Military training and instruction

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[Annotator’s Note: There is background noise throughout this segment.] William Isham Davis [Annotator’s Note: serving...
Geraldine Nyman only knows one girl from the second graduating class of WASPs [Annotator's Note: Women Airforce Service...
Thomas Creekmore did what they told him [Annotator's Note: when Creekmore was drafted January 1943]. He told his wife...
Mort Walker was just getting going in college when he got his draft notice. Walker thought the Army was a great...
Stanley Fagerstrom did not find boot camp to be bad. He made a lot of friendships. He felt they were being well-trained...
Henry "Buck" Weaver was born in July 1920 in Blackview, South Carolina. His father worked for the telephone company and...
During his military training, John Alison was trained for reconnaissance, fighter and bomber operations. Being a...
Dr. Stanley Jaffe's basic training at Camp Barkeley, Texas [Annotator's Note: in Abilene, Texas] was straightforward....
After completing basic training, Jack H. Bleuler was sent to Texas A...
While recovering from an ear infection [Annotator's Note: in the hospital at Fort Bragg, North Carolina], Matthew...
Alvin Russo went through basic training near Baton Rouge [Annotator’s Note: Baton Rouge, Louisiana]. When he joined,...
Spencer Yancey kept up with the war overseas. When Pearl Harbor was bombed [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on...
Adolph Edward Asher's [Annotator's Note: with the 45th Infantry Division] ship was sunk by a U-boat [Annotator's Note:...
James Bowie was stationed in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] for boot camp. He lived in a tent in...
Charles Chartier was sworn in in Detroit [Annotator’s Note: Detroit, Michigan]. He went to basic training at Fort Bragg...
Glenn Frazier met a large sergeant when he arrived in Camp Shelby. Some of the new recruits were destined for Hawaii....
At the age of 17, Walter Henry Barton dropped out of high school to join the Army. Since. He was called up three months...
Kaare Allan Johnson was drafted in the Army in March 1943. He was sent to Camp Upton, Long Island [Annotator's Note:...
Albert Simon went to school until to the seventh grade. He had to go to work on the farm in the third grade. He had to...
[Annotator's Note: Carmen Scoppa is in a hospital and voices can be heard in the background throughout the interview...
Belisario de Jesus "Bel" Flores read that the brunt of the manpower in World War 2 came from the high school classes of...
John F. Ward volunteered for service in December 1943 and took his basic training at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. He...
Thomas Ballew briefly considered joining the Marine Corps but decided that he would wait to be called up. He was...
Fred Hirsekorn was drafted in early 1943. After induction at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas he was sent to Camp Campbell,...
During basic training in Miami Beach [Annotator's Note: Miami Beach, Florida], Raymond Mabarac lived in a hotel for a...
Thomas Ard Sylvest enlisted in the Army Air Forces and began his training at Keesler Field in Biloxi, Mississippi. He...
Lionel Baxter was trained to handle ammunition [Annotator's Note: as part of a gun crew in Battery A, 941st Field...
In January 1943, Violet Walsh, who had never traveled north of Ruston [Annotator's Note: Ruston, Louisiana] or ridden...
J.M. "Jimmy" Fried, Jr. attended officer training school at Fort Benning [Annotator's Note: Fort Benning, Georgia]. The...
On 7 December 1941, Robert Haffner and a friend of his borrowed their fathers' cars and rode around Detroit celebrating...
Donald G. Watson was sent to Camp Carson, Colorado during the winter and was assigned to the 71st Infantry Division....
Susumas Ito was sent to Camp Shelby [Annotator's Notes: Hattiesburg, Mississippi] as a motor sergeant for a cadre in...
After 16 months of school at Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning [Annotator's Note: now...
Alfred Dietrick was federalized [Annotator's Note: from the Texas Army National Guard to the 36th Infantry Division] on...
Benjamin Bederson always knew he would be a scientist, but in 1942, he began his military career in the Army. He was 20...
Eugene J. Gemperline reported to San Angelo, Texas [Annotator's Note: San Angelo Army Airfield] for bombardier training...

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