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Denault, Leo The Crew
Leo Denault remembers his pilot would give them flight time. He decided Denault and the engineer were supposed to fly...
Campbell, John The Danger of U-boats
The first saltwater trip John Campbell made as a US Merchant Marine [Annotator's Note: Campbell regularly does not...
Finklang, Frank The Dangers of Missions
Frank Finklang was put with experienced crews for nine missions, and then his original crew was reformed to fly their...
Haines, Joseph The Dead on Okinawa
Joseph Haines was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Japan] from 9 May to December [Annotator's Note: 1945]. Truman [...
Nolan, Warren The Decks Explode
Warren Nolan had been on bridge watch from 12 to four [Annotator's Note: midnight to four o'clock in the morning] on...
Fisher, Clayton The Doolittle Raid
Clayton Fisher volunteered to fly an SB2A Brewster [Annotator's Note: Brewster SB2A Buccaneer scout bomber] and lead...
Wingo, Hugh The Doolittle Raid
Hugh Wingo was shipped to Tokyo, Japan. The carrier was in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] picking...
East, Dossie The Doolittle Raid and Reassignment
Dossie East saw the planes take off the deck of the Hornet [Annotator's Note: USS Hornet (CV-8)] for the Doolittle Raid...
Smith, Bernard The Draft and Jewish Warriors
The attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941] did not...
Hackler, Maurice "Hack" The Drama of Combat
On the last mission that Maurice Hackler flew over Ludwigshafen [Annotator's Note: Ludwigshafen, Germany], his aircraft...
LeBlanc, Joyce The Eminent War
Joyce Leblanc's memories of the war are vivid. Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf Hitler] came to power...
Samuelson, Arne The Emotional Toll of War and Seeing Buchenwald
Arne Samuelson [Annotator’s Note: serving in the US Army’s 99th Infantry Battalion (Separate), a unit composed of...
Blackwell, Astley The F4F and Loss of the USS St. Lo (CVE-63)
[Annotator's Note: Astley Blackwell was a plane captain servicing Grumman FM-2 Wildcat fighter aircraft aboard the USS...
Bourgeois, Henry "Hank" The F4U Corsair, Charles Lindbergh and Wrecked Aircraft in Lake Michigan
[Annotator's Note: Henry Bourgeois served in the USMC as a pilot flying Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft with Marine...
Renstrom, Keith The First Few Days on Iwo Jima
When Keith Renstrom went to Iwo Jima he fought well because the excitement was not there. He functioned better as a...
Kirkpatrick, Otto The First Mission
Otto Kirkpatrick was born in October 1921 in Marianna, Arkansas. In the summer of 1943, he graduated from navigation...
Urice, Joe The First Missions
Joel Urice was assigned to the 100th Bombardment Group [Annotator’s Note: 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment...
Molen, Herman The First Schweinfurt Mission
Herman Molen remembers his first mission with Captain Ted Tyler, nicknamed “Hard Luck” Tyler. He did not fly a mission...
Asbury, Richard The Four Musketeers
Richard Asbury does not know how he came up with the name "Queenie" [Annotator's Note: North American P-51B Mustang...
Taylor, Claude The G.I. Bill and Service During the Korean War
Claude Taylor returned from China and disembarked in San Francisco. He returned to Louisiana where he was discharged...
Duff, Clarence The Great Depression to the Invasion of Saipan
Clarence Robert Duff was born in 1923 in the farm country of North Dakota. He was one of nine children. His family was...
Nolan, Warren The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot
Warren Nolan was aboard the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) in the Mariana Islands campaign [Annotator’s Note: June to November...
Raquepau, John The Grumman Avenger
John "Jack" Raquepau and his group [Annotator's Note :Torpedo Squadron 51 (VT-51), Air Group 51, USS San Jacinto (CVL-...
Lents, Robert The Guards and the Guarded
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Robert Lents if he and the other prisoners of war had nicknames for their...
Hoff, Donald The Hiryu Carrier at Midway
Donald Hoff's [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in...
Sadler, Richard The Home Guard
Just before he turned 16 years old, Burt Richard Sadler went to work in a factory that made grease guns for tank wheels...
Murphy, Alfred The Horrors of Flak
For Alfred Pierse Murphy, the most difficult part of succeeding in a bombing mission was the flak [Annotator's Note:...
Henleben, Edwin The Invasion of Attu
Edwin Henlebin loaded onto a troop ship in San Francisco, California. He was issued Army clothing so that he couldn't...
Davis, Edna The Japanese
Edna Davis did not pay particular attention to the war other than the loss of people. War has changed but she is not...
Tangradi, Richard The Last Mission
Richard Tangradi’s last mission was to Frankfurt [Annotator’s Note: Frankfurt, Germany]. They had to abort the mission...
Brewer, Chester The Last Missions
[Annotator's Note: Chester Brewer served in the USAAF as a tail gunner aboard Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers...
Warne, Therese The MacArthur Family
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: an American child living in the Philippines during World War 2] and her...
Bouton, Helen The March to Bergen-Belsen
[Annotator's Note: Helene Bouton was forced to walk to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Bergen, Germany, from...
Ussery, Jake The Mariana Islands and Iwo Jima
Jake Ussery was aboard the Langley [Annotator's Note: USS Langley (CVL-27)] following the American recapture of the...
Thomason, David The Mariana Islands and the Battle of Iwo Jima
[Annotator's Note: David Thomason served in the Navy aboard the destroyer USS Mannert L Abele (DD-733).] They went...
Burke, Murphy The Marshall Islands, Mariana Islands and the Mission After Darkness
The USS Yarnell (DD-541) first met the enemy, according to Murphy Burke, at Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands...

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