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• Text: ... 6 weeks of basic training (approx. early 1945) (13:20) He was then sent to Fort Meade, Maryland, to be sent to the European Theater(13:55) Basic training for Infantry (14:00)    Was a lot different than Air Corps basic training (14:05) No choice was given as to where he went. (1...

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• Text: ...rget while still keeping the bomber in formation (00:21:17:00)  Later in the war, the bombing method used in the European theater of only having the bombardier on the lead bomber using the bombsight spread over to the Pacific theater (00:21:28:00)  Once that method started be...

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• Text: ...raining -Men from all over the United States -Got along with them right away -Like a family (00:08:38) Deployment to Pacific Theater -Sent to Salinas, California and boarded a troopship in California -Sailed to the island of Biak -Joined the 372nd Bombardment Squadron of the 307th Bombardme...

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• Text: ...rds end (53:15) After they flew their last mission they celebrated at the local pub (55:48) 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 an...

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• Text: ...iversity of Illinois. (01:35) o The length of time she actually spent thinking about 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...

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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) ...

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• Description: ...Engel, served in the U.S. Army from February 1943 to April 1946 in the European Theater during World War II. During basic training, Albert applied for OCS school, but due to his young age did poorly, but did receive his commission. Before being sent to England, Albert was assigned as comman...

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• Text: ...They did a lot of marching. They also did a lot of reconnaissance training. They would go to a theater and darken it to help them learn out to spot things. There was not a lot of emphasis on discipline, but they told you up from what they wanted you to do. He wasn’t much of a guy to break...