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Kiefer, Keith From Las Vegas to Enewetak
Keith Kiefer got his ground radio maintenance training in Biloxi, Mississippi, at Keesler Air Force Base. Kiefer then...
Chaisson, Roland From Louisiana to Sicily to England
Roland Chaisson was born in 1924 in Thibodaux, Louisiana. He went to high school there and played football until he...
Bucksell, Norris From New Orleans to Italy
Norris Bucksell was born in August 1921 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended Valena C. Jones Elementary School. He...
Landwehr, Carl From New Orleans to Southampton, England
Carl Landwehr was born in 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His family never had a lot of money, but they never really...
Darphin, Irma "Irma Boulet" From Orange, Texas to Liverpool, England
Irma Darphin was born in Orange, Texas in August 1922. Her family moved to Crowley, Louisiana when she was one year old...
Aust, Abner From Picking Cotton to Flying Fighters
Abner Aust was born in Scooba, Mississippi. He took civilian pilot training in college. When he finished he went to...
Faust, Frank From School to the Navy
Frank Faust was born in January 1916 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. His father worked for...
Whitman, Philip From the Navy to the Army Air Corps
[Annotator's Note: Philip Whitman joined the Navy on 18 August 1937.] Whitman really enjoyed the Navy and had a hard...
Dyer, Jimmie From the United States to China
Jimmie Dyer went overseas on a ship that was designed as a tanker. It was a sorry piece of machinery. It was a tough...
Fitzmorris, James Generals and Presidents
James Fitzmorris was pulled out of the combat engineers and placed into transportation at Camp Beauregard [Annotator's...
Morrow, John German Buzz Bombs
John Morrow was very angry about the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor so he joined the Army. It was a done deal...
Albright, William German Guards
[Annotator's Note: The tape cuts and then comes back to William Albright in midsentence.] In Wendover [Annotator's Note...
Alexander, Samson German Prisoners Dancing
Heavyweight champion Joe Louis [Annotator's Note: Joseph Louis Barrow, professional boxer] joined the Army. Samson...
O'Brien, Ryan Going Overseas
Ryan O'Brien was sent to March Field [Annotator's Note: now March Air Reserve Base, Riverside County, California] for...
Bussel, Norman Good Luck Charm
Norman Bussel’s pilot wanted him and the engineer, [Annotator’s Note: Staff Sergeant William Peters, top turret gunner...
Hardy, George Graduation and Commission
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks about Dr. Rothacker Smith, a medic in the Medical Section, 2nd Battalion, 366th...
Brantley, Vernon Great Britain, France and Belgium
Vernon Brantley went to Europe on a British ship manned by sailors of all nationalities. They got two meals a day. The...
Ellis, Frederick Great Depression to Gunnery Officer
Frederick Ellis was born in Amite, Louisiana in October 1924. His father's business failed in the Great Depression and...
Thomas, Kenneth Growing up in Memphis and War Production
[Annotator's Note: There is some informal talking between the interviewer and interviewee at the beginning of the tape...
Ammerman, Gale Guarding Prisoners on D-Day
In Normandy on D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], Gale Ammerman left his...
Hardy, George Gunnery Meet in Texas
George Hardy always considered himself a fighter pilot. The bigger guys were being trained to be bomber pilots. He only...
Bussel, Norman Gunnery School, Mexico, Death of Pilots
After leaving Scott Field [Annotator’s Note: now Scott Air Force Base, St. Clair County, Illinois], Norman Bussel was...
Van Huylenbrouck, Omer Gunnery Training
Omer Van Huylenbrouck was drafted. They gave him a heavy coat. He had tried for the ski troops. They were on their way...
Samuelson, Daniel Gunnery Training and Crew Assignment
Daniel Samuelson enlisted in the Army Air Corps and went to Texas for basic training. In high school, he did alright...
Pendleton, Arthur Heavy Weapons and Landing on Guadalcanal
Arthur Pendleton was friends with Johnny Rivers. Pendelton was in 2nd Squad, 2nd Platoon, which was machine guns....
Braitman, Simon High School and US Army
Simon Braitman went to Rochester [Annotator's Note: Rochester, New York] and entered high school right away. He...
King, William Home and Last Thoughts
Coming back to the United States was better than going over for William King. King did not like the regimentation of...
Bussel, Norman Home on Furlough
After gunnery school Norman Bussel went back home on furlough. It was strange for him as he felt he would go and enjoy...
Gorman, Ted Idaho to Saipan
[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...
Saunders, David In the Army Now
By May 1944, David R. Saunders had joined the Army and was sent to Camp Beauregard [Annotator's Note: in Pineville,...
Robinson, Stewart In the Navy
Stewart W. Robinson was born in March 1925 in Liverpool, Pennsylvania. One of 16 children, he grew up on a farm. Times...
Dyer, Jimmie Infantry Training and Overseas Deployment
Jimmie Dyer went through infantry training at Camp Pendleton, California. When he landed at Guadalcanal, where the 6th...
Hughes, Lowell Invasion of Sicily
Lowell Hughes crossed the Atlantic from Norfolk, Virginia to Oran, Africa. The weather was great for the trip. They...
Romano, Joseph Italy
Joseph Roman was in Africa for a few months before going to Naples, Anzio, Apennines – all over [Annotators Note: Italy...
Fitzmorris, James Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor
James Fitzmorris grew up in Depression-era New Orleans, Louisiana in the Irish Channel neighborhood. They did not know...
Payne, Robert Joining 101st Airborne Division
Robert Payne's father was a flyer in World War 1. He had his own biplane after the war, and they would fly together....

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