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Kleiss, Norman "Dusty" Segment 4
Norman Kleiss went to the ready room. The weather was very cloudy with just a few patches of open sky. A Japanese plane...
Wagner, Helen Segment 5
The Wagners served for about three and a half years. They got out of the service in 1946 and put the war behind them....
Phoutrides, Ari Segment 5
Around 8:15 or 8:20 [Annotator's Note: on the morning of 16 April 1945] the first 4 Japanese kamikaze planes heading...
Connick Sr., Harry Segment 5
Connick recalls having great respect for the Marines they picked up at Iwo Jima. He watched them fight, seeing the...
Ferrier, Harry Segment 5
When the Enterprise [Annotator's Note: USS Enterprise (CV-6) aircraft carrier] was attacked and ensign Mears and...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 5
The day after the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot [Annotators Note: the Battle of the Philippine Sea] Alexander Vraciu was...
Nerison, James "Jim" Segment 5
James Nerison had an upper bunk in the PT boat [Annotators Note: PT-305] and he was not able to see out of the boat. He...
Brooks, Howard Segment 5
The first place Brooks was taken to was a building. The men were fed once a day by the natives who brought them soup....
Stinson, Handy Segment 5
It was a wonderful experience. Stinson would not trade a million dollars for his experience in World War II. On average...
Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 5
From 20000 feet the Japanese carriers could be seen maneuvering below. The carriers could be identified by their size...
Tarrant, Eugene Segment 5
The San Francisco had to intercept the Japanese ships coming down the Slot [Annotator's Note: the narrow course from...
Blanchard, Robert C. Segment 5
Blanchard was still feeling the effects of the smoke inhalation when he was in Honolulu. He dealt with this injury for...
Showers, Donald "Mac" Segment 5
When the Japanese planned invasions on American, English or Filipino soil, they had to come up with a new code...
Benario, Janice "Janice Martin" Segment 5
Janice Benario did not think about her job too much while she was doing it. Every once in a while they got excited when...
Bishop, Charles Segment 5
Charles Bishop stayed with the Piranha [Annotators Note: USS Piranha (SS-389)] to put her out of commission since he...
Monpat, Raymond Segment 5
They started taking off the most severely wounded. Another APD [Annotator's Note: a destroyer or destroyer escort...
Hoff, Donald Segment 5
When Donald Hoff's plane went into its dive, it did not last long. At 250 miles per hour the dive goes by quick. When...
Wahlen, George Segment 5
Wahlen was an E-5, Pharmacist’s Mate 2nd class when he got out of the Navy. His US Army career was over twenty years.He...
Karr, Robert Segment 5
Karr recalls having to go up on deck with buckets of water from down below. One of the times he went up to dump a...
Delewski, Lawrence Segment 5
While the Laffey was undergoing training on Chesapeake Bay some of the gunners were sent to Dam Neck, Virginia for...
Ward, Harold Segment 5
The USS San Francisco (CA-38) replenished and headed down towards the Coral Sea. They raided New Guinea airport and the...
Ramage, James D. "Jig Dog" Segment 5
Ramage and other pilots were ready to go [Annotator's Note: Ramage is talking about attacking Japanese aircraft...
Crain, Joe Segment 5
The day after the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot [Annotators Note: the Battle of the Philippine Sea] Alex Vraciu was...
James, C.W. "Tex" Segment 5
James witnessed one of the atomic bomb blasts at Bikini Atoll after the war. That is how he realized how the war really...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 5
The ship went into the Atlantic. Vejtasa's ship met up with the Ranger, CV-4 [Annotator's Note: USS Ranger (CV-4)]....
Crain, Joe Segment 5
The Germans would use flares at night and drop them over the American convoy. At night this would illuminate the fleet...
Hopkins, Lewis Segment 5
The most significant thing to occur during the Battle of Midway that allowed for American victory is up for debate....
Feightner, Edward "Whitey" Segment 5
At Santa Cruz Feightner and Wickendoll [Annotator's Note: Lt(jg) Maurice Wickendoll] were flying CAP [Annotator's Note...
Wiley, Delmar Segment 5
Wiley noted that there were no other survivors of his plane. His wingman returned to the Enterprise [Annotator's Note:...
Baptiste, Wallace Segment 5
They went to the South Pacific to the Solomons [Annotator's Note: Solomon Islands]. The ship was pretty crowded.At Mare...
Starnes, James Segment 5
When the ceremony was over [Annotator’s Note: the Japanese surrender ceremony on 2 September 1945] the sky was filled...
Earnest, Albert J. Segment 5
Earnest did get his eight landings in. The next time he was going to be making a landing he was on the Saratoga [...
Childers, Lloyd Segment 5
About a month before the Battle of Midway the skipper decided to assign crews. The chief radioman asked if anyone had a...
Kleiss, Norman "Dusty" Segment 5
Norman Kleiss could not see if the bombs from the next two planes hit. When he made his run, he lined up on the big red...
Wagner, Helen Segment 6
The Wagner's hosted a student from Egypt and learned a lot about his religion.She feels that many people don't like...
Phoutrides, Ari Segment 6
During the battle Commander Becton [Annotator's Note: Admiral F. Julian Becton] was very calm. He gave orders to the...

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