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Honz, Burdell Early Life and Service Before the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Burdell S. Hontz was born in May 1922 in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania. He gradated high school in Pen Argyl in 1939 and...
Lanzetta, Frank Early Life and Service on the USS Hill (DE-141)
Frank Dominic Lanzetta was born in August 1925 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. He had six...
Muri, James Early life in the Military
James Muri joined the Army so that he could become a pilot. Growing up in Montana Muri did not see many airplanes. He...
Muller, Henry Early Life to Commission
Henry J. Muller, Jr. born 7 April 1917 just one day after the US entered World War One. He was brought up on the...
Jarrell, Royce Early Life to Deployment
Royce Jarrell was born in November 1924 and grew up in DeRidder, Louisiana. He was 17 years old and attending...
Johnson, Homer Early Life to Marine Corps
Homer Johnson was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1924. During the Great Depression, his father worked for Ford Motor...
Moran, John "Jack" Early Life to Tiger Tanks
John Moran was born in Superior, Wisconsin. He had a great youth and enlisted in the Army at 17. He was then sent to...
Dunford, Philip Early Life, Basic Training and Overseas Deployment
Philip Dunford was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in July 1925. He lived in Chester, Virginia when he was five...
Rogers, John Early Life, Becoming a Tank Officer, and Fighting the Germans
John Rogers was born and raised in Terre Haute, Indiana. He went to college in Indiana then got a job as a recreation...
Hochadel, Joseph Early Life, Being Drafted, Medic Training and Overseas Deployment
Joseph Hochadel served in the 34th Infantry Division, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion as a combat medic. He was...
Gordon, Fred Early Life, College, and Military Training
Fred Gordon was born in 1918 in Emerson, Nebraska. He was one of nine children and his father was a teacher during the...
Samuelson, Arne Early Life, Education, and Basic Training
Arne Samuelson was born in January 1922 in Sandefjord, Norway. He was two years old when he immigrated to America with...
Sparks, Bennett "Bud Sparks" Early Life, Enlistment and Assignment
Rear Admiral Bennett Sher Sparks, United States Coast Guard, Retired, was born in October 1925 in Pittsburg,...
Strait, Donald Early Life, Enlistment and Assignment
Donald Strait was born in April 1918 in East Orange, New Jersey, and spent his first five years in Montclair, New...
Aldridge, Fred Early Life, Enlistment and Joining the USS Helena (CL-50)
Fred A. Aldridge was born in Orlando, North Carolina. After graduating high school in September 1935 he enlisted in the...
Abbenhaus, Gerald Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Gerald Abbenhaus was born in January 1920 on a farm in northeast Nebraska. He went to Bloomfield High [Annotator's Note...
Ragazzi, Frank Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Frank Ragazzi was born in May 1920 in New York City, New York, one of two surviving children of a Metropolitan Opera...
Shook, Hal Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Harold Shook was born in April 1920 in Portland, Oregon, one of two children born to his mother, who died when he was...
Scott, Donald Early Life, Enlistment, and Basic Training
Donald Scott was born and raised in Stuart, Virginia. His first contact with the Army was when he was a 21-year-old,...
Green, Arthur Early Life, Enlistment, and Military Training
Arthur George Green was born in Rock Port, Missouri in April 1926. His family moved to Wilsey, Kansas when he was about...
Rans, Robert Early Life, Entering the Service, Training and Overseas Deployment
Robert Rans was born in Chicago, Illinois in April 1921. Family life was mostly normal until the war started. He worked...
Lane, Charles Early Life, The Great Depression, the CCC, and Military Training
Charles Nathan Lane was born in Carryville, Arkansas in June 1919. Lane recalls the Great Depression [Annotator's Note...
Cervantes, Enrique "Henry" Ejection Seats
Following his assignment as wing maintenance commander at SAC [Annotator's Note: Strategic Air Command] headquarters...
Benjamin, Adelaide El Paso
Adelaide Benjamin remembers the first Christmas tree the family had out there [Annotator's Note: in El Paso, Texas]....
Lafleur, Kenneth End of Service and Reflections
By the time Kenneth A. Lafleur had enough points to go home, he had flown 41 missions in the Pacific. Lafleur remarked...
Smith, Carl End of Service to Retirement
Carl Smith re-enlisted in the Air Force. He was sent to Lookout Mountain [Annotator’s Note: Lookout Mountain, Georgia...
Praetorius, Leo End of the European War and Reassignment
When the war in Europe was winding down, Leo Praetorius was brought back to the United States on standby, pending...
West, Gerald L. End of the War and Post-War Life
Gerald West spent 1944 in an OSS [Annotator's Note: Office of Strategic Services, the pre-runner of the CIA] training...
Harris, Robert End of War
After Operation Market Garden flights, Robert Harris continued flying transport and supply missions. He at times grew...
Morgenthaler, David Engineer Training for North Africa
David T. Morgenthaler reported to Langley Field [Annotator's Note: now Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia] in...
Oman, Mort Enlisted and Trained
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewer and Interviewee talk about how the interview will be conducted at the beginning of this...
Simmons, Curt Enlisting in the Navy and Joining the Armed Guard
Curt Simmons was a member of the US Navy Armed Guard. He was born on a farm outside of Walters, Oklahoma and was a farm...
Neighbors, Lysander Enlistment
When Lysander "Ben" Neighbors graduated from high school, he joined the military a year or so later, before the war had...
Trotter, Bernice Enlistment
Bernice Trotter had graduated high school and she was working for an insurance company. It was a one-woman office....
Cassidy, John Enlistment and Deployment
John Cassidy majored in mining engineering during his first year at the University of Alabama, but he eventually...
Weller, James Enlistment and Normandy
James Weller picked the Army for enlistment because his father had served in World War I in a submarine. The submarine...

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