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Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 8
Before the Battle of the Coral Sea , Vejtasa's group got some information on the Japanese base at Rabaul and the...
Feightner, Edward "Whitey" Segment 8
Living aboard the USS Enterprise was tough. Feightner slept in a hammock under a 5 inch gun mount. Other pilots bunked...
Jefferson, Alexander Segment 8
Alexander Jefferson went into Stalag Luft III with about 75 to 100 prisoners. The rooms were crowded so they turned the...
Keema, John Segment 8
John Keema and a lot of the guys he flew with had qualms about the Münster raid. Unfortunately he did not have anyone...
Rackley, Clifford Segment 9
On the Memmingen mission, which was the first day after he arrived, the ball turret gunner was killed on another plane...
Gross, Clayton Segment 9
Clayton Kelly Gross recalled the date he shot the jet down was in April of 1945. The last month of the war they could...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 9
Clarence Anderson's group came across a straggling B-17 and decided to head out to escort it. While they were on their...
Luckadoo, John Segment 9
John Luckadoo was the operations officer of the 350th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 9
When Alexander Vraciu bailed out over the Philippines he was at about 300 or 400 feet when his parachute opened up. He...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 9
Yellin recalls that the Japanese were in the caves. One person described that the Japanese were not on Iwo Jima, but...
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...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 9
Freddie Ohr sat down and everybody sat around him to keep him warm. Ohr got up and looked around and realized there was...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 9
Leonard Spivey lived in a combine, which was a group of six prisoners in one living space. They were allowed to stay...
Karr, Robert Segment 9
K.D. Jones was Karr's pointer on the gun mount. Jones and Karr were able to get down and crawl out onto the deck. They...
Noack, John Segment 9
John Noack notes that it was a sad day when they returned to base. Everyone was down about it. Too many of the guys...
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...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment14
When Clarence Anderson returned from R and R [Annotator's Note: rest and relaxation or recuperation] he was ordered to...
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:...
Wood, Mary Sent Away from London
On 1 September 1939, Mary Frances Dorothy Wood and the students at her school were given noticed that they were leaving...
Salter, Cary Sent Overseas
Cary Salter went to Florida for flight training. He graduated as a second lieutenant in 1943. [Annotator’s Note: Salter...
Grunte, Leon Sent to the Luftwaffe
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Leon Grunte to talk about August 1944.] He received an invitation from the...
Kubiak, Frank Service Aboard the USS Vicksburg (CL-86)
Frank Kubiak requested a change to heavier weaponry on his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Tillman (DD-641)]. It resulted...
Reeder, John Service During the Korean War
As commanding officer of fighter squadron VMF-111 [Annotator's Note: Marine Fighter Squadron 111 (VMF-111)] in Dallas [...
Harris, Robert Service in England
Robert Harris was based in England for one year at a base called Barkston Heath near Grantham. [Annotator’s Note: the...
Bachmann, George Service in Europe
George W. Bachmann, Junior [Annotator's Note: a waist gunner in the 367th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group...
Smithson, Jack Service in Europe
Jack A. Smithson went where the big guns [Annotator's Note: 90mm antiaircraft guns M1/M2/M3; Smithson was in the 124th...
Gierka, Eugene Service in Europe and Thoughts on War
Eugene Henry Gierka never even unpacked when they [Annotator's Note: 39th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 10th...
Peterson, Cleveland Service in India
Cleveland Peterson landed in Karachi, India. There was a British airbase with a huge dirigible hanger. The P-40s [...
Lanzetta, Frank Service on the USS Achernar (AKA-53)
Frank Dominic Lanzetta was transferred to the USS Achernar (AKA-53). While serving aboard the Achernar, Lanzetta took...
Harris, Robert Service Overview
Robert Harris was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1922. The years of the Great Depression were tough. It hit hard in...
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...
Gross, Herbert Serving in the CBI
After reaching India, Herbert Gross saw his plane reworked to bring it to standard for the CBI [Annotator's Note: the...
Suter, Martin Serving in the Pacific
Martin Suter was sent to San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California], where he stayed for some time before...
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...
Campbell, John Serving on 14 Different Ships
John Scott Campbell did several different jobs over time. He was a gunner on the 20mm gun [Annotator's Note: Oerlikon...

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