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Robert Knudson doesn't remember the Seabees [Annotator's Note: members of naval construction battalions] at his level...
In the meantime, Joseph Arbour saw a wanted ad for someone to work with a mimeograph, so he applied for the position....
After he returned to duty, Lloyd Dendy had a case come up where a member had a death in the family. The Red Cross is...
[Annotator's Note: Billy Grieves served in the navy aboard the submarines USS Thresher (SS-200) and USS Lizardfish (SS-...
Louis Conter enjoyed knowing both Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. He enjoyed Bob Hope the most as he was the serviceman's...
John Kerner took a German passenger ship overseas to Europe. He shared a stateroom with five other officers, and they...
Frank Pomroy estimates that the Japanese battleship bombardment [Annotator's Note: on the Marine positions on...
Paul James Grubb was assigned to bombing runs over the Alps into France after a few days [Annotator's Note: he had...
[Annotator's Note: Warren Schmitt served in the US Army Air Forces as a gunner on a Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy...
When David Yoho went through boot camp, it was great except for his troubled background. He kept getting into trouble...
Edward Chinnis enlisted in the Navy on 11 November [Annotator's Note: 11 November 1942] in Raleigh, North Carolina then...
Adolfo V. Celaya returned to the United States after the war. He was on the aircraft carrier Hollandia [Annotator’s...
The British admiralty had headquarters in Colombo, Ceylon [Annotator's Note: present day Sri Lanka], and Ralph Crump...
Sherwin Callander's voyage to Australia consisted of stops in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth. It was winter and the ship...
Elmo Espree's troop ship sailed from Australia for the Bay of Bengal in India. In India, Espree went through the Ganges...
While in Calcutta, George Rudloff developed physical activities in which the American soldiers could participate. There...
Byron Othello Wilkins arrived back at Camp Maxey in Texas and saw a group of LSU men at the camp with a band to play...
Thomas J. Smith, Junior was at Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego County,...
Tom Quigley recounts how he was in church when the attack on Pearl Harbor took place and did not even know about the...
John Kelley did not see any combat action until he was on Luzon [Annotator's Note: Luzon, Philippines]. He wore the...
Carl Constein reported to Reno [Annotator’s Note: Reno, Nevada] to complete transition training on a C-46 [Annotator’s...
[Annotator's Note: Lauren Swinney was a student at Northwestern University and worked as an entertainer for troops...
Bob Bartlett was born in April 1925 in Binghamton, New York and grew up in Johnson City, New York. He had one older...
Robert Dannehl was born in Iroquois County, Illinois in September 1926. He was the ninth child of 11 children. He knew...
Norman Weber and his family were protected by the Americans [Annotator’s Note: The two Weber children had been born in...
After Calvin F. Bannon completed flight school and received his commission in Texas, he was sent to Miami Beach [...
Growing up, Samson Alexander used to follow around his brother who was in Boy Scouts. The white people had what they...
Willis Mills returned to the United States aboard a ship and docked at Oakland [Annotator’s Note: Oakland, California...
At the end of January [Annotator's Note: January 1945], John Smith left Leyte, and was among the last to be issued new...
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a person off-camera answers a lot of the interviewer's questions or gives...
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Seymour Nussenbaum believes it is important to...
In early January [Annotator's Note: January 1944], Bowdre McDowell went to Great Lakes, Illinois [Annotator's Note:...
Robert Jagers wrote a lot of letters home [Annotator's Note: while aboard the USS LST-351]. He would say things in code...
Gustave Heinecke enrolled at Washington and Lee University in 1940. His roommate in 1941 was the son of a congressman...
After basic training, Leslie V. Freeman went on maneuvers near Sacramento [Annotator's Note: Sacramento, California]....
[Annotator's Note: Henry Bourgeois served in the USMC as a pilot flying Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft with Marine...

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