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Ohr, Freddie Segment 14
Freddie Ohr made a dozen passes over the airfield. They went up to provide cover when the top flight went down. Finally...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 14
Admiral Kinkaid [Annotato's Note: Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid] who had no experince with carriers or aviators, ordered a...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 15
Charles Scheffel located the headquarters of the 39th Infantry Regiment. He reported to the colonel who was glad to see...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 17
Freddie Ohr had a lot of things happened to him. The first guy Ohr encountered really tried to make it tough on him....
Ohr, Freddie Segment 18
Freddie Ohr thought that it was an exciting mission [Annotators Note: See Freddie Ohr Segment 17]. He thought that...
Onesi, Anthony "Tony" Segment 2
Onesi recalls the aircraft flying in a very tight V formation to protect each other. They bombed their targets during...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 2
After he ate breakfast Rogers went up to the radio system that was set up on the apron at the airport. They moved the...
Rosen, Harold "Hank" Segment 2
Harold Rosen took part in a simulation that was supposed to help them get ready for their next invasion. He recalls...
Rankin, Robert "Shorty" Segment 2
Rankin left McChord Field on 14 July 1942 and arrived in Santa Ana, California in 15 July 1942 for preflight training....
Gravois, Francois "F.D." Segment 2
Gravois had had plenty of amphibious landing training. He also had a lot of combat training in boot camp. He did a lot...
Paluch, Theodore "Ted" Segment 2
At first, Paluch was attached to the 1st Army and was then transferred to the 3rd Army. When they got to the Hurtgen...
Currey, Francis S. Segment 2
Currey recalled combat along the Siegfried line as being like combat anywhere. They are shooting at you and you are...
Henderson, William Segment 2
Henderson flew as a tail gunner on a B-17 [Annotator’s Note: American B-17 Flying Fortress bomber] until his last...
Myers, Leroy Segment 2
They hurried with thier sandbags and got in their hole. The anti- aircraft guns were used the other day and had to be...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 2
All of the barnstormers had on the boots, leather jackets and goggles and all had a bottle of spirits in the back seat...
Crain, Joe Segment 2
When Crain was in the armada heading towards the beaches [Annotator's Note: during the invasion of Sicily, July 1943],...
Bollinger, Ardell Segment 2
Ardel Bollinger did not get along with the Colonel in England. When Bollinger asked for a recommendation to join the...
Rall, Gunther Segment 2
The 109's [Annotator's Note: Messerschmitt Bf-109] undercarriage wasn't very sensible. Early on when they trained...
Candelaria, Richard Segment 2
Richard Candelaria credits the 8th Air Force for never having been turned back on a mission by enemy action. Enemy...
Hanna, Homer H. Segment 2
Hanna was the chief clerk for group engineering [Annotator’s Note: at Clark Field in the Philippines in 1941]. His boss...
Starnes, James Segment 2
They were cruising around Java when they ran aground in the valley straights [Annotator’s Note: aboard the USS Boise in...
Johnson, Oscar Segment 2
Oscar Johnson went to Kingman, Arizona for gunnery school and then to Lincoln, Nebraska to assemble the crew. From...
Cole, Richard Segment 2
On the trip from Pendleton to Columbia [Annotators Note: Oregon to South Carolina in December 1941] Richard Cole was...
Kleiss, Norman "Dusty" Segment 2
It was only a storm that allowed the Enterprise [Annotators Note: USS Enterprise (CV-6)] to not be in Pearl Harbor...
Gross, Clayton Segment 2
Clayton Kelly Gross should have been on the first combat mission, but when it happened he was in the hospital with a...
Leahr, John Segment 3
Leahr was shipped overseas in early 1944. He had graduated in Class 43-G [Annotator's Note: Class 43-G graduated in...
Sabol, Emil Segment 3
Stalag Luft was for airmen only. Luft is the German word for air. There were 8000 or 10000 of them there. There were...
Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 3
On 16 December 1944, the Germans started the biggest battle of offensive fighting in the world's history, the Battle of...
Stinson, Handy Segment 3
As far as a specific routine, they knew what had to be done when they woke up in the morning. The crews were very...
Henderson, William Segment 3
They got to the target [Annotator’s Note: Bridge on the River Kwai] at 9:00 in the morning and no other aircraft were...
De Mers, William Segment 3
The train was moving fast. The train brought them to California. They brought the companies up to full strength. His...
Vessey, John "Jack" Segment 3
John Vessey landed in Oran and went immediately to [Annotators Note: unsure of town he says], 50 miles or more out of...
Greer, Richard Segment 3
Richard Greer served as a machinegunner in Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. During...
Delewski, Lawrence Segment 3
Delewski took part in the Normandy operation. That was the first time the Laffey saw action. He was put in charge of...
Myers, Leroy Segment 3
They built the dugout for 3 people. They would run around and get food, and they would work all night. After...

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