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Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 4
Vejtasa thought that the training he received was great. They would train as individuals as well as a group. In...
Erickson, Martha Segment 4
Erickson's department held all of the best maps in the country. She saw the war from an interesting perspective. Yeta...
Kawamoto, Yukio Segment 4
[Annotators Note: Yukio Kawamoto served in the army as a Japanese interpreter with the 37th Infantry Division in the...
Kassal, Bentley Segment 4
Kassal remembers making it to Palermo, Italy after three to four weeks with the 12th Tactical Air Command. He was in...
Leisey, Alvin Segment 4
The picture of Leisey is on half a dozen things that he can think of. He has copies of the picture that go back to 1944...
Stegmeier, James L. Segment 4
Deploying overseas was the first time Stegmeier had ever left the country and it was interesting for him. When they...
Kalil, Louis Segment 5
Kalil mentions moving into the positions previously occupied by the 2nd Infantry Division at Lanzareth, Belgium. Kalil...
Tyler, Kermit Segment 5
On 1 September 1942 Tyler was transferred to the 44th [Annotator's Note: 44th Fighter Squadron] at Bellows Field as...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 5
The day after the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot [Annotators Note: the Battle of the Philippine Sea] Alexander Vraciu was...
Showers, Donald "Mac" Segment 5
When the Japanese planned invasions on American, English or Filipino soil, they had to come up with a new code...
Bell, Bryan Segment 5
The scout that noticed the machine gun nests hidden in the changed leaves was able to go back to Bell and relay what he...
Doi, Michael Segment 5
Michael Doi does not recall hearing about the death of President Roosevelt. Doi made a lot of Caucasian friends on the...
Jones, David "Davey" Segment 5
On the 1 April [Annotator's Note: 1 April 1942] they passed under the Golden Gate Bridge. The men were all excited...
Erickson, Martha Segment 5
Erickson had supportive parents. They were worried about her, especially after Claudia passed away. They were happy...
Kawamoto, Yukio Segment 5
As far as Yukio Kawamoto could tell he did not experience too much racism or ill feelings towards him. Most of his...
Keema, John Segment 5
There was a set procedure for ditching an airplane which they had practiced before. Everyone except the pilot and...
Cole, Richard Segment 5
They were two days at sea when the PA system came on informing them that the group was headed for Tokyo [Annotators...
Kassal, Bentley Segment 5
Kassal recalls the 12th Tactical Air Command's headquarters were setup at Caserta, just north of Naples. They were...
Ehlers, Walter Segment 5
Ehlers moved his squad up the hill to the trenches [Annotator’s Note: during D-Day Normandy 6 June 1944]. They fought...
Shames, Edward Segment 5
Shames participated in the battle of Carentan [Annotator's Note: 10-14 June 1944]. Shames says that the Germans were...
Ettlinger, Harry Segment 5
On 2 January 1945, Ettlinger was on a converted ship transport the Ile de France with 3,000 other men, and on 15...
Ettlinger, Harry Segment 6
He remembers Captain [Annotator’s Note: James or ‘Jim’] Rorimer took him to Berchtesgaden and he went to the Eagles...
Shoens, Robert Segment 6
Robert Shoens notes that they used to argue about certain things at their reunions. There were other missions when...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 6
There was a small passageway that went all the way up the side of the ship to the front of the ship. It was lined with...
LaPorta, Edward Segment 6
Edward LaPorta does not recall anything special about the battles at Gafsa and El Guettar. Battles are all the same....
Showers, Donald "Mac" Segment 6
There was a problem on Midway with producing fresh water. It was solved by evaporators and other techniques that were...
Henderson, William Segment 6
In September Henderson was on a flight to China as navigator. He was with a crew that had to bail out on the flight...
Bacon, Giles Segment 6
Giles Bacon has seen some of the movies made about Pearl Harbor in recent years. He thinks the most accurate is Tora!...
Kawamoto, Yukio Segment 6
[Annotators Note: Yukio Kawamoto served in the army as a Japanese interpreter with the 37th Infantry Division in the...
Hanna, Homer H. Segment 6
The prisoners of war knew that there was a possibility that they would be attacked during the voyage to Japan.When they...
Kassal, Bentley Segment 6
Kassal remembers moving into Rome with ease. The men had more liberty in Rome than they had in the other Italian cities...
Ettlinger, Harry Segment 7
The rest of it [Annotator’s Note: of art found underground by Ettlinger], the 97%, were returned to their German owners...
Radford, Charles Segment 7
They put Radford in a tent with a bunch of wounded guys after the surgery [Annotator’s Note: after being wounded in...
LaPorta, Edward Segment 7
At Kasserine Pass Edward LaPorta was set up at about the middle of the pass. They were on an outpost and there was a...
Showers, Donald "Mac" Segment 7
The Yorktown [Annotator’s Note: USS Yorktown (CV-5)] ended up getting the worst of it in the form of aerial and...
Henderson, William Segment 7
They would listen to Tokyo Rose [Annotator’s Note: English-speaking women broadcasters of Japanese propaganda]when they...

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