg, Mississippi] when he came home from the war

Bridgforth, Carolyn Her Husband is Home

Bridgforth, Carolyn Letters Back and Forth

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Carolyn Bridgforth what the letters exchanged with her husband while he was at war were like.] Mostly,

Bridgforth, Carolyn Prewar Life and Pearl Harbor

Carolyn Bridgforth was born in February 1923 in Aberdeen, Mississippi. It was wonderful growing up there. No crime, drugs, violence, and guns.

Bridgforth, Carolyn The G.I. Wives Club

Carolyn Bridgforth was going to be a dietician. There were very few jobs available to women.

Brien, Russel Early Farm Life

Russell Brien was born in June 1925 in Houma, Louisiana.

Brien, Russel From Flight School to Italy

Russell Brien was 16 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor but he does not know exactly where he was.

Brien, Russel Life in Italy

Russell Brien was at the Foggia Airfield [Annotator's Note: the Pantanella Airfield was part of the Foggia Airfield Complex, Foggia, Italy].