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Osgood, Edgar 150 Missions
Edgar De Pue Osgood was not shot up on any of his missions [Annotator's Note: as a navigator in Patrol Bombing Squadron...
Zamperini, Louis 1936 Berlin Olympics, Military Training and Bombing Wake Island
Louis Zamperini qualified for the 1936 Olympics and went to New York to compete with Don Lash [Annotator's Note: Donald...
Becker, Irving 1st Special Service Force
Irving Becker was assigned to Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment, 1st Special Service Force. A book...
Brown, Roscoe 24 March 1945 Mission to Berlin
[Annotator's Note: Dr. Roscoe Brown served in the USAAF as a fighter pilot in the 100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter...
Hazard, Mark 42nd Infantry Division at Haguenau
[Annotator's Note: Mark Gordon Hazard, Jr. served in the Army as the commanding officer of Company E, 2nd Battalion,...
Kiniry, Andrew "Tim" 45th Evacuation Hospital
Andrew Kiniry rejoined his unit [Annotator's Note: 45th Evacuation Hospital] at Eupen, Belgium near the German border....
Zamperini, Louis 47 Day Adrift, 18 Months of Torture and Being Born Again
They [Annotator's Note: Louis Zamperini, his pilot and their tail gunner] spent 47 days fighting off sharks, the...
Higgins, Archibald 494th Bombardment Group Operations
Archibald Higgins was in the Palau Islands with the mission of keeping those islands neutralized and flying missions to...
Goldstein, Rosette A Child in Hiding
Rosette Goldstein was taught to not talk to others while she was sheltered by the Martin family in France during the...
Butcher, Chester A Day of Crash Landing and Bouncing Betty
Chester J. Butcher [Annotator's Note: assigned to the 357th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force at...
Burk, Jeannine A Family Separated
Jeannine Burk experienced the forced separation of her family. Prior to the Nazis arriving to take her father away, her...
Hirschmann, Peter A Friend Lost in Combat
Peter Hirschmann lost a friend from the Midwest. The friend was named Russell Skorik. [Annotator's Note: US Army...
Matsumoto, Roy A Good Deal
After training at Camp Shelby [Annotator's Note: near Hattiesburg, Mississippi], Roy H. Matsumoto heard rumors of a...
Halvorsen, Gail A Life Changed by Military Service
Gail Halvorsen says that his most memorable experiences of World War 2 was meeting the kids in Berlin, Germany, finding...
Hicks, Ora Pierce A Long Nursing Career
Ora Hicks treated injured soldiers using physiotherapy [Annotator's Note: disease treatment by means other than drugs...
Charles, Howard A Marine on the USS Houston (CA-30)
Howard Robert Charles was inducted into the Marine Corps [Annotator's Note: in June 1940] in San Diego [Annotator's...
Heilbrun, Herbert A Passion for Aviation
[Annotator's Note: Interview begins mid-conversation.] Herbert Heilbrun was waiting for his crew in Salt Lake City when...
Witmeyer, John "J.J." A Pillbox in Cherbourg
During the assault on the port city of Cherbourg, France, John Witmeyer fought through to the end of town after door to...
Rolfson, Jack A Pilot’s Life
Jack Rolfson had a roommate who would find coal to warm their pot belly stove. He was a mathematician and was always...
Lazarus, Rachel A Promise by Her Mother
During World War 2, Rachel Lazarus and her mother were in a concentration camp together. She recalled one day, while...
Schilling, Ira A Very Dangerous Enemy
As the American advance through the Pacific moved closer and closer to the Japanese mainland, enemy resistance grew...
Pale, Vincent A Year in Captivity
After being captured, Vincent Pale was sent to Stalag XVII. The prisoners were assigned to bunks in a barracks. At...
Dahme, Maud Accurate Record Keeping
[Annotator's Note: Maud Dahme and her sister were sent to a Christian family's farm to hide from the Nazis.] The couple...
Lightell, Harold Action in France
When Harold Lightell arrived off the beaches of Normandy, alarms sounded on his ship. The 600 troops on the ship were...
Pierce, Wayne Action in Normandy
Wayne Pierce and his battalion [Annotator's Note: 1st Battalion, 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division...
Guercia, Salvador Action in the Pacific
In February 1945, Salvador Guercia's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Sandoval (APA-194)] transported Marines to Saipan [...
Payn, Thomas Action on the High Seas
According to Thomas Payn, the Atlantic convoys were under attack from E-boats [Annotator's Note: German Schnellboot or...
Morehead, James B. Advanced Flight Training
After ten weeks of primary training, James Morehead moved to Moffett Naval Air Field [Annotator's Notes: NAS Moffett...
Willhour, Dick Advancing into France
Richard "Dick" Willhour retreated from German emplacements at Raon-l'Étape [Annotator's Note: Raon-l'Étape, France with...
Smith, Clifford Advancing through France
Clifford Smith and his unit [Annotator's Note: 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division] made an...
LaPook, Sidney Advancing Through Germany
From there [Annotator's Note: the area around Bastone, Belgium], Sidney LaPook and his unit [Annotator's Note: 193rd...
Raaen, John Advancing to Point-du-Hoc then Maissey
John Raaen woke up the next morning [Annotator's Note: the morning of 7 June 1944 following the D-Day invasion the...
Bolster, Elisabeth Aerial Bombardment
As a child, Elisabeth Bolster sat on her father's lap while Munich was being bombed by the Allies. She was comforted by...
Ferris, Robert Aerial Bombardment Missions Over Japan
[Annotator's Note: Robert J. Ferris was pilot in Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) and took part in combat...
Morris, Mac Aerial Combat
Mac Glenn Morris joined his squadron VMSB-236 [Annotator's Note: Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 236 (VMSB-236), in...
DeMott, Joseph After Effects of Captivity
Joseph DeMott eventually lost track of the friends he made in the prison camps on Java. One of the men, who had part of...

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