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Meader, Byron Life on Guadalcanal
Byron Herbert Meader received very little military training when he was assigned to the 3462nd Ordnance Medium...
Pringle, James Life on Guam
James Pringle arrived at Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] at the end of 1944. He registered, went through...
Schmittgens, Leo Life on Pavuvu
Leo William Schmittgens recalled getting on the Higgins Boats [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel or...
Hendrick, Robert Life on Ship and Midway
Robert Erskine Hendrick [Annotator's Note: a US Marine aboard the USS Idaho (BB-42)] was sent to the Pacific [Annotator...
Schicker, Tom Life on Ship and Pavuvu
Thomas Francis Schicker went to Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] and did maneuvers offshore...
Pribyl, William Life on the Pipeline
Describing an average day, William J. Pribyl explains that he was quartered in tents at a campsite in Tinsukia [...
David, James Life on Tulagi
James Warren David remembered that the ship was full of people. The beds stacked nine bunks high. He recalled that he...
Fishman, Arthur Life Overseas
Once in the Navy, Arthur Fishman did not receive much training. He was taught how to read his gauges. On his way back...
Cook, Harold Life Overview
Harold C. Cook was born in Beaver, Pennsylvania. His father produced milk and ice cream on his dairy farm. Cook...
Davis, Edna Life with the WASPs
[Annotator's Note: Edna Davis had completed the Civilian Pilot Training Program and wanted to join the US Army Air...
Brooks, Morton Life, Enlistment and Training
Morton Brooks was born in Brooklyn, New York in January 1926. He grew up there, with younger twin siblings, the...
Killam, Arthur Living aboard a submarine
[Annotators Note: Arthur Killam served in the US Navy as an Electricians Mate aboard the submarine USS Sea Dragon.]...
McGee, Charles Living Conditions, Race Relations and Training B-25 Crews
When Charles McGee first got to Italy, a lot of work was done trying to improve the living conditions. They still...
David, James Loading and Unloading Troops
James Warren David explains how the LCVPs [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel or LCVP] loaded up troops...
Stewart, Stanley Loading Ordnance on Bougainville
As soon as Stanley Stewart arrived in Noumea, New Caledonia, he was back in training. Assigned to the 1st Marine Air...
Reeder, John Long Road to Retirement
In late summer of 1951 John Reeder returned to the United States. He was immediately sent to Quantico, Virginia for a...
Cummings, Mary Losing Friends
Mary Cummings [Annotator's Note: in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service; United States Naval Reserve (...
Cart, William "Bill" Losing Friends in Training
William Cart was sent down to Gillespie [Annotator's Note: Gillespie Field, El Cajon, California], an outlying field...
Soong, Tsuyin Losing His Younger Brother
Tsuyin Soong notes that the Burma Road [Annotator's Note: a road linking Burma with southwest China built in 1937 and...
Samuelson, Daniel Losing Oxygen
Strange things would happen in the air for Daniel Samuelson. He was well-trained. He would wear a mask for oxygen....
Davis, Edna Loss of a Friend
When Edna Davis got to Sweetwater, Texas [Annotator's Note: Avenger Field], she was in the first group there. It was a...
McLaurine, Luke Loss of Aircraft and Capture
Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. flew his final mission on 16 November 1944 [Annotator's Note: McLaurine was bombardier...
Roy, William Loss of Yorktown and Aftermath
William Roy [Annotator's Note: as a member of the salvage crew on the USS Yorktown (CV-5) on 6 June 1942] witnessed the...
Rodrigue, Lowell Louisiana Boy to Navy Man
Lowell Rodrigue was born in June 1924 in Edgard, Louisiana, but was raised in St. Rose, Louisiana. His father worked...
David, James Louisiana Life to a Navy Life
James Warren David was born in Youngsville, Louisiana in January 1926. During the Great Depression, his father and...
Wombacher, Delbert Louisiana Maneuvers
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Delbert Wombacher was his role was in the Louisiana Maneuvers, series of Army...
Keller, Richard Louisiana Maneuvers
Richard Keller took part in the Louisiana Maneuvers [Annotator's Note: a series of major Army exercises held in 1941 in...
Brister, Delano Louisiana Maneuvers
Delano Brister witnessed the Louisiana Maneuvers in 1941. The operations took up much of central Louisiana including...
Jeter, James Louisiana Maneuvers
James Jeter was born in Jetertown, Louisiana [Annotator’s Note: near Leesville, Louisiana]. It was a small settlement...
Moret, Calvin Love of Flying
Calvin Moret became interested in flying when he was about eight years old. Before the war started, he found himself...
Reynolds, Florence G. Love of Flying
Florence G. Shutsy-Reynolds started flying in the Stearman [Annotator's Note: Boeing-Stearman Model 75 Kaydet or PT-13...
Langrehr, Henry Loved to Jump
Henry Langrehr liked to parachute because it was a thrill. They used T5 chutes [Annotator's Note: parachute] which were...
Schrader, Ernst Luftwaffe Service on the Eastern Front
Ernst Schrader had signed up for the air force at age 19. He was allowed to select the air force as his branch of...
Schweitzer, Philip Luzon and the End of the War
[Annotator's Note: Philip Schweitzer served in the Army as a combat medic in the 11th Airborne Division and took part...
Catalano, Erico "Harry" Machinist in England
Erico J. Catalano left the United States for Europe in July 1943 on a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of...
Poliseno, Dominick Mainland Italy
Dominick Frank Poliseno compares his first amphibious landing in Sicily [Annotator's Note: Sicily, Italy] to the second...

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