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During the Invasion of Leyte [Annotator's Note: Battle of Leyte, 17 October to 26 December 1944], Robert Marich and his...
Vernon Henry Moret recalled a banzai attack on Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipain, Northern Mariana Islands]. The...
Richard "Dick" Willhour landed in Marseilles, France [Annotator's Note: with the 100th Infantry Division] and moved out...
Joe G. Casillas had his baptism of fire right on the escarpment [Annotator's Note: after landing on Okinawa, Japan, 10...
Herbert W. Ridyard landed in France in September 1944. Part of the division [Annotator's Note: 94th Infantry Division]...
Thomas Ballew served in headquarters [Annotator's Note: Headquarters, 231st Searchlight Battalion] handling finance and...
[Annotator's Note: Yukio Kawamoto served in the Army as a Japanese interpreter with the 37th Infantry Division in the...
Monroe Scherer was shipped out to California where he visited some relatives and friends. He then went by troop ship to...
Richard Lafleur went to Fort Riley [Annotator's Note: in Geary and Riley Counties, Kansas] for basic training after...
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Everything was different for Bernard B. "Bernie...
Walter Sapp's father had been in World War 1 and knew what infantry was about. Sapp did not consult with his family...
Cosmo Uttero was drafted [Annotator's Note: in June 1943] and went to Fort Devens, Massachusetts [Annotator's Note: in...
Robert Walter was born in 1922 in Seneca County, Ohio. His young years prior to entering the service were spent within...
Alton Bourg was stationed with men who were mostly from Pennsylvania and were professionals in their civilian lives....
Byron Othello Wilkins, who goes by B.O. Wilkins, was named after his father. He grew up in northeast Arkansas in Luxora...
Earl Williams went to Camp Lee, Virginia [Annotator's Note: now Fort Lee in Prince George County, Virginia]. When he...
It was expected that everyone would go into the service if they were of age and they accepted that. Ed Tunnicliff did...
After his mother refused to sign for him to enter flight training, Angelo Joseph Spinato stayed in school. Around...
James Alspaugh went to basic training in Fort Benning [Annotator's Note: Fort Benning, Georgia]. The staff had been...
Herbert W. Ridyard was called up for service on his birthday, 6 July [Annotator's Note: 6 July 1943]. He had previously...
The "glorious" starting salary Theodore Pavlovich was earning in the Army came to 21 dollars a month, from which he...
William Burrus was drafted [Annotator's Note: in the spring of 1943] and went to Fort McClellan, Alabama for induction...
Franklin Denius had taken artillery training in the ROTC at the Citadel and wanted to be in the artillery. He got his...
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Seymour Nussenbaum is like his mother who is a...
Tokuji Yoshihashi was drafted and went to Camp Blanding, Florida for 17 weeks of basic training. He was trained on...
Gerard Dillon went to Camp Croft, South Carolina for infantry basic training from November until January [Annotator's...
After basic training, Jack Vandervort got two weeks' vacation. He went to ASTP [Annotator's Note: Army Specialized...
After being drafted, Richard Yeagely went to Fort McClellan, Alabama [Annotator's Note: then Camp McClellan in Anniston...
Wallace Yip, Sr. did his basic training at Camp Claiborne in Alexandria [Annotator's Note: Camp Claiborne, Rapides...
[Annotator's Note: James Albert Kitts took his pre-induction physical in August 1943 after being drafted.] He did not...
At Camp Campbell [Annotator's Note: now Fort Campbell in Oak Grove, Kentucky and Clarksville, Tennessee], Frank...
Lionel Baxter trained on howitzers. They went through [Annotator's Note: training] in eight weeks because they were...
[Annotator's Note: Robert J. "Bob" Brasel asks the interviewer if he can read from a paper he is holding.] Brasel...
Eugene Yackel had to register for the draft after he graduated from high school. He did not know what he wanted to do...
Basic training was normal for Henry Little. His training for building bridges involved alligators and snakes swimming...
Joe G. Casillas reported to Presidio of San Francisco [Annotator's Note: in California] from Fresno [Annotator's Note:...

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