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Hammond, Robert From a Corpsman to an Environmentalist
Robert Hammond's medical training was in suturing, and one of his major challenges on Guam occurred when there were no...
Geist, Lloyd From an Aviation Cadet to a Flight Instructor
Due to a pilot shortage, after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor...
Young, James From Australia to the Battle of Cape Gloucester
After his tour on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, James Franklin Young and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd...
Abate, Sam From Being Inducted to Fighting in France
Sam V. Abate reported to New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] to get a physical and to get sworn in [...
Gagel, Helen "Cosgrove" From Brisbane to Manila
Helen Gagel arrived in Australia and thought the people there were very friendly but she did not think too much about...
Hibbard, Hershel From California to the Open Ocean
Hershel Hibbard was born in Rose Hill, Kansas in September 1925. His mother worked as a switchboard operator and his...
Leopold, Vernon From England to Belgium
Vernon Leopold was trained as a radio operator at Camp Wolters, Texas then went into the ASTP, Army Specialized...
Nussenbaum, Seymour From England to France
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Seymour Nussenbaum and his outfit [Annotator's...
Knudsen, Elmer From Fort Driant to Saarlautern
Elmer Knudsen's unit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division]...
Viera, Conrad From Fort Rucker to Occupied Japan
[Annotator's Note: Birds and muffled conversation can be heard in the background throughout this segment.] After...
DeForest, Harold From Guadalcanal to Bougainville
Harold DeForest landed in New Caledonia and was sent to a replacement center. There, he and another guy volunteered to...
Griffith, Leon From New Guinea to the Philippines
Leon Griffith was unloading mules [Annotator's Note: as part of the 98th Field Artillery Battalion] and the Japanese...
Morris, Joe From Okinawa to China
Joe Morris and his unit [Annotator's Note: 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] were part of the...
Spraker, Elmer From Okinawa to the Harbors of Japan
The USS Champion (AM-314) moved to the Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] area, and Elmer Spraker said it was...
Rosenberg, Justus From Paris to Marseille
[Annotator’s Note: There is a buzzing in the background throughout this clip.] Justus Rosenberg [Annotator’s Note: a...
Phillips, Sidney From Pearl Harbor to Parris Island
Sidney Philips remembers hearing about Pearl Harbor while sitting at a drug store counter on the corner of Dauphin and...
Aust, Abner From Picking Cotton to Flying Fighters
Abner Aust was born in Scooba, Mississippi. He took civilian pilot training in college. When he finished he went to...
White, Alexander From Poland to America and into the US Army
The journey to the American Zone took Alexander White through Czechoslovakia westward to a displaced persons camp where...
Knobler, Paula From Slave Labor to Liberation
Paula Knobler was lucky that she worked at a camp not in the German territory [Annotator's Note: the camp was in...
Ngai, Johnny From Southern France to Germany
Johnny Ngai did not do any special training for the landing in Southern France. They were physically fit. He only had...
Pomroy, Frank From the Airfield to Bloody Nose Ridge on Peleliu
The following morning, Frank Pomroy was told that they would cross the airfield [Annotator's Note: on Peleliu] at a...
Coleman, Harper From the Hedgerows to the Siegfried Line
[Annotator's Note: There is a tape break, and the clip starts with Harper Harvey Coleman mid-sentence.] An 88 [...
Martin, Oscar From the Hürtgen Forest to the Battle of the Bulge
Oscar Otto Martin, being a combat medic, moved around in different companies of the 28th Infantry Division [Annotator's...
Sciortino, Philip From the Philippines to Japan
Philip Sciortino was sent to work at a refrigeration unit in Manila [Annotator's Note: Manila, Luzon, Philippines] when...
Garbo, William From War Dogs to Machine Guns
The Battle of the Driniumor River ended in August of 1944 after the Japanese 18th Army had been completely decimated....
Phillips, James Furlough in Paris
After the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16 December...
Burgin, Romus "R.V." Further Combat on Okinawa and Getting Wounded
Some days after eliminating the machine gun position, Romus Burgin and his fellow Marines faced another machine gun...
Fernandez, Milton Galapagos Islands
Milton Fernandez was sailed to the Galapagos Islands, near Ecuador. The company was stationed in boxes around the...
Baughman, Harry Garrison Duty at Fort Polk and Memorable Events
During the Korean War, Harry Baughman was a battalion commander at Fort Polk, Louisiana and searched for a way to keep...
Lansford, William General Alan Shapley Takes Command and Bougainville
When William Lansford and the other members of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion were in New Zealand he was walking down...
Dymnicki, Francis General Lucius Clay
Francis Dymnicki flew missions from France against Germany. There were few days off because of the perilous times. When...
Fitzmorris, James Generals and Presidents
James Fitzmorris was pulled out of the combat engineers and placed into transportation at Camp Beauregard [Annotator's...
McConn, John "Jack" German Defenses
John McConn has a vivid memory of the attack on the Siegfried Line because of his terror about mounting a direct attack...
Klein, Gerda German Invasion and Anti-Semitism
[Annotator's Note: Gerda Klein can be very difficult to understand at points throughout this interview.] Gerda Klein's...
Deiglmayr, Erna German Invasion of Belgium
The German invasion of Belgium came overnight on 10 May 1940. Erna Deiglmayr heard the radio announce the invasions of...
Peters, Madeleine German Occupation
Madeleine Peters and her family evacuated in front of the advancing Germans [Annotator's Note: the Germans invaded...

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