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Burk, Jeannine America and the ILGWU Convention
Jeannine Burk's mother died in February [Annotator's Note: 1950] and the trip to New York was in May. The purpose of...
Scott, Donald Arrival in Europe and Taking Flak
After finishing his training, Donald Scott was put on a troop ship to the 8th Air Force field in Knettishall, England...
Vaughn, Odell Artillery Training and Overseas Deployment
Odell Vaughn fought through North Africa and Italy with the 178th Field Artillery Battalion. He was promoted to the...
Debrick, Arnold Asleep on Guard Duty and Treated for Trench Foot
Arnold Debrick has one regret [Annotator's Note: from his time in Company B, 9th Armored Infantry Battalion, 6th...
Downing, James Attack on Pearl Harbor
For the year prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the attack was on Sunday, 7 December 1941], James...
Burke, Murphy Back in the Military and Combat in Korea
Murphy Burke made good, lasting friendships while in the Navy, and when he got out, he took advantage of the G.I. Bill...
Maltbie, Archie Bailing Out and Evading Capture
In August 1944, Archie Maltbie had a mission against a bridge across the Seine River. Fragments of German units were...
Bostwick, Frank Becoming an Airman and Overseas Deployment
Frank Bostwick joined the ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps] for three years while he was in high...
Leaming, Jack Being Captured
Jack Leaming and his SBD pilot had just completed their bombing run on Marcus Island when the antiaircraft fire became...
Killilea, Kenneth Combat Performance
Kenneth Killilea and the 4th Division returned to Maui from Tinian. There was a big luau and then training started...
Baron, Judith Dachau Work Camp
Judith Baron and her sister were taken by cattle car to a work camp in Germany. They had been in Auschwitz which was...
Lesser, Benjamin Death March from Auschwitz to Dachau
Benjamin Lesser could hear the front closing in on the rock quarry where they worked. The inmates were told that they...
Gikas, Gus Deployment to India
Since the unit Gus Gikas led was intended to replace another unit in India that had been deployed for two years, their...
Killilea, Kenneth Early Life
Kenneth Killilea was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He grew up there for the most part. He also lived in Wellesley,...
Jostad, Glen Early Life
Glen Arnold Jostad grew up on a farm during the Great Depression. His family was poor but never hungry since they had...
Shames, Edward Early Life and Becoming a Paratrooper
Edward Shames was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1922. He can recall the Great Depression, but it wasn't as severe in his...
DiSabatino, Eugene Family Tensions
Eugene DiSabatino had to return to his home in Wilmington, Delaware in order to find more civilian clothes that he...
Staymates, Arthur Hermann Göring's Intellect
Arthur Staymates had nearly daily conversations with Göring [Annotator's Note: German Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring...
Morgan, George Iwo Jima UDT
George Morgan was tasked at Iwo Jima to swim to a peninsula in the island and place a battery operated light on it. It...
de Jonge, Wim Japanese Coal Mines and Liberation
Wim de Jonge worked in unsafe conditions in the coal mines of Japan. He was there for about a year. That was the...
Collie, C. Life on a Destroyer
C. Charles Collie found that he was right where he wanted to be while on his destroyer [Annotator's Note: he was the...
Saloom, Kaliste Military Operations in North Africa
Kaliste Saloom was part of a group of 30 men who landed at Oran in North Africa [Annotator's Note: as part of Operation...
Hopkins, Ralph Okinawa, War's End and Accepting Surrenders
Ralph Hopkins participated in the battle of Okinawa [Annotator's Note: while aboard the USS Louisville (CA-28)]. It was...
Judd, Robert Okinawa, War's End and Reflections
Having participated in the assaults on Guam, Saipan, and Leyte Gulf, Robert Judd and UDT-4 was tasked next with the...
Davis, Charles Pearl Harbor, Enlistment and Assignment to the USS Helena (CL-50)
Charles Davis clearly remembers the day Pearl Harbor was bombed. It was eight days after his 15th birthday, and Davis...
Hurley, Wallace Performance of Troops and Weapons and Killing Two Enemy Soldiers
Wallace Hurley was discharged at San Antonio after returning to the United States. Men were given various strange...
Bowers, Roger Prisoner of War Experience and Liberation
Roger Bowers describes the camp guards [Annotator's Note: at Stalag IX-B in Bad Orb, Germany] as mostly SS troops [...
Gangwere, Blanche "Blanche Gregory" Red Cross Service in England
Blanche Gangwere would leave each morning in a Clubmobile [Annotator's Note: she was billeted with an English family in...
Skelton, Joy Reflections
Joy Skelton came to realize the importance of living for the day while she was in a concentration camp. She has tried...
Aupied, Mildred Reflections
Mildred Aupied was influenced by her work at the shipyard [Annotator’s Note: she was a welder at the Delta Shipbuilding...
Twible, Harlan Rescued by the USS Bassett (APD-73)
Following Navy tradition, Harlan Twible was the last person to be pulled out of the water. He was picked up by the...
Schneider, Tony Schneider's Experiences in the Battle of Midway
As a pilot in VB-6 [Annotator's Note: Bombing Squadron 6 (VB-6)], Tony Schneider sailed aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6...
Jostad, Glen Stalag VII A and Liberation
Late in the war, Glen Jostad was relocated to a German prisoner of war camp near Moosberg, Germany [Annotator's Note:...
Rockforte, Joseph The Army Before Deployment
Joseph Rockforte was sent to Camp Beauregard in Alexandria [Annotator's Note: Alexandria, Louisiana]. There, he got all...
Gangwere, Blanche "Blanche Gregory" The Glenn Miller Band and General Henri Giraud
Blanche Gangwere was sent to Passau, Germany where she was billeted in an old castle on a hill. The castle was...
Rendelman, Ed The Normandy Invasion
Ed Rendelman arrived in England after sailing from the United States in March 1944. The men knew there was a big build...

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