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Thornhill, Jack Life on a Destroyer and Heading Home
[Annotator's Note: Jack Thornhill served in the Navy as a gunner's mate aboard the USS Daly (DD-519) and was a gun...
Adams, Lynward Life on a Merchant Ship
Lynward Joseph "Buddy" or "Bud" Adams was a Navy Armed Guard and guarded US Merchant Marine ships during World War 2....
Thompson, Thomas Life on a PT-Boat
Thomas D. Thompson was observing a dogfight between a P-51 [Annotator's Note: North American P-51 Mustang fighter...
Dannehl, Robert Life on a Ship
Robert Dannehl had further trained in Portland, Maine where he became an operator of a high frequency direction finder...
Trim, Carl Life on a Submarine Chaser
After his induction in Little Rock [Annotator's Note: Little Rock, Arkansas], Carl Trim was sent to Farragut, Idaho for...
Bucher, Francis Life on Adak
The war came along. Francis Bucher remembers first hearing that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note...
Rosenzweig, Rollins Life on an Aircraft Carrier
Following stateside training, Rollins Rosenzweig was assigned to the Bunker Hill [Annotator's Note: USS Bunker Hill (CV...
McLaurine, Luke Life on an Airfield and Bomb Runs
Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. was based in Italy in 1944. Card playing consumed a big part of the idle time spent on base...
Cart, William "Bill" Life on Base
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks William Cart what the accommodations were like at the bases he was stationed at...
Buckner, Jack Life on Base
Jack Buckner says the biggest problem with Army life is the boredom. They played baseball and card games. On a day off...
Carlson, Clarence Life on Base and VE-Day
The different crews in Clarence Carlson's squadron [Annotator's Note: 555th Bombardment Squadron, 386th Bombardment...
Hogan, Moses Life on Board at Pearl Harbor
Moses Hogan wasn't afraid. He didn't believe America would be attacked by the Japanese; after all, officials from that...
Solomon, Robert Life on Guadalcanal
Robert M. Solomon remembers that it was very hot during monsoon season. [Annotator’s Note: He was stationed on...
Meader, Byron Life on Guadalcanal
Byron Herbert Meader received very little military training when he was assigned to the 3462nd Ordnance Medium...
Bath, Garland Life on Iwo Jima
[Annotator's Note: The tape begins after a break with Garland Bath mid-sentence.] They [Annotator's Note: 483rd...
Scales, James Life on Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] only had black sand in the southern part of the island. Iwo Jima means...
Riedl, Edward Life on Leyte
When Edward Riedl went ashore [Annotator's Note: during the landing on Leyte, Philippines], Zeros [Annotator's Note:...
Glusing, Benjamin Life on New Caledonia
Benjamin Albert Glusing lived near some hills that blocked the nearby city [Annotator's Note: Magenta, New Caledonia]....
Schmittgens, Leo Life on Pavuvu
Leo William Schmittgens recalled getting on the Higgins Boats [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel or...
Brannan, Joseph Life on PT-305
Joseph Brannan was in a crew on PT-305 that was composed of two officers and from 12 to 14 enlisted men. The enlisted...
Hendrick, Robert Life on Ship and Midway
Robert Erskine Hendrick [Annotator's Note: a US Marine aboard the USS Idaho (BB-42)] was sent to the Pacific [Annotator...
Nolan, Warren Life on the Bunker Hill
When Warren Nolan first boarded the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) he thought it was massive. He watched the first flight...
Warner, George Life on the Home Front
George Warner was told that blackouts were enforced because there might be enemy airplanes in the vicinity, although he...
Pribyl, William Life on the Pipeline
Describing an average day, William J. Pribyl explains that he was quartered in tents at a campsite in Tinsukia [...
David, James Life on Tulagi
James Warren David remembered that the ship was full of people. The beds stacked nine bunks high. He recalled that he...
Frongello, Arthur Life Overseas
Arthur Frongello believes the Navy uniform is the most innovative piece of clothing a man could wear. The stripes,...
Fishman, Arthur Life Overseas
Once in the Navy, Arthur Fishman did not receive much training. He was taught how to read his gauges. On his way back...
Suter, Martin Life Overseas
While Martin Suter was on Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands], there were still a lot of Japanese troops on...
Joffray, Henry Life Story Summary
Henry George Joffray was born in March 1926. He grew up in Bellville, Illinois near St. Louis. He graduated from high...
Nathanson, Eva Life Under Communist Rule
During the Soviet era, there was not much food, so they did not keep kosher diets. They had to go to the grocery store...
Bolster, Elisabeth Life Under the Nazis
Elisabeth Bolster would visit with her father every weekend [Annotator's Note: her father was forced to remain in...
Murphy, Dawn "Dawn Higgins" Life with Andrew Jackson Higgins
Dawn Higgins Murphy ended up in New Orleans because of her father [Annotator's Note: Murphy was the daughter of Andrew...
Flannigan, James Life, Enlistment and Boot Camp
James Flannigan was born in Detroit, Michigan, an only child of parents and grandparents who were big time cattle...
Klein, Gerda Liquidating the Ghetto
[Annotator's Note: Gerda Klein, a young Jewish girl during the Nazi occupation of Poland, can be very difficult to...
Hill, Jennings Liverpool and Iceland
After his return [Annotator's Note: from a convoy run to Russia], Jennings Paul Hill, Sr. took some time off and then...
Killam, Arthur Living aboard a submarine
[Annotators Note: Arthur Killam served in the US Navy as an Electricians Mate aboard the submarine USS Sea Dragon.]...

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