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- Text: ...ad tried to screen the men because the radar operators were given somewhat special treatment; they laid out a map of all the theaters where the operators were desperately needed and the operators listed where they wanted to go, first come, first serve (00:26:11:00) o Pahl knew that he did n...
![Pahl, John (Interview outline and video), 2010 Pahl, John (Interview outline and video), 2010](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/ba8b67a7c006fde88b412890d473f46f.jpg)
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- Text: ...ail gunner of Elvin’s plane had survived (00:29:25) He told Rosadell that they were 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) ...
![Galmish, Elvin (Interview outline and video), 2009 Galmish, Elvin (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/6c5c85c682192afd4da4948469fd2989.jpg)
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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 the war in Japan ended.
![McKersie, Donald V. (Interview outline and video), 2007 McKersie, Donald V. (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/7bfc0958a03c94fcca1055e9cd68d101.jpg)
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- Text: ...s citation was approved by 01 iried letter 330.13 Subject: Unit 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 L...
![Warner, Frank (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2005 Warner, Frank (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2005](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/5c43899a8b022f6fe40b8eaa6131a32c.jpg)
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- Text: ...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) o When he came out of the movie theater everyone had the local newspaper saying that Pearl Harbor had been bombed Before that, he did not pay...
![Charles, Wayne (Interview outline and video), 2013 Charles, Wayne (Interview outline and video), 2013](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/efbe935243dba1254ba1345bd7ce65d6.jpg)
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- Text: ...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 to Australia (6:50) Served in the Armory at Ellis Island after Basic Training (7:40) �...
![Jamros, Edwin Francis (Interview outline and video), 2009 Jamros, Edwin Francis (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/0a972603bdf9a82c6fca2f4addf3a6c3.jpg)
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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 at Camp Bradford, Virginia.
![Eitel, Albert (Interview outline and video), 2011 Eitel, Albert (Interview outline and video), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/9d9bb883bd03697548903d009236b5ea.jpg)
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- Text: ...nese lives. (31:06) Moved to another Aleutian Island called Adak on July 15, 1943. The island had a small air field, a movie theater, and small recreation areas. Stayed in Adak to recuperate from the battle of Attu. (32:29) Troops moved to Kiska on August 15, which was the island that the J...
![Manes, Albert (Interview outline and video), 2004 Manes, Albert (Interview outline and video), 2004](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/c45af4682cd8f832715a6f102c453619.jpg)
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- Description: He enlisted in the Navy in 1943 and served in a construction battalion (Seabees) in the Pacific theater, primarily in the Admiralties and on Okinawa. He relates several of his experiences while working on war construction projects, and focuses mostly on camp life.
- Text: ... they had been sent to assist in was still on-going. (31:23) Medals and Symbols • Received a medal for the Asiatic Pacific Theater. He also received two battle-stars, one for the Admiralties, and one for Okinawa. He also received a victory medal and a Good Conduct medal. (31:53) • The s...
![Kelly, Kenneth (Interview outline and video), 2008 Kelly, Kenneth (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/b642b0c2bfa91d4c1b59b94b5ec567b3.jpg)
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- Text: ...'*1.1'V{ ;;J o d s...L O? s: ( -:> /'I ~?J:::I ENLISTED MAN'S IDENTifiCATION CARD European Theater of OperatIons, U.S. Army ~.~.I.~.~~.~~~~9.~$.9.Q M.~ nGA ·. who. description and .Illnatur.> appear hereon, a.'a member of the e United States arm...
![Vega, Francisco M. (Interview transcript, video, and papers, 3 of 3), 2008 Vega, Francisco M. (Interview transcript, video, and papers, 3 of 3), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/3a76bbf8f01cd69750e4f551218db552.jpg)
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- Text: ...own the aisle during graduation to pick up his diploma (1:50) Current News Before the Draft • • George had been in the theater when he heard the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor; but he was not worried about it at the time George had not ever expected to be drafted when he was younger...
![Steele, George (Interview outline and video), 2007 Steele, George (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/46dcbe73717c57129920606e05707633.jpg)
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- Text: ...fterwards, he was transferred to Fort Devens, Massachusetts where they were told they were going to go fight in the European theater. (17:55) • From Fort Devens, Massachusetts he took a train across the country and ended up in San Francisco, California. (20:14) Trump describes his brief...
![Tromp, Woodrow J. (Interview outline and video), 2008 Tromp, Woodrow J. (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/d72ded5dbd77f446fe91076424865b22.jpg)