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Jones, James Joining the 761st Tank Battalion
When James B. Jones arrived at Fort Dix, New Jersey, he was assigned to the first black armored unit in the Army. The...
Ridyard, Herbert Joining the 94th Infantry Division
Herbert W. Ridyard joined the 94th Infantry Division in Mississippi. The division was going on maneuvers in Tennessee...
Colbert, Hugh Joining the Army
Hugh L. Colbert was born in Electra, Texas in June 1925. He attended school there in the Electra public school system...
McCalla, Anna Joining the Army
Anna McCalla Noren was working as a dietician nurse in late 1941 in nursing school. She learned about the Japanese...
Snow, William Joining the Army Air Corps
William L. Snow was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1924, the middle child of three boys born to a father who owned a...
Ball, Rowland Joining the Army Air Corps
Rowland Elliott Ball was born in January 1924 in Yoakum, Texas. His father worked for the railroad and had many years...
Higgins, Archibald Joining the Army Air Corps and Flight Training
Archibald Higgins was 17 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. He did not know where the location...
Jett, Arley Joining the Army and Landing in Normandy
Arley Jett was born in 1922 in Breathitt County, Kentucky. He grew up in Canoe, Kentucky and near Cincinnati, Ohio....
Alison, John R. Joining the Flying Tigers
John Alison flew into China in a worn out P-40 [Annotator's Note: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter aircraft] that was...
Spangenberg, Nicole Joining the French Resistance and Returning Home to Paris
Nicole Sabbag Spangenberg's stepfather constantly listened to the radio to glean info on how the war was going outside...
Leopold, Vernon Joining the I&R Platoon
Vernon Leopold joined the I...
Vargas, Jay Joining the Marines Corps and Reflections
Jay R. Vargas had a gift of playing baseball and he ended up joining the L.A. [Annotator's Note: Los Angleles,...
Yoho, David Joining the Merchant Marine
As a 13 year old, David Yoho did not have friends of draft age. He did keep company with older boys and took on a tough...
Gemmel, Fred Joining the Navy
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Fred Gemmel already in conversation with the interviewer.] Gemmel arrived...
McKeel, Sam Joining the Navy
[Annotator’s Note: The video begins with interviewee talking about how he wanted to write a book and working with a...
Snyder, Phillip "PB" Joining the Navy
[Annotator's Note: Interviewee pauses the interview several times, struggles to remember events, and repeats statements...
Grenny, Guy Joining the Navy
Guy Grenny was a cadet in ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps]. He was preparing for going to war....
Martin, Robert Joining the Navy
Robert Martin wanted to join the Navy because his friend had gone in before he did. He was a year or two older than him...
Schoonejans, Emil J. Joining the Navy and Cleared for Submarine Duty
Emil Schoonejans volunteered for service in the Navy. He originally wanted to go into the air force. He and a buddy...
Surratt, Carey Joining the Navy and Deploying Overseas
Carey Suratt trained at Great Lakes, Illinois. Boot camp lasted five weeks. He enjoyed boot camp. The trainees learned...
Campbell, John Joining the US Merchant Marine
John Campbell was mostly selling newspapers while in high school. He was making as much as a lot of men who were...
Leaming, Jack Joining the USS Enterprise (CV-6)
Jack Leaming was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1919. When he was three months old, his mother moved to Wildwood...
Allen, James Joining the USS Wahoo (SS-238)
Within a day of arriving at the submarine base James Allen was given orders to report to the USS Wahoo (SS-238). He...
Kuhn, Arthur Joining the V-12 Program
Arthur Kuhn was born in 1926 in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in Hammond, Indiana. He grew up with one brother. His...
Doroff, Lorraine Joining the WACS
Lorraine Doroff signed up for the Women Auxiliary Army [Annotator's Note: Women's Army Auxiliary Army Corps or WAAC;...
Peto, George Joining Up and Shipping Out
George Peto was born in Akron, Ohio in 1922. He grew up in the Portage Lakes area near Akron on an old farm during the...
Hamilton, Richard Journey to Stalag Luft IV
Richard Henry Hamilton bailed out of his plane, and after landing in a field he was greeted by a mob of villagers...
Reilly, Joseph Jumping in Holland
After Normandy [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], Joseph Dean Reilly...
Lesniewski, Joseph Jumping Into Normandy
[Annotator's Note: Joseph Lesniewski joined Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne...
Hibbard, Hershel Kamikaze Attack and Loss of a Friend
Hershel Hibbard recalled the process of refueling the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)]. Another ship...
Dendrinelis, Socrates Kamikaze Attacks
Socrates Dendrinelis would always get the worst details. He was in a boxing match with some of the other guys on the...
Rosenzweig, Rollins Kamikaze Attacks on the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)
Rollins Rosenzweig continued to fly missions over Okinawa after the attack on the Japanese battleship Yamato. Missions...
Celaya, Adolfo Kamikaze Damage then Repairs
After Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945; Iwo Jima, Japan], Adolfo V. Celaya...
Bee, Donald Kamikazes Damage Intrepid
Donald H. "Don" Bee had an explosive, right-hand man named Patterson [Annotator's Note: no given name provided]. Bee...
Munch, Melvin Keeping in Touch with Shipmates
Melvin Munch corresponded with his future wife back home while he was on Okinawa. The letters had to be reviewed by...
Negrotto, Constance Keeping up with the War
Constance Negrotto had cousins and friends who were all over the place during the war. They kept her informed of what...

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