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[Annotators Note: Interview begins with the interviewer and George Wichterich talking about a tank that was knocked out...
Lawrence Eustis was born in March 1921 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was one of nine children. During the Great...
The Red Ball Express hauled the troops around and it was almost completely made of black drivers. When they got ready...
Virgil Faust was born in Windber, Pennsylvania, an old gold mining town. [Annotator's Note: Faust was born in August...
[Annotator's Note: Philip Whitman joined the Navy on 18 August 1937.] Whitman really enjoyed the Navy and had a hard...
Jimmie Dyer went overseas on a ship that was designed as a tanker. It was a sorry piece of machinery. It was a tough...
Recounting the story behind his call sign, James Lovell said that while undergoing desert survival training near Reno,...
[Annotator's Note: Leslie Cruise continuously refers to a book that he has on his lap.] After the invasion of Normandy...
Leo William Schmittgens trained with a M1 rifle [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as...
During the Korean War, Harry Baughman was a battalion commander at Fort Polk, Louisiana and searched for a way to keep...
[Annotator's Note: Wilhelm Gehlen was a boy growing up in Viersen, Germany during World War 2.] Wilhelm Gehlen's father...
Richard Klenoski volunteered for aviation training while training to be a combat engineer. He qualified to be trained...
Lutz Windisch was born in 1925 in Königssee in Bavaria [Annotator's Note: Königssee, Bavaria, Germany], where he also...
John Morrow was very angry about the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor so he joined the Army. It was a done deal...
[Annotator's Note: The tape cuts and then comes back to William Albright in midsentence.] In Wendover [Annotator's Note...
Wallace Hurley contracted pneumonia during the Battle of the Bulge. He was in the hospital for four days. Following his...
[Annotator's Note: Jack Werner was born in Vienna, Austria in 1919.] Austria always had politicians who primarily were...
After France, Bernard Baker entered Germany. He went through Heidelberg and Darmstadt, Germany. In Darmstadt, Baker...
The day Kenneth H. Bailey got his draft notice [Annotator's Note: 4 November 1942] was a very bad day. He knew it was...
Andrew A. Rooney was with the 17th Field Artillery [Annotator's Note: 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 13th Field...
When he signed up for the Marines, Louis Massengale was on his way to Montford Point, North Carolina within two days....
The weight of Donald Campbell's job was such that he rarely had off-duty time. He was responsible for the division's...
Vincent Losada was commissioned as a flight officer after he received all his training. He was sent to Drew Air Force...
Frank Buschmeier went to armament school in Denver, Colorado. In Denver, the men were split into training groups for...
Archie Kelley went to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii after graduating from the United States...
After Sydney Levit completed basic training, he was inducted into the glider infantry [Annotator’s Note: 194th Glider...
James Livaudais was part of the division which was to become the Sergeant York Division—the 82nd Division with about 16...
Glenn Roysdon lives in Billings, Montana. [Annotator’s Note: There is a brief pause in the interview.] He and his...
Abe Milkis was deployed initially to Reading, England after leaving his training in the United States. It was quite an...
John Ericson went through a training period [Annotator's Note: after being assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 194th...
Eduardo Alberto Peniche Carvajal recalled his first time jumping out of the plane was exciting and apprehensive....
Robert Liles was awarded a number of decorations. He was awarded the Silver Star for the mission during which he and...
Jack Leaming arrived in Tokyo after the Japanese surrender and was put aboard a hospital ship. They were stripped naked...
It took them 12 days to get back to California [Annotator's Note: returning from Japan after the war]. Emmett Kaylor...
Lester Hull was born in Hartford, Connecticut in April 1920. He remembers the Great Depression well. Hull's father was...
Albert Pultz Lochra, Jr. went to Rapid City [Annotator's Note: Rapid City, South Dakota in 1944] for flight training in...

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