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Shown, Donald USS Indianapolis (CA-35) Duty
Donald Herbert Shown and the Indianapolis [Annotator’s Note: USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] were in the Aleutians at the...
Samuelson, Jack USS Louisville (CA-28)
Jack D. Samuelson was assigned with two other officers [Annotator’s Note: he was newly assigned to the USS Louisville (...
Wicker, Thomas USS Mississinewa (AO-59) Torpedoed at Ulithi
Thomas Wicker recalled the night the USS Mississinewa (AO-59) was hit by a torpedo. A Japanese submarine came into the...
Banyas, Martin USS Santa Fe (CL-60)
Martin Banyas sailed all the islands [Annotator's Note: a Marine gunner on USS Santa Fe (CL-60)] including Saipan [...
Allen, James USS Wahoo’s Second War Patrol
[Annotator's Note: James Allen served in the Navy as a Fireman 2nd Class in the submarine service and was aboard the...
Rodrigues, Alfred USS Washington (BB-56)
Alfred Rodrigues reported aboard the Washington [Annotator's Note: USS Washington (BB-56)] as a five inch [Annotator's...
Roy, William USS Yorktown (CV5) in the Battle of the Coral Sea
William Roy had decided to do a documentary if there was a battle. He got permission to film the captain and the...
Quinn, Harry Utah Beach
Harry Quinn woke up in the morning [Annotator’s Note: of 6 June 1944]. He was the third man to go down the net into...
Witmeyer, John "J.J." Utah Beach on D-Day
While John Witmeyer and his fellow soldiers waited aboard ship to land at Utah Beach on D Day, they did not know that...
Bucksell, Norris V-E Day and Postwar Life
Norris Bucksell fired a gun for the first time on 8 May 1945, V-E Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day], and...
Strait, Donald Victories and Losses
On returning from the flight that achieved Donald Strait his status as an Ace [Annotator's Note: a fighter pilot with...
Johnson, Alfred Vietnam
Alfred A. Johnson, Jr. went to Vietnam in January 1964 and served in the Mekong Delta [Annotator's Note: located in...
Boeke, Robert Visiting his Brother
On 6 May 1945, Robert Boeke was told to stay in Mörsdorf [Annotator's Note: Mörsdorf, Germany]. They [Annotator's Note...
Skaggs, Jack VMF-211 in the Defense of Wake Island
Jack Skaggs was on Wake Island during the first Japanese bombing raids on the islands. The Marines had assigned VMF-211...
Tizzard, Thomas Volunteer for Everything
Thomas Tizzard decided to separate having survived two ships being torpedoed. He had had enough combat. Once on Guam,...
Cresswell, Constance Volunteering with the American Red Cross
People in England came out of their shelters to help sort things out after a bombing raid, according to Constance...
Coolidge, Charles Vosges Mountains, the Medal of Honor and Lemberg
[Annotators note: Charles Coolidge starts this segment in the middle of conversation as the camera started recording...
Ebersole, William Waiting Off Iwo Jima
William Ebersole went to a staging area in Tallahassee, Florida for about a month after finishing his pilot training....
Borne, Edwin Wake's Airwing Shattered
Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. was on Wake Island with the 12 airplanes of VMF-211 [Annotator's Note: Marine Fighting...
Linkous, Melvin Wales
Melvin Linkous had an intelligent man in his company [Annotator's Note: Cannon Company, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd...
Sakato, George Wanting to Fly and the Use of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team
George Sakato discusses a Vietnam veteran that edits and tapes oral histories. He recalls that before the attack on...
Parra, Pedro War and Discrimination
Pedro Parra feels that most veterans of the war did not talk too much about it. The young people have no idea what it...
de Marcken, Christian War Comes to Belgium
Christian de Marcken's parents had seen the harbingers of war talked about how the situation resembled the prelude to...
Chandler, Howard War Crimes Trial Testimonies
Howard Chandler went to Germany twice. He was a witness at war crimes trials. Most of the concentration camp guards...
Yudenfriend, Herbert War Crimes Trials
Herbert Yudenfriend heard the war crimes trial [Annotator's Note: conducted by the Philippine War Crimes Commission, 29...
Stewart, Roy War Dogs on Iwo Jima
Roy Stewart's unit [Annotator's Note: in the 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division] moved out [Annotator's Note:...
Bauer, Wynn War Ends
[Annotator's Note: Wynn Bauer served in the Army as an assistant driver on an M4 Sherman medium tank in the 36th...
Lafferty, Ralph War Experiences
Senator Dole [Annotator's Note: Robert Joseph Dole; American veteran and politician] had been in the same division, but...
Joyce, Josefine War in Germany
In seeing the movies [Annotator's Note: referring to the documentaries and Beyond all Boundaries 4D experience...
Franklin, Paul War in the Philippines
Paul Franklin landed in Manila Bay [Annotator’s Note: Manila, Luzon, Philippines] 23 days after setting sail. He...
Moran, John "Jack" War is a Lousy, Dirty Business
During the Battle of Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or Ardennes Counteroffensive, 16 December 1944 to 25...
Trindal, Wesley War is chaos
When Wesley Trindal joined his unit on the front lines as a replacement he did not see many people who were not also...
Billingsley, James War is Confusion
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks James Billingsley to talk about a soldier who committed suicide.] A guy told...
Benjamin, Adelaide War News
Adelaide Benjamin and her family saw the war in the movie theaters on the Movietone News films. The graphic images...
Fishman, Arthur War Service
Arthur Fishman is a World War 2 Navy veteran. He had three sons and several grandchildren, and his wife passed away. He...
Steinfeld, Manfred War Winds Down
Manfred Steinfeld recalls that in April 1945, a special formation of Division Headquarters [Annotator's Note:...

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