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- Text: ... at a dance at the YWCA and was married in 1948 (27:00) Awards • Alfred has received the following awards: Asiatic Pacific Theater Medal, 2 Bronze Metal Stars, American Theater Ribbon, Philippine Liberation Ribbon, 2 Overseas Service Bars, 1 Service Stripe, Good Conduct Medal, Me...
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- Description: ...curred after WWII had ended, McMillan's story still provides a unique perspective on post-WW II conflict in the Pacific Theater. This account details how tension and confusion continued well into the post-WWII years. He talks briefly about the role of the United Service Organization an...
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- Text: 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-Burma Road . In 1945 he was transferred to Shanghai where he served in the mili tary police.
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- Text: ... II -Got to move into new barracks six months after living in the old buildings -Had good food in the Air Force -Had a movie theater, a bowling alley, and a car mechanic on base -Went off base a lot with his friends -A lot of bars and bowling alleys in the area -Formed a bowling team and co...
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- Text: ...ith a friend, but the time went by very quickly • After all the time spent in Thailand James really missed pizza, drive-in theaters, and American women (01:14:00) Oklahoma • James had been living off base in a mobile home with other men in the military • There was not much to do in Ok...
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- Text: ...ike the C-46 -Found it unsophisticated -Only flew it in training -Returned to Oran -Had plans to go to the China-Burma-India Theater -Japan surrendered before he went out -Stayed in Oran -Had a paternal grandfather living in the Netherlands -Given a ten day temporary assignment to Brussels ...
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- Text: ... Life -Born on March 10, 1951, in Greenville, Michigan -Father served in World War II and fought the Japanese in the Pacific Theater -Before the war he worked as a taxi driver in Belding, Michigan -After the war he worked in factories in Belding and Ionia, Michigan -Mother worked as a waitr...
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- Text: ...) Non-commissioned Officers & Commissioned Officers at Ramey Air Force Base Pt. 1 -One man flew in the China-Burma-India Theater in WWII -One man flew in a B-17 bomber as a gunner and shot down a German Me-109 fighter plane -One man flew a P-51 fighter plane during the war -Rick was a y...
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- Text: ...He got into Cambridge quite frequently, but he got into London once. He got to a theater and saw the opening of James Bond: From Russia with Love. The English were very friendly to him and he really enjoyed his time over there. While he was over there, there was a problem with men taking wo...
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- Text: ...3:43:00) Once his tour finished in September 1972, to preclude having to go back to Fort Bragg, Kloet took an ITT (Inter-Theater Transfer) test for Germany (00:43:43:00) After completing the test, Kloet was assigned to the G-2 section for a headquarters in Heidelberg, Germany; howev...
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- Text: ...the barracks with Kloet, if only to walk along the beach (00:11:02:00) Kloet would go into San Antonio, which had a nice theater and several nice restaurants, although it was hot in the summer (00:11:18:00) San Antonio was somewhat unique because there had always been Air Force base...