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[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...
The night when Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: as a prisoner of war] got to Stalag Luft III [Annotator's Note: in Sagan...
[Annotator's Note: Clarence Becker went to India as a photo reconnaissance pilot.] India was damp and humid, but very...
Jimmie Dyer went through infantry training at Camp Pendleton, California. When he landed at Guadalcanal, where the 6th...
The extent of Bernice Haydu's travel up to that point had only encompassed three states: Pennsylvania, New York and New...
Lionel Baxter and his unit [Annotator's Note: Battery A, 941st Field Artillery Battalion] went through the outskirts of...
Lily Sawada and her family arrived in Poston, Arizona [Annotator’s Note: this was part of the relocation of Japanese-...
As an executive officer [Annotator's Note: executive officer of 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...
James Read Kirk had to give his serial number and rank to the men interrogating him [Annotator's Note: after his plane...
Lester Hecht was heading to the invasion of Leyte. Halsey [Annotator's Note: US Navy Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey]...
While at Finschhafen [Annotator's Note: Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea], people were needed to watch the docks. Robert J...
The invasion of Morotai had been building up, and Robert Marovelli's ship joined the convoy going to battle. General...
From Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], Donald Campbell and the USS LST-809 prepared for the invasion of...
Ervin Lloyd Rasmussen was in Manila [Annotator's Note: Manila, Luzon, Philippines aboard the USS Butte (APA-68)]...
Melvin Linkous and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Cannon Company, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division]...
George Haines was offered a promotion to sergeant, but he did not want it. He liked being a scout and figured the men...
In Italy, William McCowen [Annotator's Note: a member of the US Army Air Forces] would only see Italians when he was...
William Banghart went with the 64th Fighter Wing. He was in several different outfits. In the letters he wrote, he put...
John Robert Mannarino [Annotator's Note: serving as a translator for the US Army in Italy] was the only one who spoke...
William Currier [Annotator's Note: while serving as a radarman aboard the USS Hall (DD-583)] headed to Iwo Jima [...
Leslie B. Mason, Junior was on MP [Annotator's Note: military police] duty for a while and then became a jailer [...
The ship Melvin Abadie was assigned to [Annotator's Note: USS Appalachian (AGC-1)] was one of 18 ships that took troops...
Wim de Jonge worked in unsafe conditions in the coal mines of Japan. He was there for about a year. That was the...
They got rid of the Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese] on Truk [Annotator's Note: Truk...
Benjamin Albert Glusing's friends operated the prisoner of war stockade on New Caledonia. Glusing liked to visit his...
Margaret Brewer Henry's husband, John [Annotator's Note: John R. Henry, war correspondent for International News...
When James B. Jones arrived at Fort Dix, New Jersey, he was assigned to the first black armored unit in the Army. The...
Guy Grenny was a cadet in ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps]. He was preparing for going to war....
George Beaugh recalled that his crew took the Northern route to England. Since the weather was so bad, they had to stop...
Henry Langrehr had heard about the paratroopers. When he went to join, he told them that is what he wanted. At that...
David Harvey engaged kamikazes at Okinawa, Tokyo, and Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Japan]. The skipper [Annotator's Note...
Martin Suter went to fighter school and was called back to go to Korea [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 1950 to 1953] in...
Vernon Grimes wanted to protect his rank, so he joined the Reserves after the war and was called up for the Korean War...
[Annotator’s Note: Background noise can be heard throughout this segment.] Paul Hilton Madden Jr. was assigned to...
William Smith was in Australia for about two weeks. They pulled some shenanigans. He and his crew were sent to Brisbane...
Darrell D. Gust's second, third and fourth missions happened one day apart. Then a fog moved in, grounding the group [...

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