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Kagan, Joseph Entrance into Service to Postwar
Joseph Kagan voluntarily joined the ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps]. The first two years were...
Labauve, Marion Entrance into the Service
Marion Labauve was born in February 1924 in Plaquemine, Louisiana. He was in the depression [Annotator's Note: the...
Carter, Donald Entrance to the Army
In June 1943, Don Carter was drafted with 60 other boys from his town [Annotator's Note: Hornell, New York]. They...
Lopez, Lionel Equipment and Rations
Lionel Lopez had an M1 [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as the M1 Garand]. He had a...
Birnbaum, Stanley Europe
Stanley Jack Birnbaum fell into his landing craft before landing at one of the American beaches at Normandy about five...
Barnett, William Europe Deployment
On Christmas Day 1944, William M. Barnett [Annotator’s Note: with the 222nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division]...
Meader, Byron Europe Experience
Byron Herbert Meader was sent to Camp Shelby, Mississippi and assigned to Headquarters, 271st Infantry Regiment [...
Levitt, Sydney European Campaign
Sydney Levit and his unit [Annotator's Note: 194th Glider Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division] were sent to Camp...
Thurston, Stanley European Combat
Stanley James Thurston was not provided basic training. After enlistment, he was sent to a pigeon outfit [Annotator's...
Fried, J. M. European Tour
On 25 December 1944, Christmas Day, J.M. "Jimmy" Fried, Jr., boarded the vessel that would take him to the European...
Bussel, Norman Evading a U-boat
Norman Bussel left his final training base and took a train to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. He and the crew were pretty...
Hastings, Wilford Experience in Europe
Wilford E. Hastings was sent overseas with an artillery unit [Annotator's Note: 284th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion...
Reilly, Joseph Experience with Death
Joseph Dean Reilly [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters, 3rd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st...
Cassady, William Experience with Death
William Cassady [Annotator’s Note: serving aboard the USS Frederick Funston (APA-89)] had crew's quarters while they...
Berman, Stanley Experiences in England
Stanley Berman [Annotator's Note: with the 8th Air Force in England] trained on a Stearman PT-17 [Annotator's Note:...
Clark, Earl Experiences in the Aleutian Islands
In May 1943, Earl Ervin Clark and the 87th Mountain Infantry [Annotator's Note: 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 10th...
Acker, Charles Experiencing Combat
Charles Acker was in Bastogne [Annotator's Note: Bastogne, Belgium with the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st...
Keller, Richard Experiencing Combat
Richard Keller [Annotator's Note: Company E, 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division] was not promoted until...
Groth, Walter Experiencing Combat
Walter Groth remembers the Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese] had a great Air Force. Later...
Lutz, William Experiencing Death
William Lutz remembers they took a bulldozer and pushed the ground over the caves [Annotator’s Note: He is referring to...
Knese, Benard Experiencing Different Cultures
Bernard Knese took off around midnight and crossed the Channel [Annotator’s Note: the English Channel]. They arrived in...
Geiger, John Failing a Mission
John Geiger [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit, known as the Alamo Scouts]...
Puckett, Hubert Farm Boy to Assistant Police Chief at Pearl Harbor
Hubert L. Puckett was born in Newton, Mississippi in May 1919. He moved to Dekalb, Mississippi with this family when he...
Shirkey, Robert Farm Boy to National Guardsman
Robert Leroy Shirkey was born in Vliets, Kansas in April 1924. He grew up on a farm with eight brothers and sisters....
Donovan, Harry Farm Boy to Navy Man
[Annotator's Note: A person off camera comments in the background throughout this clip.] Harry A. Donovan was born in...
Beard, Kenneth Farm Boy to Service in Alaska
Kenneth Beard was born on a farm in Sullivan, Ohio in March 1922. He took a farm wagon to school and grew up in a home...
Perdue, Cawthon "C.B. Perdue" Farm Life to Army Air Corps
Cawthon B. Perdue Jr., known as C.B. to family and friends, was born in El Dorado, Arkansas in 1925. He graduated high...
Ledford, Robert Farm Life to Warfare
Robert Ledford was born in December 1924 in northern Missouri. His family moved to Illinois when he was about 12 years...
Dunne, Edward Feeding Orphans in France
Edward Dunne went to England and then made Normandy [Annotator's Note: Normandy, France aboard the USS LST-53] as one...
Yip, Wallace Feelings Towards the Japanese
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Wallace Yip, Sr. what it felt like to hear the news of the Japanese attack on...
Salter, Cary Fighter Squadron 353
Cary Salter was in a dogfight when his wing was hit. It flipped the plane over. He went to pull out and nothing...
Walker, Robert Fighter Training and Deployment
After qualifying [Annotator's Note: as a military pilot], Robert Walker was sent to Eglin Field [Annotator's Note: now...
Peer, Wayne Fighting Across Europe
Wayne Peer and his outfit [Annotator's Note: I...
Taliancich, Joseph Fighting Across Europe
Joseph Taliancich remembers they would get a break in between individual battles. When they were going through Rome [...
Breard, Reneau Fighting at Anzio
Reneau Breard was stationed in the mountains of Italy near Naples [Annotator’s Note: Naples, Italy]. His unit was...
Martin, James Fighting at the Bulge
[Annotator’s Note: There is a person off screen that relays the interviewer’s questions to the interviewee throughout...

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