Life in the Field/aboard ship

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Wayne, William Training in Hawaii
William Wayne left the United States for the first time and it was not scary, but it was different. They made their way...
Dendy, Lloyd Training in Hawaii and Deployment to Australia
Lloyd Dendy went from San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California] to Oahu, Hawaii to the old Camp Catlin which...
Howland, Gilbert Training in India
[Annotator's Note: There is audio feedback noise throughout this clip.] Gilbert H. Howland and his outfit [Annotator's...
Evans, Donald Training in North Africa
Donald Evans docked in Mers-el-Kebir [Annotator's Note: Mers-el-Kébir, Oran, Algeria] in North Africa. They were told...
Petrus, Andrew Training in the Army
[Annotator's Note: While he was living in Detroit, Michigan and working as a streetcar driver,] Andrew Petrus received...
Sussman, Marvin Training in the Cavalry
In October 1942, Marvin Sussman chose to join the cavalry with thoughts of World War 1 in mind and hoped that the...
Bussel, Norman Training Incidents
Norman Bussel had a crew member, Red [Annotator’s Note: Staff Sergeant William Peters, top turret gunner], that was not...
Schicker, Tom Training on Guadalcanal
Thomas Francis Schicker and Leo [Annotator's Note: no last name given; unable to identify] were given mess duty in...
Chauvin, Ernest Training Then England
Ernest Chauvin was drafted and went to basic training at Camp Croft, South Carolina. It was a pretty camp and was...
Geraci, Dominic Training to Become a Medic
Dominic Geraci was drafted in February 1943. His dad did not feel much about his being drafted. His mom was more upset...
Parham, Henry Training to D-Day Invasion
[Annotator's Note: There is a very loud humming noise throughout this clip.] After he was drafted [Annotator's Note: in...
Wieland, Kenneth Training to Invade Japan
Kenneth Wieland does not remember too much about his basic training but recalls there was a lot of marching and time on...
Beard, Oral Training to Overseas Deployment
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a person off-camera answers a lot of the interviewer's questions or gives...
Scully, William Training to Overseas Deployment
William Scully was shipped to Fort McClellan in Alabama for training. He was taught infantry work such as rifles and...
Micheel, Vernon L. Training with New Squadrons
Vernon Micheel sailed on a freighter manned by a crew from Ceylon [Annotator's Note: now Sri Lanka, November 1942]. He...
Amore, Frederick Training, Deployment and Assignment
Sent to Keesler Field in Biloxi, Mississippi, Frederick Amore spent two months in basic training before volunteering to...
Hogan, Moses Training, Deployment and the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Moses Hogan's basic training was in Norfolk, Virginia, and he shipped out from San Diego, California. He was assigned...
Harkness, Henrietta Training, Nursing, War's End
Henrietta Harkness [Annotator's Note: an Army nurse with the 24th Evacuation Hospital] was trained in Virginia for a...
Bollich, James Transfer to Manchuria
James Bollich was on one of the first ships to take prisoners from the Philippines. The Japanese put 2,000 men into a...
Knutson, Caroll Transfer to Stalag VII A
Carroll Knutson and his fellow POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] were forced marched by the Germans from their...
Glusing, Benjamin Transfer to the 39th Military Police Company
Benjamin Albert Glusing's men [Annotator's Note: in the 208th Military Police Company] saved themselves, other men,...
Glusing, Benjamin Transfer to the Air Force
Bougainville [Annotator's Note: Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands] was taken on 1 November [Annotator's Note: 1...
Hoff, Donald Transfer to the Saratoga
Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in Scouting...
Anderson, Howard Transfer to Tinian
Howard Anderson's crew was given a new airplane, 271, and his crew nicknamed it "Last Resort II." The missions to...
Landwehr, Carl Transferred to 8th Air Force
Carl Landwehr was transferred to the 8th Air Force in High Wycombe [Annotator's Note: 8th Air Force Bomber Command...
Gross, Ernest Transferred to Dachau
If a prisoner was lucky, he got a potato with his nightly ration of soup. Ernest Gross once watched a man going around...
Landwehr, Carl Transferred to Ninth Air Force
Carl Landwehr was transferred from the 8th Air Force in England to the 9th Air Force in Frankfurt, Germany. He was put...
Hatch, Norman Transferred to the 5th Division
Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 2nd Marine Division] moved up to the next island because there...
Saunders, David Transporting Loads and Contracting Dysentery
[Annotator's Note: David R. Saunders joined the Merchant Marine and during a port call in Egypt he contracted Bacillary...
Powers, Robert Traveling to Okinawa
Before going to Guam, Robert Powers and the four Marine Raider battalions were put into one regular unit, the 4th...
Oney, James Treasury Island
James Oney and his outfit [Annotator's Note: ACORN 12; Aviation, Construction, Ordnance, Repair 12] loaded all of their...
Morrison, Leila Treating Patients in the Field
Leila Morrison still sees the faces of some of her patients [Annotator's Note: while working as a nurse in the 118th...
Shimp, Marcella Treating Returning Wounded
Minnie Marcella Oleskey Shimp [Annotator's Note: a Pharmacist 's Mate in the United States Navy Nurse Corps] thought...
Thomas, Kenneth Treating the Troops
Kenneth F. Thomas was captured by the Germans one night. One was an SS [Annotator's Note: Schutzstaffel; German...
Snyder, John Treating Wounded and Burials at Sea
After finishing his training, John Snyder was assigned to the USS Harry Lee (APA-10), which transported troops to North...
Komito, Joseph Treatment by the Germans
Joseph Komito knew most of the people working in his first camp in Mielec [Annotator's Note: his hometown of Mielec,...

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