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Quinn, Harry Becoming a Soldier and Overseas Deployment
Harry Quinn entered Camp Shelby in September [Annotator’s Note: 1943] and stayed there for about a week. From there,...
Berkman, Harold Becoming a Soldier and Overseas Deployment
Harold Berkman had 16 weeks of basic training as a member of Company B, 36th Infantry Training Battalion [Annotator's...
Carver, Jack Becoming a Soldier, ASTP, and the Infantry
Jack Carver began his basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama. An accelerated training went on there to teach...
Joy, Carrol Becoming an Aircraft Mechanic
Carrol Joy was erroneously given three sets of shots after swearing into the United States Army Air Forces. His first...
Ram, Walter Becoming an Airman
Walter Ram went through basic training for the Army. He was discharged after a year in the Army. When the Japanese...
Knutson, Caroll Becoming an Airman
After he enlisted, Carroll Knutson was evaluated and selected for training as a pilot. His training began at Maxwell...
Porche, Albert Becoming an Airman
Albert Porche learned to take Army life as it came. He was in Jackson, Mississippi after his enlistment. People did not...
Whitcomb, Robert Becoming an Airman
Robert Butler Whitcomb was born in Scipio, Indiana. When he was about six his family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where he...
Gournay, Harold Becoming an Airman
Harold Gournay was born in Eunice, Louisiana in 1919. He grew up and attended school in Eunice. He graduated from high...
Jostad, Glen Becoming an Airman
Glen Jostad had an abbreviated basic training before beginning radio training at Scott Field [Annotator's Note: near...
Roberts, George Becoming an Airman
George Roberts was working a good job when he was drafted. He was called up in August and reported to Altoona,...
Dymnicki, Francis Becoming an Airman
Francis Dymnicki attempted to become a pilot in the Air Force. Half of his friends wanted to do the same. Dymnicki was...
Bostwick, Frank Becoming an Airman and Overseas Deployment
Frank Bostwick joined the ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps] for three years while he was in high...
Underwood, Antoinette Becoming an Army Nurse
Antoinette Underwood signed up for the Army a day or two after Pearl Harbor. She had to go to West Point for an...
Grapes, Opal Becoming an Army Nurse
Opal Grapes joined the Army and reported for duty at Foster General Hospital in Temple, Texas. She underwent training...
Scheerer, Richard Becoming an Army Officer
Richard Scheerer was on the streets of Little Rock when he learned of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He was...
Viani, Bruno Becoming an Officer
Bruno Viani was asked by his company commander if he would consider applying for OCS [Annotator's Note: Office...
VanDuzer, Raymond Being an Army Medic
Raymond VanDuzer was inducted into the service then sent to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was not sure what he wanted...
Doi, Jimmy Being Drafted and Combat in Italy
Jimmy Doi spent his first day in the internment camp [Annotator's Note: Doi was interned at the Gila River Relocation...
David, Maynard Bombardier School and Shipping Out
In addition to class learning, such as communication and radio navigation, Maynard David and the other cadets learned...
Templet, Robert Paul Boot Camp and a Year on Prewar Oahu
Robert Templet took his boot camp training in San Diego. The days started early for him. During his first week in...
Thornhill, Jack Boot Camp and Ship Assignment
Jack Thornhill was sent to San Diego for boot camp. There were a lot of guys from the Alexandria [Annotator's Note:...
Renstrom, Keith Boot Camp, Deploying to Iceland, and Making PFC
The training Marines receive is to make sure that they are always ready. After boot camp, Keith Renstrom went into...
Houseman, Donelson "Don" British Resiliency
Donelson Houseman believes that the magnitude of the German offensive [Annotator's Note: the German Ardennes Offensive...
Callander, Sherwin Brushes with Death and Life
Sherwin Callander's voyage to Australia consisted of stops in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth. It was winter and the ship...
Espree, Elmo Burma Road
Elmo Espree's troop ship sailed from Australia for the Bay of Bengal in India. In India, Espree went through the Ganges...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Camp Kilmer
At Sioux City, the ground crew was completing their training and going on last leaves. One day, the first sergeant...
Laborde, Lucien Civilian and Military Life Before the D-Day Invasion
Lucien Paul Laborde was named after his grandfathers. He was the third boy in his family. Laborde was born in Vinton,...
Acevedo, Anthony Combat and Capture
They [Annotator's Note: Anthony Acevedo and his fellow soldiers of the 275th Infantry Regiment, 70th Infantry Division...
McGee, Charles Combat Assignments and a Dog Fight
[Annotator's Note: Charles McGee served in the USAAF as a fighter pilot with the 302nd Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter...
Swift, Robert Combat Duties
Robert Swift and his outfit [Annotator's Note: the 371st Medical Battalion, 71st Infantry Division] shipped out of New...
Kinney, Gabriel Combat in the Pacific and Joining a New Unit
The trip overseas was very interesting for Gabriel Kinney. They traveled aboard an old Norwegian freighter with no...
Peterson, Cleveland Conditions in India
Cleveland Peterson and the 59th Air Service Squadron left the United States for India with as much aircraft repair...
Alison, John R. Creation of the 1st Air Commando Group
After leaving China, John Alison returned to the United States where he was to take command of a wing of P-38s [...
Motil, Joseph D-Day on Utah Beach
Joseph Motil went to South Bren England for training. They also practiced going on lots of patrols. On the weekends...
Barrick, Calvin Deep Dives and Surface Patrols
[Annotator's Note: Calvin Barrick served in the US Navy aboard the submarine USS Tang (SS-306) during that vessel's...

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