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Beck, Carl Maxing Out His Credit in Europe
Carl Beck was in Berchtesgaden, Germany when his unit [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute...
Angst, Lawrence Medical Training and Deployment to England
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Lawrence Angst where he was when he heard the news of the Japanese attack on...
Buschmeier, Frank Member of the Army Air Corps
Frank William Buschmeier served with the 350th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force during...
O'Hara, Richard Memories and Dying Veterans
Richard O'Hara's most memorable experience of World War 2 was sailing into Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor...
Nelson, Maxwell Merchant Marine Service
In June 1943, nearing the end of Maxwell Nelson’s deferment, he decided to join the US Merchant Marine and was sent to...
Vangrov, Sherman Merchant Marine Service
Sherman Vangrov was born in March 1927 in Dayton, Ohio, but moved around the county because his mother was ill. He...
McPhail, Joe Merchant Marine Service
Joe K. McPhail signed up for the Merchant Marine in Mobile, Alabama. His uncle, Olan Nicholson, and aunt [Annotator's...
Crane, James Merchant Marine Training
James Crane got into the Merchant Marine because Roosevelt [Annotator’s Note: President Franklin D. Roosevelt and...
Lindsey, James Merchant Marines
James T. Lindsey was born in Marshall, Missouri in August 1924. He grew up with one sister. His parents owned a...
Bates, Rex Meteorology Training Program
After the Pearl Harbor attack [Annotator's Note: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941], Rex...
Cushman, Gene Military Child
Gene M. Cushman was born in 1920 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He grew up with an older brother. His father, a career...
Weissberger, Ela Military Duty in Israel
At that time, Ela Weissberger said, all except the very religious Jewish women were joining the Israeli Army. She was...
Ladner, Nimocks Military Service
Nimocks Foyle Ladner was seventeen when he joined the Navy. He did not want to crawl through the bushes and see the...
McKnight, Harry Military Service
Harry McKnight was born in Detroit, Michigan in July 1926. He had an older brother. The family moved to Ohio soon...
Dole, Robert Military Service and Postwar
Senator Robert "Bob" Dole [Annotator's Note: Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole, American veteran and politician] entered the...
Honz, Burdell Military Service Stateside and Postwar
Burdell S. Hontz and his unit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Squadron, 11th Bombardment Group] were shipped back to...
Creekmore, Thomas Military Training
Thomas Creekmore did what they told him [Annotator's Note: when Creekmore was drafted January 1943]. He told his wife...
Alison, John R. Military Training
During his military training, John Alison was trained for reconnaissance, fighter and bomber operations. Being a...
Barton, Walter Military Training
At the age of 17, Walter Henry Barton dropped out of high school to join the Army. Since. He was called up three months...
Ward, John Military Training
John F. Ward volunteered for service in December 1943 and took his basic training at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. He...
Cummings, Mary Military Training on the Beach
Because Mary Cummings [Annotator's Note: in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service; United States Naval...
Cook, Edward Military Training to the Bulge
After graduating high school at 17 years old, Edward J. Cook found work with the New York Life Insurance Company as a...
Barrett, Elizabeth Missing in Action
Elizabeth Barrett was at a loss, she said, as to her own husband's whereabouts or well being. When he got back to the...
Perdue, Cawthon "C.B. Perdue" Missions Over Germany
Cawthon “C.B.” Perdue Jr. was drafted and sworn into the army in July 1942. After taking aptitude tests, he was...
Pickens, Olin Mississippi Boy to Army Trainee
Olin Pickens was born in December 1921 near Dumas, Mississippi in the small village of Locum. His father worked as a...
Chamblin, Loyd Mississippi Boy to Aviator Trainee
Lloyd Augustus Chamblin, Jr., was born in Sumner, Mississippi in July 1924. He lived in a rural community with lots of...
Pummill, William Missouri Boy to Marine
William "Bill" Arthur Pummill was born in Crocker, Missouri in July 1921. He was the eighth of 12 children in the...
Heuer, Frank Motor Machinist’s Mate School
In January 1943, Frank M. Heuer Sr. enlisted in the Navy with his younger brother, Edward. Heuer, his brother, and...
Topel, Fred National Guard
Fred Topel decided to go into the National Guard with a few other friends. He was only 16 years old, so he had to lie...
Little, Keith Navajos Joining the Marines
[Annotator's Note: This interview was conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom can be heard off-...
Lovell, James Naval Academy Education, Deployment and Flying Navy Fighters
The war ended while James Lovell was a senior in high school and he remembers V-J Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over...
McCormick, Bruce Naval and Civil Service After the War
Bruce McCormick returned to Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego County,...
Yost, Victor Naval Service
Victor James Yost was born on a farm in Illinois in October 1920. His parents were farmers. Yost was one of eight...
Amoss, Walter "Jimmy" Naval Training, Combat, War's End
Walter Amoss was 17 years of age when the war started. Like his fellow students, he wanted to join the military and go...
Anthony, Ray Navy Bandmember
Ray Anthony joined the Navy rather than the Army. He went to the Great Lakes and Chicago. Eddie Peabody was a...
Taylor, Amelia Navy Boot Camp
Amelia Taylor's father signed for her at the recruiting station [Annotator's Note: to join the Women Accepted for...

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