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Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 7
Baldwin didn't have much to do with Capt. Fritts, but he liked him alright. Fritts knew he was a Captain, knew he was...
Vessey, John "Jack" Segment 7
During the breakout from the Anzio beachhead John Vessey was a forward observer with an infantry company. They were...
Dennis, David Segment 7
To David Dennis Oran, North Africa looked just like any other town but the French people there were happy to see them....
Van Kirk,Theodore "Dutch" Segment 7
When they reached 10,000 feet, Jeppson [Annotator's Note: USAAF 2nd Lieutenant Morris R. Jeppson, the assistant...
Perrett, Marvin Segment 7
Perrett's contact with the German prisoner of war (POWs) he transported was very brief. The POWs were usually quite and...
Keema, John Segment 7
Keema had flown back to back to back missions on eight, nine, and ten [Annotator’s Note: 8, 9, and 10 October 1943]....
Gross, Clayton Segment 8
When Clayton Kelly Gross returned to his unit after his 30 day leave, they were flying the Mustang and he flew it long...
Gravois, Francois "F.D." Segment 8
On Tarawa there were Japanese bunkers everywhere. They were right on the other side of the wall. They had firing ports...
Schmedemann, Keith Segment 8
Schmedemann felt that the enemy they encountered [Annotator’s Note: during the Battle of the Bulge] were far superior...
Dennis, David Segment 8
David Dennis took basic training with an 03 rifle [Annotators Note: Springfield Model 1903 .30 caliber rifle]. They had...
Henderson, William Segment 9
Henderson's outfit was hit by enemy fighters pretty heavy on one mission. His plane was not hit. It was a long mission...
Schmedemann, Keith Segment 9
Schmedemann doesn't exactly remember where the cannon company [Annotator's Note: Cannon Company, 38th Infantry Regiment...
Delewski, Lawrence Segment 9
The Laffey was in a rough state. She had been hit a number of times from a number of direction. Everything from the...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 9
Vejtasa doesn't know of anyone being lost during the attack. The farther away they got from the scene, the worse the...
Feightner, Edward "Whitey" Segment 9
On his first tour, Feightner was officially credited with 4 kills but he knows he shot down 12. Feightner shot down 31...
Keema, John Segment 9
John Keema’s crew was forced to abort and did not fly the Schweinfurt mission. Münster was Keema’s fifteenth mission...
Kleiss, Norman "Dusty" Segment 9
When Norman Kleiss returned he saw a carrier dead in the water. When he checked his YE-ZB he knew he still had a little...
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:...
Taddeo, Al Service After the Blue Angels
Alfred Taddeo joined VF-5 [Annotator's Note: Fighting Squadron 5 (VF-5)] Baker which had formerly been VF-17 [Annotator...
Halloran, Walter Service between Wars
Walter Halloran returned to Fort Huachuca in Arizona with his wife and child [Annotator’s Note: this was following his...
Blakey, Thomas Service Experiences
Thomas J. Blakey never saw any USO [Annotator's Note: United Service Organizations, Inc.] shows. [Annotator's Note: An...
Peterson, Cleveland Service in India
Cleveland Peterson landed in Karachi, India. There was a British airbase with a huge dirigible hanger. The P-40s [...
Hever, John Service in the CBI
According to John Hever, the signal corps in Patiala, India was there to provide communications between the airplanes...
Bonelli, William Serving in Europe During the Cold War
William Patrick Bonelli transferred to England. For the first six months, he served as an aircraft maintenance advisor...
Bourgeois, Henry "Hank" Serving in World War 2, Korea and Later
Henry Bourgeois' first air to air combat was over Bougainville. When the dive bombers went into their dive, the entire...
Swift, Robert Setting Up an ER at the Indy 500
Robert Swift is a big fan of the Indianapolis 500 which relates to his time in the military. Every year at the 500...
Davis, Arthur Ship Camouflage
The camouflage design patterns and color schemes differed between the Atlantic and Pacific, depending on prevailing...
Nicholas, John Shipboard Duty
John Nicholas was a Seaman 2nd Class deck hand when he went aboard the Gayety [Annotator's Note: USS Gayety (AM-239)]....
Smith, William J. Shot Down at Kavieng
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer establishes the date of 15 February 1944 as the starting point for this clip.]...
Sacks, John Shot Down Over Ludwigshafen
On 13 September 1944 John Sacks flew a mission to bomb an I.G. Farben refinery manufacturing synthetic fuel. The plant...
Stefanelli, Anthony Sicily Actions
In Algeria, Anthony Stefanelli and his unit [Annotator's Note: 36th Engineer Combat Regiment] trained on new amphibious...
Burrus, William Siegfried Line
[Annotator's Note: Ths interview clip starts mid-question regarding the Siegfried Line, the German defensive line in...
Zerphey, Winfield Sinking a German U-Boat
Winfield Zerphey and the crew of his Consolidated PB4Y [Annotator's Note: the PB4Y was the US Navy variant of the...
Gikas, Gus Sinking of the HMT Rohna
Gus Gikas and his unit spent six weeks in North Africa, mainly in training exercises simulating shipboard problems that...
Twible, Harlan Sinking of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
[Annotator's Note: This segment begins with the interviewer asking Harlan Twible to describe the USS Indianapolis (CA-...
Nickerson, Edward Six Missions and Postwar Career
Edward Nickerson remembers little black puffs of smoke on a mission when they were shooting at him. He remembers...

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