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Baker, Sterling Invasion of Saipan
Sterling Baker was on the invasions of Kwajalein [Annotator's Note: Kwajalein, Marshall Islands] and Enewetok [...
Wicklund, John Reflections
John Wicklund didn't get his full regular Army pay from August 1944 to August 1945. When he was discharged, he finally...
Sturman, William Closing Thoughts
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks William Sturman why getting his first command of men in the Aleutian Islands,...
Cook, Harold Life Overview
Harold C. Cook was born in Beaver, Pennsylvania. His father produced milk and ice cream on his dairy farm. Cook...
Toledo, Bill Reflections
When Bill Toledo was home with his grandparents, he did not want to go to school. The school official forced him to go...
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 14
Admiral Kinkaid [Annotato's Note: Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid] who had no experince with carriers or aviators, ordered a...
Lafleur, Richard Overseas to Yokohama
Richard Lafleur was not assigned to a unit after training. He knew he was going to be in the 1st Cavalry Division....
Lucas, Jack What is a Hero
If Jacklyn Lucas's father had been alive, he would not have allowed him to go off to the service because he could...
Goodwin, Hersey The War Ends
When Hersey Goodwin was discharged, it was after the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...
Schicker, Tom Tent Camp Two
Thomas Francis Schicker was sent to Mainside Area 13 [Annotator's Note: location on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in...
Deen, Braswell Segment 7
Deen recalls thinking how lucky he was that he was not killed on the first day [Annotator’s Note: 15 September 1944 on...

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