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Pavlovich, Theodore Being Wounded on Luzon and Evacuated
On the morning of 3 February 1945, a mortar shell dropped in the rice paddy alongside Theodore Pavlovich and he took...
Brannon, Mark Reflections
The Second World War experience that stands out most in Mark Brannon's mind was being on a destroyer, a position that...
Borne, Edwin First Invasion Attempt on Wake Island
Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. was on lookout duty with hi-powered binoculars when the first invasion attempt on Wake Island...
Kough, Edward War's End
[Annotator's Note: Ed Kough refers to a paper for dates and holds it up in front of his face throughout the segment.]...
Zeringer, Harold Okinawa
Harold Zeringer was a participant in the assault to take the Japanese held island of Okinawa. The invasion took place...
Hyland, Everett Below Decks During the Pearl Harbor Attack
In Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Everett Hyland did hear rumors of going to war. When out on their two weeks at sea, and at...
Malta, Samuel Adjusting to Civilian Life
Samuel Malta and the men in combat were just kids who were 18 or 19 years old. The combat troops felt they were...
Yusen, Jack Supply Runs to the Marshall Islands
When they [Annotator's Note: Jack Yusen and the USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)] arrived at Pearl Harbor the men looked...
Brooks, Leonard Growing Up in the Philippines
Leonard Brooks was born in the Philippines in 1924. His parents had gone to the Philippines in 1922 as missionaries and...
Kynett, Gerald Returning Home, Postwar Service and Reflections
Gerald Kynett returned to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii], where he was held up for some time....
Rosenbloom, Myers Prewar Life
Myers Bernard Rosenbloom’s mother worked by having boarders. His mother was able to buy two houses with the money she...
Johnson, John Early Life, the Draft and Assignment
John E. Johnson was born in Houston, Mississippi in December 1926, and lived there until he was six years old. During...

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