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Fitzgerald, Ray Early Life
Ray Fitzgerald was born in March 1922 in Union County in North Mississippi. He grew up there in a rural home. The draft...
Marolda, Theodore Returning Home and Postwar
Theodore Marolda returned to the United States via San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California]. It was...
Shannahan, Claude Joining the Raiders and Trip to New Zealand
Claude Shannahan joined the Raiders because he wasn't tall enough to be a paratrooper and because he liked the name. He...
Beyer, Walter First Submarine Patrol
[Annotator's Note: The video is glitchy in this segment] Walter Louis Beyer served in the Pacific Theater in World War...
Galella, Armando Souvenirs, Going Home and War's End
While on Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian, Mariana Islands], Armando Galella said the signal guys would go out on Ducks...
Hadjinian, Samuel Reflections of the War
Samuel Hadjinian learned how to drink and smoke through his experience of World War 2. The war helped with his career...
Paret, Peter Balancing the Combat Scales
Drafted into the Army in 1943, Peter Paret was thrown in with unfamiliar types, and became a fairly solitary man. His...
Crain, Joe Segment 10
Alex Vraciu knew that the next time they saw air action it would be part of a landing somewhere. When his group was...
Bubrig, Leander Army Training
In 1944, Leander Bubrig enlisted in the Army and was sent to Camp Beauregard, Louisiana for induction. His hair was cut...
Winter, William Desegregating Public Schools in Mississippi
[Annotator's Note: Segment begins with the interviewer asking William Winter about civil rights during his political...
Lane, Charles Reflections and Final Thoughts
Charles Nathan Lane considers himself extremely fortunate and thinks that he had a guardian angel with him when he was...
Russell, Richard Prewar Life and Postwar Career
Richard T. Russell, Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in March 1922. His father was a civil service employee....

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