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Donovan, Harry War's End and Postwar Life
[Annotator's Note: A person off camera comments in the background throughout this clip.] Harry A.
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Donovan, Robert Entrance into Service
Robert L. Donovan did not want to be in the infantry.
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Donovan, Robert Hollandia
Robert L. Donovan boarded a troop transport to go to Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea. The infantry landed ahead of them.
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Donovan, Robert Postwar Life
Robert L. Donovan went from the Philippines to the United States [Annotator’s Note: in November 1945]. Everybody wanted to eat steak and eggs.
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Donovan, Robert Prewar Life
Robert L. Donovan was drafted. He wanted to enlist in the Air Force. He had hay fever so they did not let him enlist.
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Donovan, Robert Securing Leyte
Robert L. Donovan landed in Leyte [Annotator’s Note: Leyte, the Philippines] on 20 October [Annotator’s Note: 20 October 1944].
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Donovan, Robert Training in Australia
Robert L. Donovan trained for artillery at Fort Bragg [Annotator’s Note: Fort Bragg, North Carolina].
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Donovan, Robert War's End
Robert L. Donovan remembers that the Filipinos would take the leftovers from the soldiers after they would liberate an area.
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Donovan, Robert Wounded on Leyte
Robert L. Donovan did not rely on his faith as much as people would think. He did not find himself praying very often.
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Doolan, Robert Becoming a Navigator
From the time Robert Doolan was ten or 12 years old, he wanted to fly.
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Doolan, Robert Being Liberated and Going Home
[Annotator's Note: Robert Doolan was marched from Stalag Luft III in Zagań, Poland to Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany.] It was horrible.
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Doolan, Robert Being Shot Down
The targets of the first missions Robert Doolan flew were submarines.