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Lochra, Albert Joining a Crew
Albert Pultz Lochra, Jr. grew up in a community where he heard a lot of different languages. His father was a native of...
Cain, Howard Joining and Training in the Air Corps
In 1944 as a senior in high school, Howard Cain avoided the draft by enlisting in the Army Air Force. He was gung-ho...
Lippman, Robert Joining Merrill’s Marauders
Assigned to the 1st Battalion[Annotator's Note: the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) was known as Merrill's...
Lochra, Albert Joining the 100th Bomb Group and a Typical Day
Albert Pultz Lochra, Jr. knew nothing of the Bloody Hundredth [Annotator's Note: nickname for the 100th Bombardment...
Towle, John Joining the 448th Bombardment Group
John W. Towle was assigned to the 448th Bomb Group while in Washington. He still belongs to a veterans group and...
Ruck, Elmore Joining the 64th Troop Carrier Group
Elmore Ruck flew from North Africa to Rome, Italy to join his new squadron, the 16th Troop Carrier Squadron, 64th Troop...
Bridger, Harley Joining the 782nd Bombardment Group
Harley Bridger's crew was sent to Mitchell Field on Long Island, New York. They were assigned a new airplane and they...
Aldous, Robert Joining the 90th Bombardment Group
Robert G. Aldous flew from Canton Island [Annotator's Note: Canton Island, Phoenix Islands, Republic of Kiribati] to...
Jasicko, Frank Joining the Air Corps
Frank Jasicko was born in March 1924 in Tracy, Montana and grew up in nearby Great Falls. He enjoyed playing sports....
Sedran, Edwin Joining the Air Corps
[Annotator’s Note: The sound is choppy in this segment.] Edwin Sedran was born in the Bronx, New York in March 1924. [...
Kneflin, Charles Joining the Army
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Charles Kneflin what his personal reaction was to the Japanese attack on Pearl...
Eustis, Lawrence Joining the Army Air Corps
Lawrence Eustis was at March Field, California when he was assigned to the 2nd Photo Mapping Squadron as a lab...
Adair, Charles Joining the Army Air Corps
Charles Watkins Adair went into the infantry in the signal corps [Annotator's Note: US Army Signal Corps, after being...
Braunstein, Arthur Joining the Army Air Corps
Arthur Braunstein was born in New York [Annotator’s Note: New York City, New York] in February 1924. His father was a...
Stecher, Fred Joining the Army Air Corps
Fred A. Stecher was born in November 1923 in Columbus, Ohio. He grew up on a farm in Etna, Ohio with his parents,...
Snow, William Joining the Army Air Corps
William L. Snow was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1924, the middle child of three boys born to a father who owned a...
Paschal, Robert Joining the Army Air Corps
Robert W. Paschal was born in November 1924 in the small town of Corsicana, Texas. He attended public school and...
Dubay, Henry Joining the Army Air Corps
Henry Dubay was born in July 1923 in Turner’s Falls [Annotator’s Note: Montague, Massachusetts]. He grew up in a “...
Ball, Rowland Joining the Army Air Corps
Rowland Elliott Ball was born in January 1924 in Yoakum, Texas. His father worked for the railroad and had many years...
Boyer, Ralph Joining the Army Air Force
[Annotator’s Note: For the first two minutes of the recording, the interviewee is getting prepared for the interview.]...
Rosendahl, Robert Joining the Army and Deploying to the Philippines
Robert Dale Rosendahl was born in Thief River Falls, Minnesota in April 1921 and grew up in a small agricultural town....
Childs, Charles "Chuck" Joining the Berlin Airlift
Charles Childs knew the Berlin Airlift [Annotator's Note: Western Allies' operation to supply the blockaded city of...
Alison, John R. Joining the Flying Tigers
John Alison flew into China in a worn out P-40 [Annotator's Note: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter aircraft] that was...
Beaugh, George Journey Overseas, Unit Assignment and Preparing for Missions
George Beaugh recalled that his crew took the Northern route to England. Since the weather was so bad, they had to stop...
Hamilton, Richard Journey to Stalag Luft IV
Richard Henry Hamilton bailed out of his plane, and after landing in a field he was greeted by a mob of villagers...
Spector, Samuel "Sam" Jungle Fighting
Samuel Spector and OSS Detachment 101 had a main mission of gathering intelligence and destroying the Japanese. They...
Spector, Samuel "Sam" Jungle Survival
Samuel Spector was always hungry in the jungle with Detachment 101. The food that was airdropped would not last long so...
Spector, Samuel "Sam" Kachin Troops
Samuel Spector thought the Kachin people were diverse. They were from various areas. Some were very smart and others...
Seubert, Herbert Karachi
Herbert L. Seubert [Annotator's Note: in the 1st Ferrying Group,10th Air Force] arrived in Karachi [Annotator's Note:...
Spielberg, Arnold Karachi To Dhaka in India
Arnold Spielberg landed in Karachi [Annotator's Note: in July 1942, Karachi, India, now Karāchi, Pakistan]. He was...
Urice, Joe Kassel, Germany
Joel Urice was assigned to an apartment with another 100th Bombardment Group member in Germany. He had enough points to...
Welch, Darrell Kasserine Pass
Darrell Welch did encounter 190s [Annotator's Note: German Focke-Wulf Fw-190 fighter aircraft], which looked a lot like...
Arrow, Kenneth Kenneth Arrow's Impossibility Theorem
Dr. Kenneth Arrow learned from Alfred Tarski that although most of the RAND Corporation colleagues used game theories...
Gallego, Anthony Kid in Los Angeles
Anthony “Tony” Gallego was born in November 1923 in Los Angeles, California. His father, a metalworker, made enough...
Morisak, Daniel Kiriwina Island
Daniel Morisak moved from New Mexico [Annotator's Note: from Alamogordo, New Mexico] to Oakland, California to board a...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Korea and Vietnam
Charles Wesley Borders was home when the Japanese surrendered. He celebrated for a week. Borders fell in love with...

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