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[Annotator's Note: John K. Ward jumped into France with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment,...
When George Hardy would go out and get his airplane into position, his crew chief would ride on the wing. It is really...
Sumner Whitten noticed heavily armed Marines around the runway. At about that time they were warned to be prepared for...
The USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) had five divisions within the gunnery department. Warren Nolan had about 75 men in his...
James Sandoz was drafted in 1943. He was at school when Japan invaded [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl...
Most of William Earl Gast and his unit's [Annotator's Note: Company A, 743rd Tank Battalion, 30th Infantry Division]...
Robert W. "Bob" O'Connor [Annotator's Note: a Communications Sergeant in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute...
From Carentan [Annotator's Note: Battle of Carentan, 10 to 14 June 1944, Carentan, France], Bradford Clark Freeman...
Roger Bertolini served in the Army as a staff sergeant in 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division and...
Harold Paul [Annotator's Note: a paratrooper in Company A, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division]...
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Gale Ammerman to describe 17 September 1944, the start of Operation Market...
Theodore Finkbeiner and his fellow paratroopers were told they were going to jump into Holland with the goal of...
William H. Biagioni jumped into Holland on 17 September 1944 [Annotator's Note: Operation Market Garden, Netherlands,...
Obie Wickersham said the paratroopers liked to go out to the airport, because the Air Force always had good food for...
Ray Garcia landed in Italy in October 1944. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer pauses to provide a brief break in the...
On the ship, Ivan Van der Pool took part in a seminar where the officers told them their mission. He boarded his troop...
Gale Ammerman needed his weapons in the Varsity landing [Annotator's Note: Operation Varsity, 24 March 1945, Wesel,...
The drop zone for Operation Varsity was near Wessel, Germany, and James Pritchett described how General Montgomery's [...
Recalling some of his more interesting operational experiences, Donald Strait talked about one when he was escorting B-...
Flying combat air patrols out of Guam, John Reeder flew missions of two hours duration every day during daylight hours...
Lawrence Eustis was commander of the 11th Photo Lab which was to attached to the 40th Bombardment Group which flew B-...
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Wesley Carroll how important it is for current and future generations to learn...
John McGlohon said the B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber] was the best aircraft he...
Glenn Frazier loaded on a Japanese freighter with 49 other POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] on 20 October 1942...
Herbert Auerbach worked with the Burmese ambushing the Japanese. On many occasions the troops would just spray an area...
Harold “Hal” Leith arrived in Kunming, China by airplane. His aircraft was successful in reaching the destination, but...
David R. Saunders traveled down the river [Annotator's Note: the Mississippi River] and out into the Gulf of Mexico....
Reva Kibort could not attend school because the war broke out in 1939 when the Germans invaded Poland [Annotator's Note...
In addition to making him more alert, the war also improved Walter Broll's outlook on life. In meeting a former Me-109...
On several occasions, Robert Lents and his fellow prisoners outmaneuvered their Japanese captors. [Annotator's Note:...
Irwin Medway was sent to Colorado Springs to Camp Carson [Annotator's Note: now Fort Carson, Colorado Springs, Colorado...
Burnia Martin's unit [Annotator's Note: 547th Bombardment Squadron, 384th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] was based...
Michael J. "Mike" Pohorilla boarded a converted Italian luxury liner, the Saturnia [Annotator's Note: MS Saturnia], for...
Andrew George Jameson's mother was born in Greece and had taken him there several times. Going overseas from Fort Meade...
Kenneth H. Bailey went from New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] to England on the Highland Chieftain. It...

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