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Blank, Calvin Hospital Duty
Calvin Blank was drafted into the Army [Annotator's Note: in 1945]. He was five foot six and weighed 118 pounds. When...
Fraser, Rodney Hospital Recuperation
Rodney Charles Fraser used to have wheelchair races down the hospital hallways [Annotator’s Note: he laughs]. The young...
Manning, Sarah "Sally" Hospital Service
Sara "Sally" Manning met her husband while he was a hospital patient [Annotator's Note: Manning worked at Naval...
Sherman, Joyce Hospitals in Africa
Joyce Sherman formed some close friendships and they kept in touch. Most were from Pennsylvania [Annotator's Note: like...
Fagot, Rosemary G. Immigrating to American, Joining the Navy and Being Assigned to Naval Intelligence
Rosemary Fagot was born in Nicaragua. Her father was an American citizen from New Orleans and she was registered as an...
Turnbull, David In the Navy
After joining the Navy, David Eugene Turnbull was sent to Great Lakes Training Center [Annotator’s Note: Chicago,...
Engmann, Larry In the Navy
Larry Engmann received his draft notice and reported to a warehouse in Chicago [Annotator’s Note: Chicago, Illinois]...
Johnson, Raleigh In the Navy
Raleigh W. Johnson Jr. was born in October 1926 in Houston, Texas. He attended public school from primary to high...
Linkous, Melvin Incidents as a Soldier
During the war, Melvin Linkous experienced an incident where an individual accused him of having a soft job. Captain...
Becker, Clarence India, Home, Saipan, Guam
[Annotator's Note: Clarence Becker went to India as a photo reconnaissance pilot.] India was damp and humid, but very...
Bondola, Thomas Infantry Training, Deployment and Capture
Thomas Bondola received his training with a regiment in his division [Annotator’s Note: 26th Infantry Division, no...
Baumgarten, Aaron Initiation into Flight
From basic training, Aaron Baumgarten was sent to Great Falls, Montana which, at the time, was one of the headquarters...
Doroff, Lorraine Interactions with Men and Women
Lorraine Doroff [Annotator's Note: while serving in the Women's Army Corps or WAC; women's branch of the Army from 1942...
Stern, Guy Interrogation Methods
Guy Stern was in Louisiana on maneuvers about a month or less. While on maneuvers they had an MP [Annotator's Note:...
Andriano, Louis Into the Navy
Louis Andriano graduated high school at 17 [Annotator's Note: January 1944]. His father wanted him to work but he could...
Garbo, William Into the War
William Garbo was born in 1924 in Laurel, Mississippi. He was in high school when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor....
Stern, Herbert Iran, Turkey, and Final Thoughts
Herbert Stern spent a lot of time in Turkey and Iran. The Turks are a tough people he feels. They are hardy and proud,...
Glass, Jack Jig Dog Ramage and Jimmy Flatley
To Jack Glass, Jig Dog [Annotator's Note: later Rear Admiral James D. Ramage] had nerves of steel. He was totally in...
Conter, Louis "Lou" Joining Patrol Squadron 11
Louis Conter arrived in San Francisco after his voyage from Hawaii. He took a train trip to Pensacola, Florida during...
Goodrich, James Joining the 2nd Marine Division and Reactions to Pearl Harbor and Wake Island
After eight weeks of boot camp, James Goodrich was sent to Camp Elliot. Camp Pendleton was not around at that time....
Wilson, Adolph Joining the 5th Marine Division
After returning stateside, Adolph Wilson and a group of Marines drove from San Diego to Shreveport. They stopped at...
Ridyard, Herbert Joining the 94th Infantry Division
Herbert W. Ridyard joined the 94th Infantry Division in Mississippi. The division was going on maneuvers in Tennessee...
Whitaker, Harold Joining the Air Force
After high school, Harold Whitaker was bumming around and getting trouble until his mother and a family friend...
Breaux, Lavenia "Lavenia Hickman" Joining the Army
Lavenia Breaux wanted to go in the service after Pearl Harbor. She always had a dream of traveling and realized the...
Stern, Debra Joining the Army
Debra Stern wanted to do her part to help win the war America but did not want to have a military job sitting behind a...
Mealor, David Joining the Army
David Lamar Mealor was born in March 1923 in Newnan [Annotator’s Note: Newnan, Georgia]. He attended Newnan High School...
Colbert, Hugh Joining the Army
Hugh L. Colbert was born in Electra, Texas in June 1925. He attended school there in the Electra public school system...
Crandall, Joe Joining the Army
Joe Crandall was born in Topeka, Kansas in May 1920. His father managed hotels, so he moved his family all over the...
Higgins, Archibald Joining the Army Air Corps and Flight Training
Archibald Higgins was 17 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. He did not know where the location...
Schweitzer, Philip Joining the Army and Deploying to Leyte
Philip Schweitzer served as a combat medic with the 11th Airborne Division. Schweitzer was born and raised in Brooklyn...
Rosendahl, Robert Joining the Army and Deploying to the Philippines
Robert Dale Rosendahl was born in Thief River Falls, Minnesota in April 1921 and grew up in a small agricultural town....
Inoshita, Masaji Joining the Army, Language Training and Overseas Deployment
[Annotator's Note: Masaji Insohita served in the Army as a Japanese translator and interrogator in the China-Burma-...
Meyer, Henry Joining the Coast Guard
After Henry T. Meyer graduated from high school, he enlisted in the service and went to boot camp where he received...
DiSabatino, Eugene Joining the Manhattan Project
Eugene DiSabatino was born in 1922 in Wilmington, Delaware. He grew up and attended school there. His family owned an...
Hatch, Norman Joining the Marine Corps
Norman Hatch graduated from high school when he was 17 years old. He grew up in both Boston, Massachusetts and...
Meyer, Lois Joining the Marine Corps and Being a Marine Officer
Lois Meyer was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1920. She went to the Ursuline Academy there. She was listening to the...

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