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Trindal, Wesley Trindals life since WWII
[Annotators Note: Wesley Trindal joined Company F, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division as an...
Harris, Whitney Truth Through Judicial Process
Asked to comment on other post World War 2 trails and tribunals, Whitney Harris brought up the war crimes trial held in...
Harrison, John Tuskegee Airmen
John Langston Harrison, Jr. experienced racial prejudice throughout all of his 23 years in the service. A weaker man...
Kelso, Robert Two Tours in Vietnam
Robert Kelso went to Vietnam as an advisor but was called to Saigon to run the Armed Forces Radio when it was learned...
McCauley, Harry Typhoon and Postwar
Harry McCauley and PC-800 steamed through a terrible typhoon after Okinawa. The crew had it rough in the small ship....
Marcus, Bernard U2 Project Manager
Bernard Marcus drove to Pasadena to meet with a gentleman [Annotator’s Note: William Clyde "Bill" McFadden an executive...
Christiansen, Ejnar United Fruit Company
Ejnar Christiansen started working for the United Fruit Company [Annotator's Note: now Chiquita Brands International]...
Hirsch, Leon United States Surgical Corporation
Leon Hirsch initiated his company, US Surgical [Annotator's Note: United States Surgical Corporation based in Norwalk,...
Harris, Whitney Upholding the Outcome
Every trial draws criticism, according to Whitney Harris, but he knows of no significant criticisms of the conduct of...
Winslow, Lawson US Navy Service
Lawson Tracy Winslow, Junior completed the program [Annotator's Note: V-12 US Navy College Training Program, 1943 to...
Memory, Frank USS Gato (SS-212) and Postwar
Frank George Memory was a crewman on a submarine [Annotator’s Note: USS Gato (SS-212)]. The boat was about 300 feet...
Maynard, Mark USS Marlin (SS-204) and USS Cobbler (SS-344)
Mark Maynard trained new submariners at New London before being assigned to a new submarine. He was responsible to...
Curran, Philip USS Salem (CA-149)
Philip Curran volunteered for the Korean War [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953]. He has often...
Hayes, Raymond USS Tortuga (LSD-26)
[Annotator's Note: Raymond Hayes was assigned to the USS Tortuga (LSD-26) as an electrician in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.]...
Weatherwax, Clarence "Uncle Herb" Valor in the Pacific Park
Clarence Herbert Weatherwax also joined the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. When the building was built [Annotator'...
Beck, Carl Various Reflections
Carl Beck had been wounded in Bastogne, Belgium and laid on a stretcher all night. He made it back to his outfit [...
Gomez, Hewitt VE-Day and Postwar
Hewitt Brian Gomez was called [Annotator's Note: called back to active duty] to serve during the Korean War, but he was...
Laborde, Lucien VE-Day, a Popular Officer, and Relationships with Locals
Lucien Laborde was on staff duty in the war room on the night of 7 May 1945. At about two in the morning they got a TWX...
Vaughn, Odell Veterans Administration Deputy Administrator
Through the years of advancement, Odell Vaughn reached the office of Deputy Administrator of the Veterans...
Barber, Clyde Vietnam
Clyde Barber later completed two tours of duty in Vietnam [Annotator's Note: Vietnam War, or Second Indochina War, 1...
Sparacino, Paul Vietnam War
Paul Sparacino was in the Philippines [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Princeton (LPH-5)] when Vietnam [Annotator's...
McCowen, William Vietnam War and Cold War Experience
After World War 2 and the Korean War [Annotator's Note: 1950 to 1953], William McCowen served in the Vietnam War. He...
McGovern, George Vietnam, Richard Nixon, and Considering a 1976 Presidential Run
It bothers George McGovern today that when he talks to college kids they have no idea about Vietnam. Even though he...
Kneflin, Charles VJ Day and Reflections
[Annotator's Note: Charles Kneflin was a tail gunner on a Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber in the 53rd...
Ryan, Richard VJ-Day and Postwar Navy Service
When the United States dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Richard Ryan was at the naval air station on...
Libby, Dolores Volunteering at The National WWII Museum
Dolores McInnis Libby began as a volunteer at The National WWII Museum in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans,...
Kushnir, Helen "Helen Preiss" Volunteering at the VA
When the war was over, a lot of women stayed on in the factories. Helen Kushnir went to work for Western Union as a...
Lucas, Jack Wallet and Parachutes
Jacklyn Lucas's wallet is on display at the D-Day Museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum in New Orleans,...
Gurr, Robert Walt Disney
Robert Gurr thought that Walt Disney was everywhere in the park on opening day. Disney saw Gurr and came over to him....
Sklar, Martin "Marty" Walt Disney and Disneyland
Martin Sklar could tell upon meeting him that Walt Disney was the man in charge. He made his goals clear and never left...
Sklar, Martin "Marty" Walt Disney the Pioneer and His Legacy
Martin Sklar realized that he [Annotator's Note: Walt Disney] was creating fads, popular songs, and new markets. It was...
Gurr, Robert Walt Disney's Legacy
Robert Gurr learned a lot from Walt Disney. Perhaps the most significant thing that Disney taught him was to have a...
Sklar, Martin "Marty" Walt Disney's Personal Writer
Martin Sklar became Walt Disney's personal writer. Disney did not make speeches except for the one he gave for theater...
Gurr, Robert Walt Disney's Vision
Robert Gurr found that the genesis of Disneyland occurred in the 1930s when Walt Disney brought his two daughters to...
Gurr, Robert Walt the Man
Robert Gurr could see that Walt Disney was intimidating to certain people. Some of those people were very important...
Race, John "Jack Race" War Books and Church
John T. "Jack" Race had a flight to the surrender of the Germans [Annotator's Note: on 8 May 1945]. He flew the German...

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