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  • Text: he came back Would watch the newsreels at the theater, wanted to see if her husband was in them The other women were very kind; when Hallberg was in Fort Worth, his wife drove with four other women to visit (New Year’s Eve); also visited him at Fort
Hallberg, James (Interview outline and video), 2009

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  • Text: . Shapin’s Military training and experience prior to entering the European war theater. (08:33:15) spent 4-5 days at Camp Upton on Long Island before receiving his shipping orders (08:56:24) put on the Long Island Railroad, a local commuter train to Penn
Shapin, Charles (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: . Most of the men adjusted to the military well, but there were some men who had issues adjusting. Just before they were to ship out overseas, some of the men held up a movie theater. • • • (11:38) At Fort Brady, they joined a pre-established unit
DeBaar, George (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: -With the war over in the Pacific Theater those plans were canceled -After Japan's surrender the unit was broken up -Men were being sent home on the point system -Points awarded based on length of service, rank, dependents, and combat seen -He had spent 23
Schipper, Clarence J (Interview outline and video), 2016

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  • Text: in Japanese and knew "a bit of Chinese as well" after a week Merrill contacted Lieutenant General Joseph Stillwell, the commander of the Pacific theater; the War department code word for the men was "Galahad Force" Stillwell sent McLogan's battalion
McLogan, Edward (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Text: experience in some detail. (27:48) o San Francisco, CA (29:01) ƒ Reported to Fort Ord, California, with the expectations that he would leave shortly for the Pacific theater to fight. (29:10) o Voyage across the Pacific (30:06) ƒ Vander Molen relates his
Vander Molen, Kenneth (Interview outline and video), 2004

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  • Text: switch to third time and began traveling back and forth between the base and his home, through the end of May, 2002 (00:39:10:00) Pre-Invasion / The Iraq War (00:39:23:00)  On June 1st, 2002, Heine received his second star and took command of a theater
Heine, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2012

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  • Text: . Interviewer: “What did you do on your trip out east?” “What did I do on that trip?” “Oh my gosh”, we went visiting, we took pictures, we went to the Philadelphia mint and watched them mint coins there, we went to various parks and theaters with some friends
Smestad, Erling Martin (Interview transcript and video), 2006

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  • Text: was informed that I would be sent to the European theater. It actually wasn’t the European theater; it was the African theater at that time. 28:08 Interviewer: “When you heard this, what was your reaction? You could have gone to the Pacific or you could have
Strom, Carl J. (Interview transcript and video), 2004

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  • Text: , the soldiers would be brought back into a base camp, which tended to have modern amenities, including movie theaters; Dorstewitz thought it was neat that one of the camps even had a “steakhouse” (00:13:22:00) o On two separate occasions, when the unit came back
Dorstewitz, Peggy (Interview outline and video), 2010

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  • Text: of Vietnam o He had friends that had already been in Vietnam (01:39) o It was on the news and in the paper (01:48) He knew around the tenth grade that he wanted to join the military o His father had served in the European Theater during World War II He had
Manthei, Stephen (Interview outline and video), 2012

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  • Text: Vietnamese bands perform (01:16:30) R&R on Second Tour -Took his R&R to Taiwan -Guide took him to theaters, movies, and to live performances -Enjoyed his time in Taiwan (01:17:24) Race Relations in Second Tour -Had two or three black men in his platoon in B
Slaughter, Everett Jr (Interview outline and video), 2016