Naval Aviation

Aerial bombardment (2477)
Air warfare (2269)
Submarine warfare (784)
Bailing out/loss of plane (664)
Naval shore bombardment (537)
Kamikazes (489)
Carrier warfare (425)
Dog fights (366)

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Snow, William Joining the Army Air Corps
William L. Snow was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1924, the middle child of three boys born to a father who owned a...
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...
Jett, Arley Joining the Army and Landing in Normandy
Arley Jett was born in 1922 in Breathitt County, Kentucky. He grew up in Canoe, Kentucky and near Cincinnati, Ohio....
Chaisson, Roland Joining the Army, Learning of Pearl Harbor and the Sicilian Campaign
Roland Chaisson volunteered for the Army when he was 17. He didn't like the Navy and the Marine Corps sounded too tough...
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...
Alison, John R. Joining the Flying Tigers
John Alison flew into China in a worn out P-40 [Annotator's Note: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter aircraft] that was...
Gemmel, Fred Joining the Navy
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Fred Gemmel already in conversation with the interviewer.] Gemmel arrived...
Miller, Rudolph Joining the Navy
Rudolph C. Miller had no place to go and nowhere to live when he was 16. He tried to forge his certificate [Annotator's...
Grenny, Guy Joining the Navy
Guy Grenny was a cadet in ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps]. He was preparing for going to war....
Burr, John Joining the Navy
John Burr joined the Naval ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps] in college. He was always interested...
Schoonejans, Emil J. Joining the Navy and Cleared for Submarine Duty
Emil Schoonejans volunteered for service in the Navy. He originally wanted to go into the air force. He and a buddy...
Gangwere, Blanche "Blanche Gregory" Joining the Red Cross and Going Overseas
Blanche Gangwere was 26 and over the minimum age of 24 when she joined the Red Cross [Annotator's Note: American Red...
Broll, Walter Joining the US Merchant Marine
Walter Broll passed through the station [Annotator's Note: the Merchant Marine training station at Sheepshead Bay in...
Cummings, John Joining the USS Gar (SS-206)
Albert Elmer "John" Cummings was stationed near the tower for dive submarines [Annotator's Note: in Pearl Harbor,...
Guderian, Emmett Joining the USS Independence (CVL-22)
Emmett Guderian was told he would not be able to go home before shipping out overseas. [Annotator's Note: Guderian...
Carmody, Martin "Red" Joining the USS Intrepid (CV-11)
After returning to the USS Enterprise (CV-6), they [Annotator's Note: Martin Carmody and his rear seat gunner John...
Allen, James Joining the USS Wahoo (SS-238)
Within a day of arriving at the submarine base James Allen was given orders to report to the USS Wahoo (SS-238). He...
Beaugh, George Journey Overseas, Unit Assignment and Preparing for Missions
George Beaugh recalled that his crew took the Northern route to England. Since the weather was so bad, they had to stop...
Skardon, Ben Journey to Mainland Japan
Ben Skardon thought the prisoners would be taken back to Bilibid Prison and that the American troops were nearby or...
Hamilton, Richard Journey to Stalag Luft IV
Richard Henry Hamilton bailed out of his plane, and after landing in a field he was greeted by a mob of villagers...
Langrehr, Henry Jump School to England
Henry Langrehr had heard about the paratroopers. When he went to join, he told them that is what he wanted. At that...
Reilly, Joseph Jumping in Holland
After Normandy [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], Joseph Dean Reilly...
Lesniewski, Joseph Jumping into Holland
Sometime in August [Annotator's Note: August 1944], Joseph Lesniewski and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd...
Creek, Roy Jumping into Normandy
Roy Creek remembers the chaos at Normandy [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June...
Lesniewski, Joseph Jumping Into Normandy
[Annotator's Note: Joseph Lesniewski joined Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne...
Freeman, Bradford Jumping into the French Countryside
[Annotator's Note: Bradford Clark Freeman served in the Army as a paratrooper in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th...
Graham, Chester "Chet" Jumping into the French Countryside
Chet Graham [Annotator's Note: Chester Earl Graham] was in Wollaton Park near Nottingham, England where the townspeople...
Jenkins, Frederick Kamikaze Attack
Frederick Jenkins was in damage control in the machine shop where the kamikaze [Annotator's Note: Japanese suicide...
Townsend, Joseph Kamikaze Attack
Joseph Townsend was being trained as a radioman and radio technician. They wanted him to become an aviation technician...
Schmitt, Warren Kamikaze Attack
Warren Schmitt witnessed a kamikaze attack on his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Savo Island (CVE-78)}. The attacker...
Guercia, Salvador Kamikaze Attack
Asked about offloading reinforcements for the Army's 27th Division [Annotator's Note: 27th Infantry Division] at...
Hopkins, Ralph Kamikaze Attack
Ralph Hopkins had a relief man named Ronald Lucas. They worked well with each other. They alternated watches to best...
Hibbard, Hershel Kamikaze Attack and Loss of a Friend
Hershel Hibbard recalled the process of refueling the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)]. Another ship...
Caraway, John Kamikaze Attack off Okinawa
A typical day for John Caraway consisted of reading and distributing daily dispatches, and receiving and sending coded...
George, Carroll Kamikaze Attacks
When alerts came in for kamikaze attacks, Carroll George had to be in the engineering room [Annotator's Note: aboard...
Nicholas, John Kamikaze Attacks
John Nicholas experienced Japanese suicide attacks on his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Gayety (AM-239)]. A wooden...

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