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Frongello, Arthur Postwar
When the war started, Arthur Frongello was still in high school, but joined the Navy anyway. When he left the Navy,...
Dorsey, Eugene Joining the Navy Armed Guard
Eugene Dorsey was born in St. Louis, Missouri in July 1924 and grew up in University City [Annotator’s Note: University...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 6
Charles Scheffel met up with the 9th Infantry Division near the airport in Algiers. It was the 9th Division's job to...
Duffy, Gowan German Artillery
Gowan Duffy remembers that they would refer to one German plane as Bed Check Charlie [Annotator's Note: nickname given...
Maki, Howard Becoming a Soldier
Howard T. Maki desired to enter the Army Air Forces as a pilot. Before he was drafted, he had passed various...
Gilbert, Lawrence Preparing for Combat
Lawrence Richard "Red" Gilbert was sent overseas. His passage lasted four days then he landed in Casablanca [Annotator'...
Cole, Edward Reflections
Edward C. Cole's most memorable experience of World War 2 was arriving [Annotator's Note: in Leghorn, or Livorno, Italy...
Brown, Roscoe Segregated Clubs and Appreciative Bomber Crews
To Dr. Roscoe Brown, strafing missions were more dangerous than bomber escort missions because they [Annotator's Note:...
Oakes, Robert Condition of the Prison Camps
The first prison camp that Robert Tyler Oakes went to was Stalag Luft IV [Annotator's Note: Pomerania, Poland]. The...
Baker, Vernon Segment 14
At the end of the war Vernon Baker was a second lieutenant but in May of 1945 he became a first lieutenant. His...
McCowen, William Basic Training to Naples, Italy
William McCowen should never have gotten in the military in the first place. He had trick knees. He played a lot of...

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