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Miller, Rudolph Joining the Navy
Rudolph C. Miller had no place to go and nowhere to live when he was 16. He tried to forge his certificate [Annotator's...
Grenny, Guy Joining the Navy
Guy Grenny was a cadet in ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps]. He was preparing for going to war....
Crawford, William Joining the Navy
William Ward Crawford was born in 1914 in Akron, Ohio. He was aware of the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: The...
Martin, Robert Joining the Navy
Robert Martin wanted to join the Navy because his friend had gone in before he did. He was a year or two older than him...
Brock, Pete Joining the Navy
Pete Brock and his twin brother enlisted in the Navy together on 27 April 1944 and were called to active duty on 6 June...
Burr, John Joining the Navy
John Burr joined the Naval ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps] in college. He was always interested...
Werner, Morton Joining the Navy
Morton William Werner was born in February 1927 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He grew up in a middle-class home. His...
Kynett, Gerald Joining the Navy
Gerald Kynett's family started rationing. His father had to get a special waver for gasoline since he was a salesman....
Carman, Victor Joining the Navy
Victor K. Carman joined the Navy because he did not want to be a foot soldier in the Army or Marines. He had flown a...
Schoonejans, Emil J. Joining the Navy and Cleared for Submarine Duty
Emil Schoonejans volunteered for service in the Navy. He originally wanted to go into the air force. He and a buddy...
Treen, John Joining the Navy and Interacting with Local Populations
John Treen met a friend at College Inn [Annotator's Note: Ye Olde College Inn Restaurant, New Orleans, Louisiana] one...
Sherbecoe, Martin Joining the Navy and Military Training
Martin Sherbecoe remembered that the curfew on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] was very strict....
Bethard, Orville Joining the Navy and Preparing to go to Sea
Orville Bethard was attending Washington High School when he learned about the attack on Pearl Harbor. He enlisted in...
Dorsey, Eugene Joining the Navy Armed Guard
Eugene Dorsey was born in St. Louis, Missouri in July 1924 and grew up in University City [Annotator’s Note: University...
Hagans, Benjamin Joining the Philippine Army
Benjamin Hagans enjoyed fishing. He did not wear clothes until he was six years old. He would climb trees and gather...
Salerno, James Joining the Raiders
James Salerno was born in Summit, New Jersey, in 1918. Before the war he worked as a clerk in a store. Salerno chose...
Reeder, John Joining the Royal Canadian Air Force
Colonel John Acree Reeder was born in January 1921 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He attended the Boeing School of...
Sadler, Richard Joining the Royal Marines
In May 1943, Burt Richard Sadler would turn 18 years old. He did not want to join the Army because he saw so many drunk...
Barnett, Robert Joining the Scouts and Raiders
Robert Barnett was born in November 1926 in Cincinnati [Annotator's Note: Cincinnati, Ohio] and has lived there all of...
Ashford, Willard Joining the Sea Bees
Willard Ashford was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in May 1928. His family was mostly poverty-ridden due to the Great...
Campbell, John Joining the Service
John Edward Campbell was born in August 1920 in Porterville, California. His mother died in 1930 when he was ten years...
Van Eaton, Jack Joining the Service
[Annotator’s Note: There is a person off camera prompting the interviewee to answer the interviewer’s questions...
Werner, Jack Joining the US Army
[Annotator's Note: Jack Werner snuck out of Austria and made his way to the United States, arriving on 8 May 1939.]...
Cawley, David J. Joining the USS Enterprise (CV-6)
[Annotator's Note: David Cawley is very difficult to understand and follow throughout this clip. Cawley joined the Navy...
Guderian, Emmett Joining the USS Independence (CVL-22)
Emmett Guderian was told he would not be able to go home before shipping out overseas. [Annotator's Note: Guderian...
Stricklan, Mary Joining the WAACs
Mary R. Stricklan joined the WACs [Annotator's Note: Women's Army Corps; women's branch of the United States Army, 1942...
Doroff, Lorraine Joining the WACS
Lorraine Doroff signed up for the Women Auxiliary Army [Annotator's Note: Women's Army Auxiliary Army Corps or WAAC;...
Smith, Thomas Joining the War to Saipan
When they bombed Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941], there...
Morgan, Dorothy "Dorothy Wuestner" Joining the WAVES
Dorothy Wuestner Morgan joined the WAVES [Annotator's Note: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service; United...
Davis, Romay Joining the Women's Army Corps
Romay Catherine Johnson Davis did not know there was anything different than segregation. She had everything she needed...
Witmeyer, John "J.J." Joining Up and Military Training
John Witmeyer went to enlist in the United States military the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 8...
Peto, George Joining Up and Shipping Out
George Peto was born in Akron, Ohio in 1922. He grew up in the Portage Lakes area near Akron on an old farm during the...
Roed, Harold Jump School
Harold Roed tried to enlist in the Air Corps [Annotator's Note: US Army Air Corps] before his 18th birthday, passing...
Negrotto, Constance Keeping up with the War
Constance Negrotto had cousins and friends who were all over the place during the war. They kept her informed of what...
Gallego, Anthony Kid in Los Angeles
Anthony “Tony” Gallego was born in November 1923 in Los Angeles, California. His father, a metalworker, made enough...
Johnson, Alfred Korea
Alfred A. Johnson, Jr. joined the National Guard after he returned from World War 2. He worked as an aid for the...

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