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Shenkle, George The Netherlands
George Shenkle [Annotator's Note: serving with the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division] was...
Kaiser, Raymond The P-40
Raymond Kaiser always mocked the P-40 [Annotator's Note: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter aircraft] as low and slow but he...
Reed, Robert The Pacific
Robert Frederick Reed's squadron [Annotator's Note: Marine Bombing Squadron 612 (VMB-612)] did training dropping...
Kirkpatrick, Otto The Pathfinders
Otto Kirkpatrick got orders on Easter Sunday 1943 to transfer to the 322nd Bomb Group [Annotator’s Note: 322nd...
Ratcliff, Henry The Philippines and War's End
Henry Ratcliff reached Mindoro [Annotator's Note: Mindoro Philippines, as a member of the 860th Aviation Engineer...
Reese, Lloyd The Run on Ploesti
Lloyd Reese was the bombardier on a Consolidated B-24 Liberator taking part in Operation Tidal Wave over Ploiești,...
McLaughlin, Sr., James The Second Schweinfurt Raid
James Kemp McLaughlin could see the German fighters approaching. The Germans liked to attack from the front and when...
Molen, Herman The Second Schweinfurt Raid
Herman Molen volunteered to go on the second Schweinfurt mission [Annotator’s Note: The Second Schweinfurt raid, also...
Roberts, George The Second Schweinfurt Raid
When George Roberts flew to Schweinfurt they ran out of ammunition, except for in the radio room, on the way to the...
Ryan, John The Siegfried Line and Experiencing Enemy Fire
[Annotator's Note: The audio level of this interview is very low.] Before John Ryan reached the Siegfried Line, he came...
Carmody, Martin "Red" The Sinking of the USS Hornet (CV-8)
Martin Carmody and Les Ward finally joined back up with each other. They had both consumed a lot of fuel during their...
Harrell, Edgar The Sinking of USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
Edgar Harrell was born in October 1924 in Cadiz, Kentucky. He was 18 when he joined the United States Marine Corps in...
Tarrant, Eugene The Slot, Coral Sea, Midway and Tarawa
[Annotator's Note: Eugene Tarrant served in the Navy as a captain’s mess attendant aboard the USS San Francisco (CA38...
Price, John The Tank Destroyers
John H. Price, Jr.'s company [Annotator's Note: Company B, 609th Tank Destroyer Battalion] was comprised of three...
Bass, Stewart The TBM Avenger
Stewart Bass flew a TBM Avenger [Annotator's Note: Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bomber] during the Second World War. He...
Morehead, James B. The Thirst for Blood and Evacuating Java
James Morehead's first combat action was an intercept of bombers determined to destroy the 19th Bomb Group's [Annotator...
Galbraith, Wendell The Toughest Missions
The target for Wendell Galbraith's second mission [Annotator's Note: with the 782nd Bombardment Squadron, 465th...
Tacket, Henry The USS Heerman (DD-532) in the Battle off Samar
Henry A. Tacket was a Radioman 1st Class aboard the USS Heermann (DD-532). He was a 1st Class Petty Officer. He would...
Miralles, Richard The USS Hoggatt Bay
Richard Miralles got word on his 18th birthday that they were going home. He went on liberty [Annotator's Note: an...
Schaller, Henry The War Ends
Henry Schaller's bomber [Annotator's Note: a Boeing B-17 FLying Fortress heavy bomber] flew at 23,000 feet. It was 33...
Forcinella, Frank The War Ends
Frank Forcinella liked the Rhine River crossing [Annotator's Note: at Nierstein, Germany, 22 March 1945]. They had...
Klenoski, Richard The War Ends
[Annotator's Note: After his bomber crashed, Richard Klenoski was in a rest home in England when the Germans...
McCormick, Bruce The War Ends
Bruce McCormick was in a convoy when the war ended. The fleets mustered in the Philipines. Then they got together to go...
Anderson, William The War Ends
William Anderson returned to San Diego [Annotator's Note: California] on Thanksgiving Day [Annotator's Note: 22...
Bridger, Harley The War Ends
Harley Bridger's original crew stayed together the entire war except for the bombardier. He was a young, Jewish boy...
Bebko, Robert The War's End
A friend of Robert Stephen Bebko's [Annotator's Note: in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th...
Kelley, Archie The West Virginia Torpedoed
Archie Kelley thought much more time was going by than really was [Annotator's Note: onboard the now-torpedoed USS West...
Doolan, Robert The YB-40 and England
The first time Robert Doolan ever flew was in a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] and...
Nakagawa, Ittsei They Were All Burned
[Annotator's Note: Ittsei Nakagawa was in a factory in Hiroshima, Japan when the atomic bomb exploded over the city on...
Dunlavy, Jack Third Fleet Actions
On 16 April [Annotator's Note: 16 April 1945], the Third Fleet was off the coast of Japan and sent planes out to hit...
Heilbrun, Herbert Thoughts of Survival
Herbert Heilbrun did not care which theater he fought in as long as he was a part of the war. He got into training late...
Goodwin, Hersey Thoughts on Combat
Hersey Goodwin and the gunners spent a lot of time with flight recognition. When the plane flew into the one in front,...
Uttero, Cosmo Thoughts on Combat Life
Cosmo Uttero was in H Company [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry...
Nelson, Walter Thoughts on Flying
Walter Nelson had a different pilot for his first raid. The pilot’s name was Lieutenant Womper [Annotators Note: unsure...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Thoughts on Service
Charles Wesley Borders retired from the United States Air Force on 1 September 1971. He got to be a Wing Commander...
Smith, Arthur Thoughts on War
Arthur Smith did not burden his children with World War 2. It became current in his life as a result of his youngest...

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