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Church, Ray Segment 3
1 of the men working with Church was hard headed and clearly unhappy with their current predicament. When they were...
Tenney, Lester Segment 3
Those with dysentery didn't live very long. Dehydration, lack of food, lack of water, the sickness, it was awful....
Barnes, William Segment 3
William Barnes was aboard USS PC-590 when it was thrown onto the reef which surrounds Midway atoll. After making...
Doi, Michael Segment 3
Michael Doi did not experience and maltreatment or racism even when he went to the South but his daughter did. After...
Dennis, David Segment 3
In basic training David Dennis went to school first. His basic training was the normal marching and learning their gun...
Disanza, William Segment 3
On a rainy day William Disanza would work around the house. He did a variety of odd jobs with odd solutions and trick...
Myers, Leroy Segment 3
They built the dugout for 3 people. They would run around and get food, and they would work all night. After...
Hawk, John Segment 3
Hawk says that the thing he wondered about the most prior to combat was what kind of officers he would have. He says...
Corbin, Robert "Bob" Segment 3
They were taken across the Rhine River on a streetcar then put into an underground dungeon [Annotator’s Note: American...
McKee, Ralph Segment 3
McKee slept in the Frenchman's hayloft over night and suffered from his wounded back [Annotator’s Note: after bailing...
Jefferson, Alexander Segment 3
Alexander Jefferson’s plane name was “Bubble Blue Subsoil” [Annotator’s Note: Jefferson became quiet and was lost in...
Deen, Braswell Segment 3
They would get up at four in the morning on Pavavu. They were in King (K) Co. 3-1 [Annotator’s Note: K Company, 3rd...
Kleiss, Norman "Dusty" Segment 3
[Annotators Note: Norman J. Kleiss, known as Dusty, was a dive bomber pilot in Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) flying from...
Kuroki, Ben Segment 3
Ben Kuroki learned that it did not matter that he had flown 30 missions, or that he had a chest full of ribbons. An...
Rackley, Clifford Segment 3
Each crew had a tent to themselves. In the 483rd Group [Annotator’s Note: Bombardment group] there were about 20 tents....
Baker, Dan Segment 4
Dan Baker thought he was going to be captured once during the Battle of the Bulge. He was sent to deliver a message,...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 4
Lyle Bouck did not meet many civilians in Belgium. Someone higher up had gone through the towns and villages and...
Chuck, Harris Segment 4
Chuck states that the guys in the Japanese army at Osaka were pretty good guys. 1 of the Japanese soldiers was even a...
Kalil, Louis Segment 4
Kalil thought his chance of survival was fifty percent. They traveled straight to the Ardennes Forest and stayed in a...
Gonzalez, Jesus Segment 4
The place where Bilibid prison once stood is now government buildings. Even though the building is gone Gonzales still...
Onesi, Anthony "Tony" Segment 4
Onesi recalls his time in the prisoner of war (POW) camps. If they were not sergeants, they would have been better off...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 4
After the war started their NCO [Annotator's Note: non- commissioned officer] went to Pan Am station and brought back...
Ichikawa, Grant Segment 4
Grant Ichikawa helped coerce a large number of Japanese soldiers to surrender in the jungles of the Philippines. The...
Doi, Michael Segment 4
While Michael Doi was overseas his family and everyone he knew from Oxnard [Annotators Note: Oxnard, California] was...
Woods, Edward Segment 4
Of all the ports Woods visited he liked Panama the best because it was like being back at home. There was a good...
Myers, Leroy Segment 4
They loaded the back of their rig. They took the ballast off and put the goods in there so they did not go hungry. They...
Corbin, Robert "Bob" Segment 4
They were told that they had to march about 60 miles [Annotator’s Note: as American prisoners of war in Poland]. Corbin...
Jefferson, Alexander Segment 4
Alexander Jefferson came in the middle of the Tuskegee program. The first program was March 1942 and the last class was...
Johnson, Oscar Segment 4
Oscar Johnson was taken to Frankfurt after being held in Bonn for a short time. All he gave the enemy was his name,...
Deen, Braswell Segment 4
They got on three different ships to haul the First Marine Division on August 25th [Annotator’s Note: 1944]. They...
Stegmeier, James L. Segment 4
Deploying overseas was the first time Stegmeier had ever left the country and it was interesting for him. When they...
Chuck, Harris Segment 5
Chuck recalls being stripped naked with his hands locked behind his head. The Japanese would hit them with a giant...
Brissie, Lou Segment 5
[Annotators Note: Lou Brissie served in the army as an infantryman in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 351st Infantry Regiment...
Ferrier, Harry Segment 5
When the Enterprise [Annotator's Note: USS Enterprise (CV-6) aircraft carrier] was attacked and ensign Mears and...
Onesi, Anthony "Tony" Segment 5
Onesi remembers the first prisoner of war (POW) camp he was in. It was an older camp that the Germans added barracks to...
Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 5
One day they attacked the city of Leipzig [Annotator's Note: Germany]. It was industrial, like Birmingham, Pittsburgh,...

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