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Fernando Serna had several close calls during the war. Assigned to Corregidor Island in the Philippines, he got out of...
When John McGlohon's crew arrived in Pushkar, India, they were told they would have to surrender their new plane to the...
Donald F. Goyette volunteered for Iwo Jima [Annotator's note: Iwo Jima, Japan] because his plane got shot up, and he...
Tom Quigley recalls how after having sufficiently halted the German advance, he and his men slogged their way back to...
When they were pulling into port in Luzon with 600 men aboard, Ben Skardon said that Lieutenant George Coburn, Skardon'...
Hersey Goodwin is glad his daughter called [Annotator's Note: for this interview]. He does not mind discussing it at...
Robert Jagers has two memorable experiences of World War 2. Once when coming back from Sicily, [Annotator's Note:...
As James Paul Lynch looks back, there were not really normal families back in that time [Annotator's Note: the time of...
Frederick Haack and about nine others were put in a big, steel cylinder [Annotator's Note: during high-altitude, pilot...
Paul Gibfried had a wonderful experience during World War 2. He liked his commander, Ogden Ludlow [Annotator's Note:...
While on Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Peleliu Island, Palau], Melvin C. Whitman saw two Zeros [Annotator's Note: Japanese...
Moise S. Steeg, Jr. had a hard time believing that Mr. Eisenhower [Annotator's Note: General of the Army Dwight David "...
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with an extremely close shot of Jack Sinise's face and he is mid-sentence talking...
Richard Asbury's favorite aircraft to fly was a toss-up between the P-51 [Annotator's Note: North American P-51 Mustang...
Henry T. Meyer despised Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf Hitler] but did not blame the German people...
[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom answer questions...
[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom answer questions...
[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom answer questions...
[Annotator's Note: This segment begins with the interviewer talking about another interview he recorded with a soldier...
Harley Bridger was a radio operator. He learned to use a lead ball to help with his radio transmitter. The B-24 [...
Cleston Stell arrived in France where he joined the 80th Infantry Division in St. Avold. He was assigned to Company G,...
George Spera first saw combat in September 1944. He was scared to death. Nobody had previous combat experience...
When Julian Trist Bringier McConnell left the bigger ship that took him overseas, he patrolled mountainous islands and...
Fernando Serna and the defenders of Corregidor were bombarded continuously for days on end. He was scared but he kept...
Stanley Wolczyk was under fire three times during the campaign to recapture Attu from the Japanese. It was during the...
Robert Bassemir was in a large battle for the first time. After a couple of weeks, the men [Annotator's Note: Company I...
William L. Snow arrived overseas in November 1944 and was stationed at Alconbury, England [Annotator's Note: with the...
Robert "Bob" Rickel had to kick a bomb out of the bomb bay from a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress...
Darrell Welch flew 61 missions and only had one furlough [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of...
James Odom recalled two big "fracases." In Leyte Bay, his ship was part of what he has been told was the largest...
After surviving a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] flight that arrived in Hawaii on...
[Annotator's Note: Charles McGee served in the USAAF as a fighter pilot with the 302nd Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter...
Clayton Hall and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] had...
Norman Raner rememebrs Cassino [Annotator's Note: Cassino, Italy] being flat where the town was but Cassino itself was...
Vernon Alexander fought in the Muehlhausen combat. The fighting was hot and difficult. Climbach was another instance of...
Irving Baum flew seven combat missions [Annotator's Note: as a bombardier with the 407th Bombardment Squadron, 92nd...

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