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When James Bollich ran out of food, he started hunting. He was using World War 1 era ammunition. One day while hunting...
In July 1944, Frank Jasicko [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 781st Bombardment Squadron, 465th Bombardment Group,...
Taken captive, Virgil Faust went with the farmer to his house, and an older girl went off on a bicycle to alert the...
Lewis E. Belcher [Annotator's Note: wounded in action in Germany as a tank commander in Company B, 11th Tank Battalion...
When Lester Hecht was in Mindanao [Annotator's Note: Mindanao, Philippines], the aircraft he was in charge of always...
[Annotator’s Note: The interviewee shows the camera several pictures while he talks about events of World War 2.] In...
John Shirley was an infantry replacement sergeant. He was stationed at Fort Meade, Maryland. After a three-day leave [...
Cleveland Peterson was aboard the SS Johnson when he heard about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. They had been...
Dolores McInnis Libby [Annotator's Note:a riveter for Consolidated Aircraft Corporation] worked on the PBY [Annotator's...
On the last mission that Maurice Hackler flew over Ludwigshafen [Annotator's Note: Ludwigshafen, Germany], his aircraft...
Carolyn Bridgforth was going to be a dietician. There were very few jobs available to women. She did not finish her...
There was ongoing correspondence with people back home, and John Caraway was able to keep abreast of what was going on...
Walter Bala grew up in Detroit [Annotator's Note: Detroit, Michigan]. His parents were Polish immigrants, and Bala had...
When Edwin McAuliffe's brother went to sea his parents likely knew it was a dangerous time to be at sea but he did not...
Donald Wilson and the USS New Orleans (CA-32) engaged in combat with the Japanese fleet at Guadalcanal. During the late...
Gil Gertner served in the 71st Joint Assault Signal Company (JASCO) [Annotator’s Note: specialized units which...
No one tried to escape while Robert Whitcomb was a prisoner. After the Russians liberated the camp [Annotator's Note:...
[Annotator's Note: James Gulotta served in the Army as an intelligence and reconnaissance team leader in the 21st...
Dr. Roscoe Brown says that the scene in the film "Red Tails" where the pilots were standing on the air field doing a...
Joseph Dean Reilly [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters, 3rd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st...
Mildred "Jean" Liparoto's husband was aboard ship when President Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt...
Paul Lawrence was sent to the Admiralty Islands. All the roads were made of ground coral that was full of salt. Every...
Patrick Zilliacus corresponded with his family. It was censored twice but he corresponded throughout the war with his...
You could not ask for a better enemy than the Germans. The Germans were very efficient, and Joseph Monteyne [Annotator'...
Thomas Kolesa feels he had the best education he could have ever gotten from the Marine Corps. When he got into...
Charles Struble [Annotator's Note: of the 421st Bombardment Squadron, 504th Bombardment Group, 20th Air Force]...
Russell Gackenbach had no idea where Tinian was located when he arrived there. He only knew it was close to Japan. At...
Louis R. Lepore received OCS [Annotator's Note: officer candidate school] training at Camp Lejeune [Annotator's Note:...
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] An average day of training for Seymour...
William J. Twigger was training on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, in September 1944]...
Basic training for Robert Boyer was regimented, leaving little to chance. For 17 weeks he worked with the 57mm anti-...
Carl Landwehr was transferred from the 8th Air Force in England to the 9th Air Force in Frankfurt, Germany. He was put...
Having completed multi-engined flight training as an Army Air Force pilot, Alonzo Emerson reported to Greenville, South...
After Jean Lotter finished her WAC [Annotator's Note: Women's Army Corps; women's branch of the United States Army,...
After one patrol during which he was carrying a heavy BAR [Annotator's Note: Browning Automatic Rifle], Richard...
Reginald Duncan was wounded twice during his time in Europe but refused to receive the Purple Heart [Annotator's Note:...

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