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- Text: (9:20) Was shipped to California to trained to be in the Pacific theater, then went to Washington to embark (10:00) Took an Army transport to Hawaii (10:20) Trained in the hills of Hawaii for the invasion of Okinawa (10:45) Sent
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- Text: ) During leisure time they went to theater in nearby town (56:45) Wrote letters to his family often, and received letters often being in air force (59:10) Kept track of how many missions he had left and looked forward to it (1:00:17) Never knew if next
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- Text: WWII was when she would go to the movie theater and see the movie shorts since the U.S. was predominantly isolationist. (02:06) o With WWI, still fresh in many Americans’ minds the thought of going to war the prevalent attitude of resisting going to war
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- Text: and ground crew training at Chanute Field. IL and Kelly Field. TX . Koshork was a mem ber of the 69th Depot Repair Sqdn, of the 30 Ist Air Depot Group assigned to the China Theater. He was based in Kunming. China after traveling across India and the Ledo
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- Text: shipping orders on December 29th to go to Camp Patrick Henry in Newport News, Virginia (00:25:31:00) o The Air Force had tried to screen the men because the radar operators were given somewhat special treatment; they laid out a map of all the theaters where
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- Text: all set to be sent to the Pacific Theater of Operations, was glad they weren’t Elvin was awarded the Air Medal with three clusters and a Purple Heart (00:30:20)
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- Text: Citation, Headquarters United Army Air Forces luediterranean Theater of Operations United 3tate Army, APO 650, dated 22 November 1944. Whereupo~ the inclusion a Unit Citation in :iar Department General Orders becomes aut.omat Lc Cir 333 - 1943). The plain
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- Description: Donald McKersie is a WW II Army veteran who served in the European Theater and in Japan. He took part in the Battle of the Bulge, and talks about the disposition of prisoners by his division. After being sent to Japan, he was on furlough when
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- Text: from being part of a major oil company to being independent (01:20) He called the gas station his gold mine He went to high school at Muskegon High School (01:39) He remembers hearing about Pearl Harbor when he was down at the Michigan Theater (01:48
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- Text: the other guys marbles out of the ring (9:44) High school • Played some baseball o Best “sport” was marbles, though • Very involved with theater o Got the lead role both his junior and senior year Each play was 3 hours long • Didn’t go to prom • Used
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- Text: First Class Boatswain’s Mate (5:30) Had a hard time keeping in step with everybody else (5:45) Enlistment Electrician’s Mate, First Class (2:00) Mainly served in the European Theater, but was in on some of Africa, as well (6:30) Also made a trip
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- Description: Albert Eitel, born in Nebraska in 1926, served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946 in the Pacific theater during World War II. Albert enlisted at the age of 17. He did basic training at Great Lakes Naval Base in Illinois, and then trained on LSTs
