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Louis Massengale was born in February 1926, and spent his first five years in Goodwater, Alabama, living with his...
Enlisting in the Navy at the age of 18, Lauren Bruner first reported to San Diego, California, for three months of...
Samuel Spector was born in Manhattan, New York in July 1924. He worked as a delivery boy for furriers. He also worked...
When he was in high school, Paul Amrod played baseball as a catcher. In the service, he learned he was not major league...
By 21 March [Annotator's Note: 21 March 1945], the American forces were getting close so John Mock and his fellow...
They [Annotator's Note: Leonard Brooks, his family, and the 600 other missionaries] arrived at Santo Tomas and spent...
Adelaide Benjamin remembers the first Christmas tree the family had out there [Annotator's Note: in El Paso, Texas]....
On her 20th birthday, Brigitte Rodgers traveled by herself to New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] to get...
Admitting to an "old story," Jean Terrell McCreery related the tale of how, because she was underage, she couldn't buy...
By the time Kenneth A. Lafleur had enough points to go home, he had flown 41 missions in the Pacific. Lafleur remarked...
Leon Williamson was transferred back to the United States and was sent to Cherry Point [Annotator's Note: Marine Air...
In July 1945 at Camp Maui [Annotator's Note: Maui Island, Hawaii], James Shelton Scales and his staff [Annotator's Note...
After the Hurtgen Forest, the 4th Infantry Division was tasked with protecting Luxembourg and James Flannigan was sent...
After Operation Market Garden flights, Robert Harris continued flying transport and supply missions. He at times grew...
James Armstrong was assigned as a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber pilot and arrived in England in 1943. He...
Howard Genrich was on a stretcher when he was loaded onto a C-47 [Annotator's Note: Douglas C-47 cargo aircraft]...
When Alfred "Al" Danegger arrived in England, he was immediately ordered to drive an ammunition truck to Liverpool [...
Roland M. Lee was born in Punta Gorda, Florida where he grew up and attended high school. The town population was only...
Minnie Marcella Oleskey Shimp went into nurse training in Washington, D.C. They had a bomb scare and a friend told her...
In the Spring of 1942, Benjamin Clark Amsden started pursuing going into Naval Aviation. He found out the eye exam was...
Edward E. Boyles joined the Army on 28 February 1938. He had gone through three summers of Citizens Military Training...
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee taps on a cup throughout the segment.] Caroline Bailey Pratt and her family were living...
Fredi Van Pelt went through basic training in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp...
The hardest part of boot camp was being told what to do. Charles R. Smith was 18 years old when he went in. He had to...
At Northwestern University, Lauren Swinney's speech fraternity, Zeta Phi Eta, was sent to Glenview Naval Air Station....
John E. Johnson said he got along with everybody on his ship. He reluctantly exposed the fact that the USS Liddle (ADP-...
Seymour Reitman was sent to get occupation money because there was a black market thriving. He borrowed money from some...
Having been shot down over France, James Armstrong was taken in by the French Resistance and was being kept in the town...
Leo Denault finished school in June and went into the service on 16 August 1943. He went to basic training in Gulfport...
Adolph Edward Asher was born March 1916 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. During the...
After a short leave before going to basic training, Clifford Suthern Hayes visited his family. On his way to the...
Eugene J. Gemperline was sent to Buckley [Annotator's Note: then Buckley Field, now Buckley Space Force Base, in Aurora...
Martin Sklar learned that Walt Disney wanted EPCOT [Annotator's Note: Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow] to...
Billy Grieves talks about the eulogies he gives for friends who have passed away. He has officiated a number of...
Frank Curtis McBride installed the bombsight [Annotator’s Note: Norden bombsight] in the twin engine Martin bombers [...
Stanley James Thurston was not provided basic training. After enlistment, he was sent to a pigeon outfit [Annotator's...

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