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Bouck, Lyle Segment 14
There were two black soldiers at the door yelling that the Germans were coming. Lyle Bouck and Kriz [Annotators Note:...
Noack, John Segment 14
John Noack’s navigator wrote a letter home in code. Noack was allowed to write two letters home per month. They were...
Baum, Abraham "Abe" Segment 14
Baum recalls the POWs at Hammelburg and the concentration camps victims they encountered. They brought their...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 15
Freddie Ohr then called his flight up while the next two flights hit the field. They set the whole airfield on fire....
Ohr, Freddie Segment 16
Freddie Ohr realized the weather was bad. The ground crew said no one could fly. Ohr stayed a couple of nights in Paris...
Noack, John Segment 16
John Noack was flown out of Barth, Germany and taken to a camp in France. They stayed there for about three or four...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 18
Freddie Ohr thought that it was an exciting mission [Annotators Note: See Freddie Ohr Segment 17]. He thought that...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 19
Freddie Ohr learned that his uncle had flown as a top turret gunner in B-25 bombers based in Africa. Ohr did not know...
Leahr, John Segment 2
The training at Tuskegee was rigorous. There was a lot of hazing. Leahr believes that they were trained as good as...
Flournoy, Maxine Segment 2
In primary training they flew the PT-19. It was an open cockpit aircraft. Basic training was BT-13's and BT-15's. Her...
Pisanos, Steve Segment 2
On 25 March 1938, the Greek freighter Steve Pisanos got a job aboard steamed to Oran, Algeria, in North Africa. He...
Dupuy, Marsden "Pic" Segment 2
When Dupuy got his wings, his sisters came down for the ceremony. After the ceremony he received a thirty day leave...
Karr, Robert Segment 2
One of Karr's uncles was an original member of the American Legion when it was founded in Paris in World War I. Another...
Greer, Richard Segment 2
After basic training Richard Greer and the other Marines from his boot camp class went to Norfolk, Virginia where they...
Delewski, Lawrence Segment 2
Delewski had never heard of Pearl Harbor before the attack and never planned to go into the Navy. He graduated high...
Noack, John Segment 2
John Noack came close to washing out one time and that was in basic. One weekend they wanted to go home and see their...
Hawk, John Segment 2
Hawk's father had served in the Army Coast Artillery in the Philippines during World War I and woke Hawk up at 3 in the...
Milosevich, Risto Segment 2
Major Kriz [Annotator's Note: 394th Infantry Regiment's commanding officer] hand-picked the men. They were chosen by IQ...
Bollinger, Ardell Segment 2
Ardel Bollinger did not get along with the Colonel in England. When Bollinger asked for a recommendation to join the...
Wicker, Benjamin Segment 2
Another torpedo came and hit the USS California [Annotator’s Note: during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor]. Another...
Smith,James "Horse Collar" Segment 2
[Annotators Note: James Smith served in the USMC as a radioman and rifleman in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.] The...
Wagner, Helen Segment 3
Wagner was checking in after dinner when a guard stuck a gun in her back. She identified herself as Lieutenant Wagner...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 3
The training also helped Lyle Bouck. It was new to all of them. The purpose of an I...
Chuck, Harris Segment 3
Chuck was able to see his Ford Coupe being driven around the island by the Japanese from a window in the church they...
Phillips, Henry Segment 3
For Henry Phillips Sicily was a cake walk. They landed in Palermo from a big transport. The Germans used aircraft...
Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 3
On 16 December 1944, the Germans started the biggest battle of offensive fighting in the world's history, the Battle of...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 3
Alexander Vraciu wanted to fly fighters. If he had not been given fighters when he was going through training at Corpus...
Stinson, Handy Segment 3
As far as a specific routine, they knew what had to be done when they woke up in the morning. The crews were very...
Church, Ray Segment 3
1 of the men working with Church was hard headed and clearly unhappy with their current predicament. When they were...
Jackson, Donald Segment 3
They moved on south into Bavaria. The war ended while they were in Rosenheim.When they went overseas they were told not...
Bell, Bryan Segment 3
Bell's initial experience in England consisted mainly of training and trying to avoid boredom. They were gradually...
Pisanos, Steve Segment 3
Steve Pisanos got his private pilot’s license. He studied from a booklet he had picked up while visiting a Greek Air...
Dupuy, Marsden "Pic" Segment 3
Dupuy remembers a mission to Joliet. They carried two thousand pound bombs on the P-40 [Annotator’s Note: American P-40...
Holloman, William Segment 3
When Holloman got to Ramitelli [Annotator’s Note: Italy] there were no P-47s [Annotator's Note: Republic P-47 "...

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