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Singlaub, John Becoming a Soldier
John Singlaub enlisted in the US Army Artillery because he wanted the experience to supplement his infantry skills....
Brukman, Jack Becoming a Soldier
Jack Brukman had not been anyplace before receiving his draft notice. He considered himself a mama's boy. Young...
O'Rorke, James Becoming a Soldier
James Richard O'Rorke trained in Fort Monmouth near Redback, New Jersey. All the trainees had previously been shipped...
Linkous, Melvin Becoming a Soldier
After high school, Melvin Linkous entered the field of radio. He interviewed Bob Hope's [Annotator's Note: Leslie...
Halloran, Walter Becoming a Soldier
Walter Halloran had never thought about joining the military until the attack on Pearl Harbor. He knew no one who had...
Gross, Clayton Becoming an Ace and D-Day
Clayton Kelly Gross does not recall if the Messerschmitt he shot down off of the B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17...
Ram, Walter Becoming an Airman
Walter Ram went through basic training for the Army. He was discharged after a year in the Army. When the Japanese...
Rinas, Bruno Becoming an Airman
Bruno S. Rinas discussed joining the service with a younger brother. He joined the military in 1940 at Fort Snelling [...
Gackenbach, Russell Becoming an Airman
Russell Gackenbach had his Army Air Forces basic training in Florida. There were not enough uniforms for the recruits...
Mahoney, Timothy Becoming an Airman
Timothy Mahoney wanted to join the Navy because a friend of his was in the Navy. His father told him to wait until he...
Ruck, Elmore Becoming an Airman and Overseas Deployment
Elmore Ruck went to ground school in Santa Anna, California. It involved training in navigation and aircraft...
Birnbaum, Stanley Becoming an Army Officer
Stanley Jack Birnbaum was born in March 1923 in New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York]. He attended Queens...
Dietzel, Paul Becomming a Military Pilot
The Army Air Corps had so many people in the system that they had to figure out what to do with them so they created...
Shook, Hal Being a Flight Instructor
In Charlotte, North Carolina, Harold Shook was "just a junior birdman," and at the start of his time there witnessed a...
Long, Catherine Being a Nurse in the WAVES
Catherine Long had boot training in the Navy. Her parents had no objection to her joining the service. Her father was...
Angier, John Being a Pathfinder and the Stress of Combat
John Angier had trained in the Boeing B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] Pathfinder,...
Fulton, Robert Being a POW in Japan, the End of the War and Liberation
Robert Fulton had been brought to Japan to be interrogated by the Japanese Navy general staff in a camp called Ōfuna....
Jordan, Bryce Being a Weekend Warrior and Last Flights
Bryce Jordan was discharged from active duty in the US Air Force in 1954 and returned to the Air National Guard....
Murphy, Thomas Being Drafted, Training, Logistics, and Seeing Jets
Thomas Murphy was drafted into the Army on 8 June [Annotators Note: 8 June 1944]. His father had worked as the...
Tanner, Theodore Being the Group Photography Officer
Theodore Robert Tanner flew six missions in a P-40 [Annotator's Note: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter aircraft], but never...
Garbo, William Being Wounded
After a narrow escape from a deadly Japanese ambush, and a tragic friendly fire casualty that night, William Garbo and...
Spera, George Being Wounded
George Spera's first wound in combat was a small injury to his left hand in November [Annotator's Note: November 1944...
Vaughn, Odell Being Wounded and Evacuated
Odell Vaughn was wounded near Pisa, Italy. He went to assist a wounded man in a minefield. Four men near him...
Bolin, George Between Earth and Space
When the war ended, George R. Bolin's father [Annotator's Note: Lodwick Timothy "LT" Bolin] moved his office to Clinton...
Daquarna, Joseph Bikini Atoll Atomic Bomb Tests
Joseph Daquarna and the USS Fulton (AS-11) went to Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands to participate in the atomic...
Taddeo, Al Blue Angels
Initially, Alfred Taddeo lost contact with his fellow flyers after their short stint together on the team [Annotator's...
Kneflin, Charles Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Charles Kneflin had never seen anything like the B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber]....
Adams, J. Bombardier School and Mission Protocols
Jones Quincy Adams, Jr. was sent to Santa Ana, California for classification [Annotator's Note: after completing pre-...
David, Maynard Bombardier School and Shipping Out
In addition to class learning, such as communication and radio navigation, Maynard David and the other cadets learned...
Dyson, Freeman Bomber Command Bureaucracy
Freeman Dyson's friend Michael Laughlin [Annotator's Note: unsure of spelling] had been his roommate prior to going...
Whitcomb, Robert Bombing Cities and Enemy Opposition
Some of the primary targets Robert Whitcomb hit were marshalling yards, research facilities, and factories. They made...
Fitch, Mason Bombing Japan
Mason Brownell Fitch determined that radar was very important when flying missions into Japan. The terrain was much...
Lengsfield, Jack Bombing Mission to Berlin
Early on 24 March [Annotator's Note: 24 March 1945], Jack Lengsfield was called into a briefing on what was to be the...
Stovroff, Irwin Bombing Missions
Irwin Stovroff was based in Shipdham Airfield outside of Norwich, England. Norwich was the central point for many of...
Towle, John Bombing Missions
John W. Towle flew his first missions over flying bomb sights in France. [Annotator's Note: The V-1 rocket bomb and V-2...
Rodriguez, Antonio Bombing Missions
Antonio C. Rodriquez flew towards the latter part of the war when few Luftwaffe [Annotator's Note: the German Air Force...

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