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Wombacher, Delbert Tank Field Trials and Patton
After the Louisiana Maneuvers [Annotator's Note: series of Army exercises held in Louisiana in 1941], Delbert Wombacher...
Purvis, Frank Teaching at Northwestern for the V-7 Program
[Annotator's Note: Frank Purvis was in New York when he heard the news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii...
Moskin, Alan Teaching Kids Today
Alan Moskin went to Syracuse [Annotator's Note: in Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York] when he was 17 and got his...
Redmond, Leroy Tearing Through Europe
Leroy Redmond started at Fort Dix [Annotator's Note: Fort Dix, New Jersey] and was then sent to Camp Breckenridge,...
Halberg, Norma Test Pilot
[Annotator's Note: Norma Halberg graduated from her training for the Women Airforce Service Pilots or WASPs at Avenger...
Niederer, James Texas Boy to Army Man
James “Jim” William Niederer was born in January 1921 in Waco, Texas. He grew up with 5 siblings and his mother died...
Hanley, Fiske Texas Boy to Aviator
Fiske Hanley II was born in January 1920 in Brownwood, Texas. The Hanley family moved to Wichita Falls, Texas, then...
Adams, J. Texas Boy to Bombardier
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Jones Quincy Adams Jr. and the interviewer in conversation.] Adams was...
Mather, James Texas Boy to V-5 Program
James Mather was born in February 1923 in Caddo, Texas. His father was in the oil business by maintaining the oil wells...
Bice, Austeen Texas Farm Boy to Combat Soldier
Austeen Bice was born in August 1923 in New Boston, Texas with five brothers and one sister. His father was a farmer...
Gilmore, Selwyn Texas to Enewetak
Selwyn Gilmore was drafted and went in on 17 August 1943. He stayed in Camp Beauregard [Annotator's Note: Pineville,...
Brignac, Martin The Coast Artillery and Designing Obstacle Courses
Martin Brignac went into the service on 5 June 1941 and went to Camp Callan, California for basic training. Most were...
Kelley, Archie The Coming War
Archie Kelley had done very well in high school and had no academic problems at all [Annotator's Note: while attending...
Bussel, Norman The Crew
Norman Bussel went to Florida to be assigned to a B-17 [Annotator’s Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress] crew. The pilot...
Campbell, John The Danger of U-boats
The first saltwater trip John Campbell made as a US Merchant Marine [Annotator's Note: Campbell regularly does not...
Oldberg, Nils The Depression to the Navy
[Annotator’s Note: There is someone in the background that is assisting the interviewee in answering the interviewer’s...
Maymon, Paul The Depression to Wartime
Paul Maymon was born in June 1920 and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. His father worked with a fabric company until it...
Hurd, Francis The Depression, Being Drafted and Deploying to England
Francis Hurd was born in Woodhall, New York to parents who were farmers. When he was 16 years old he was forced to quit...
Guitard, Robert The Draft and Atomic Bombs
Robert Guitard was drafted after graduating from high school [Annotator's Note: in 1945]. He went to Fort Williams [...
Smith, Bernard The Draft and Jewish Warriors
The attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941] did not...
Jackson, James The Draft, Training, and Service
James Thomas Jackson was 15 years old and in high school when Pearl Harbor was attacked [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...
Evans, James The Great Depression to Army Training
James O. Evans was born in 1925 in Rustin, Louisiana. His father owned a cotton farm and from an early age Evans worked...
White, Dee The Merchant Marine
Dee Wayne White recalled when VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945] was announced and was...
Evensen, Janice The Munitions Plant
Janice Evenson was shown how to do her job. [Annotator’s Note: Evenson worked at a munitions plant]. She looked at a...
Foster, Robert The Navy, Pearl Harbor, and the Army
Robert E. Foster entered the Navy in November 1934. He was drafted [Annotator's Note: into the Army] in 1942. Foster...
Stevens, Phineas The Pacific and Captain Scruggs
[Annotator's Note: Phineas Stevens was ordered to join a Landing Ship Tank flotilla, LST Flotilla 7, from San Francisco...
Grenny, Guy The Philippines
[Annotator's Note: Guy Grenny was stationed at the Naval Air Station in San Diego, California.] Grenny served food and...
Schicker, Tom The Rifle Range
Thomas Francis Schicker's boot camp training was excellent. After four weeks, they went to Camp Matthews [Annotator's...
Harrell, Edgar The Sinking of USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
Edgar Harrell was born in October 1924 in Cadiz, Kentucky. He was 18 when he joined the United States Marine Corps in...
Young, James The Tribulations of Boot Camp
James Franklin Young was sent to Parris Island [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in Beaufort...
Cummings, Mary The War Ends
Mary Cummings was on duty on the night shift when she got news that an atomic bomb [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapon...
Doolan, Robert The YB-40 and England
The first time Robert Doolan ever flew was in a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] and...
Ambrose, Haney Time to Serve
Haney Ambrose was born in 1922 in Baton, Rouge, Louisiana. His father was a carpenter and farmer during the Great...
Pbert, Herman To America and the Army
Herman Pbert was in the hospital as the war was ending. He was told he had done a good job cleaning his own shrapnel...
Reavis, Carrel To Hawaii and Back
Carrel Reavis went from Virginia to basic training on a segregated train. When he went overseas, his ammunition company...
Fronk, Wesley To India
Wesley Fronk qualified for the Army Specialized Training Program [Annotator's Note: usually referred to by the acronym...

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