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Ralph Boyer was on the SS Argentina with his crew heading to Europe. He slept with 15 other men in a stateroom. The...
[Annotator's Note: Wynn Bauer went to Camp Blanding, now Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, in Clay County, Florida...
Following completion of gunnery training, Robert W. Paschal was sent to MacDill Field, Florida for advanced training....
In February 1942, Steve Sivak was in New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] about to ship out to Europe. The...
[Annotator's Note: William King was trained to repair and maintain communications equipment at Camp Crowder, Missouri...
After completing glider infantry and paratrooper training, Sydney Levit was selected to go to Citadel [Annotator's Note...
Richard Keller was at Camp Shelby [Annotator's Note: Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi with Company F, 148th...
Carl Light had not done much traveling before he went into the service. He adapted to military life really well and...
[Annotator's Note: Joseph Burrell was sent overseas after nearly being court-martialed in boot camp.] Joseph Burrell...
Vaughn Whitworth boarded a troop train to Norfolk, Virginia where he loaded onto the USS James O'Hara (APA-90) and...
At Fort Benning, Georgia, Thomas J. Blakey went through communications school after he qualified [Annotator's Note: as...
In early 1944, Frank Jasicko [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 781st Bombardment Squadron, 465th Bombardment Group]...
Wendell Galbraith went overseas at the end of August 1944 from Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia [Annotator's Note: in...
Jerome Harold Black went to Fort Sill [Annotator's Note: in Lawton, Oklahoma in February 1943] for about a year as an...
Kaare Allan Johnson spoke highly of Colonel Walsh [Annotator's Note: US Army Lieutenant Colonel Louis A. Walsh, Jr.]...
Robert Guitard went to Livorno [Annotator's Note: Livorno, Italy] to a replacement depot. They got news that General...
The war in Europe had ended. Kenneth Wieland got one day off. He was in the infantry and trained as a rifleman. When he...
Roswell Weil does not recall the ship he crossed the ocean [Annotator’s Note: Atlantic Ocean] on. There was no place to...
After basic training, Herbert Yudenfriend was sent to Camp Howze in Texas near Dallas [Annotator's Note: Cooke County,...
In May 1943, Paul Lawrence had technically been the Navy for one year. While at school, he waited tables. Lawrence was...
[Annotator's Note: Walter Henry Barton took part in intensive training from his arrival at Camp Adair, Oregon from...
After enlisting the Air Force, Chester L. Talley was sent overseas to Casablanca [Annotator's Note: Casablanca, Morocco...
Vernon Tweedt shipped out of New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] to go overseas. They did not know where...
Raymond Hayes went into service in July 1947 [Annotator's Note: he corrects this later]. He got out in 1959. He had...
After basic training, Donald Rudolph Carlson was shipped to Fort Bliss, Texas for training in an anti-aircraft battery...
Calvin Elliott was put onto a Limey [Annotator's Note: period derogatory term for British people] troop transport. Nazi...
William Edwin Howard was drafted in 1942. He was sent to Camp Croft, South Carolina to train as an infantryman. It was...
Edward Kissam was assigned to a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo ship], the SS Thomas...
Harvey Mittleman [Annotator's Note: with the 58th Naval Construction Battalion, also known as Seabees] was shipped from...
When Lawrence J. Delaune, Sr. arrived in New Caledonia [Annotator's Note: New Caledonia, Overseas France] he was asked...
Mort Oman was not aware that a large battle had jut taken place when he arrived in Buna, New Guinea in June 1944. He...
Peter "Pete" Behr [Annotator's Note: with Company B, 1st Battalion, 383rd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division]...
John Caudle became very close friends with his crew. It was a lot like family. He went to Clovis, New Mexico and was...
After training at Fort Benning [Annotator's Note: Fort Benning, Georgia], Herman Yates was transferred to a Port of...
Stephen Ananian went to New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York]. He was going to fly overseas on a bomber...
Richard Lafleur was not assigned to a unit after training. He knew he was going to be in the 1st Cavalry Division....

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