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Baxter, Harry (Interview transcript and video), 2007
Harry "Bud" Baxter graduated high school near the beginning of WW II. He went to college at the University of Michigan for a year, but feeling that he would soon be drafted, he enlisted in the Army. During WW II he traveled with other men where…
Baumgartner, Mary Louise "Wimp" (Interview transcript and video), 2010
Mary Louise "Wimp" Baumgartner was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1930. She played in the AAGPBL from 1949 to 1954 as a catcher for Peoria and South Bend. She went to college in the off season, and after the league folded she became a teacher and…
Baumgart, Jacqueline Mattson (Interview transcript and video), 2009
Jacqueline Baumgart (née Mattson) was born in Waukegan, Illinois. She grew up in Waukegan area and played with the neighborhood boys. She played outfield positions as a kid. In 1942, her family moved to Milwaukee, WI where she played with as a…
Baumann, Edwin (Interview outline and video), 2005
Edwin Baumann was born on June 19, 1923 in Stockton, California. In April 1942 he enlisted in the Army Air Force to become a pilot and began training in August 1942. He received training at San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, Texas then went on to…
Bauma, Gerard (Interview transcript and video), 2011
Gerry Bauma lived in the Netherlands during World War II. As a seminary student, he had the opportunity to live in the times without having to go into forced labor as many of his friends did, although he was at one point caught up in a German sweep…
Battery A 328th field artillery at base hospital Camp Custer
Battery A 328th field artillery practicing at base hospital Camp Custer, Michigan, 1918.
Battery A 328th field artillery at base hospital Camp Custer
Battery A 328th field artillery practicing at base hospital Camp Custer, Michigan, 1918.