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- Text: ... (00:58:26:00) o During the voyage to the Pacific, the men did not encounter as much bad weather as they had sailing over to Scotland (00:58:52:00) When the General Pope finally arrived at Manila, it was a different experience for the men (00:59:50:00) o Although the men had been through se...
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- Text: ...Everyone on the ship was sick. He was in a convoy of eighty ships 46:03 He was sitting outside of Scotland the nets were holding the ships back because of the submarines 48:00 He got there in 1944 48:43 He describes his captain he says that he was the dumbest person he knew 49:45 His captai...
William Johnson was born in Union, Mississippi, on September 14th, 1936. He enlisted in the Army in 1955. He was processed in Fort Wayne, Michigan, issued his equipment in Fort Knox, Kentucky, and attended basic training in Fort Carson, Colorado. He then went to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri for advanced training. Johnson was originally to join the 18th Engineer Brigade, but later decided to go to Fort Campbell, Kentucky for airborne training and joined the 11th Airborne Division. After that, his unit was deployed to Munich, Germany. Due to fights between units, the 11th Airborne Division was deactivated and Johnson joined the 24th Regiment, 8th Infantry Division. He stayed in Germany until December 1958 before going to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where he reenlisted and was assigned to the 504th Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. While at Fort Bragg, his unit went to Mississippi to respond to the conflict that occurred when James Meredith was not allowed to enroll in the University of Mississippi in 1962. Later that year, his unit was flown to Eglin Airforce Base in Florida to respond to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Johnson left Fort Bragg in 1963, after which he was assigned to go to Mainz and Bad Kreuznach, Germany as a part of the 8th Infantry Division, 509th Airborne Infantry Brigade. He stayed in Germany until 1966, then went to Fort Benning, Georgia, where he was the operation sergeant at the airborne training school. In 1967, he was flown to Clark Air Force base in the Philippines before arriving in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. He then went to Phan Rang where he joined the 101st Airborne Division, 2nd Batallion, 502nd Infantry Regiment. Later, he went to Tam Ky, then Chu Lai where he was assigned to be an S-2 sergeant. After that, he went back to Phan Rang and then to Song Be. When the Tet Offensive began, his unit left for Da Nang. From there, they went towards A Shau Valley and set up Firebase Bastogne. Then, they went to Veghel and another firebase, where they were fired at, and Johnson got injured in the cheek. In 1968, Johnson flew back home where he was assigned to the 505th Infantry Regiment. In 1969, he was assigned to the SILK PURSE Control Group in England and returned home in 1972 to work with the Michigan National Guard Advisory group until he retired in 1976.
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- Text: And then do you know, do you remember where you landed in Britain? Did you land up in Scotland? Or did you land in the south— Veteran: In England. Interviewer: In England. Veteran: Uffcott, England. Interviewer: Okay. And what happens after you get there? Do you go to a camp or…?
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- Text: ...Salisbury Plain, which is actually the least productive part of England. It was interesting—I take that back, we landed in Scotland. We went by train to England. Interviewer: A lot of people landed in Glasgow, which was the main point of deportation. Now, at this point was your division n...
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- Text: ...eployment to India (00:29:01:00) To get to their new assignment, the men sailed on a converted sea liner, the Empress of Scotland (00:29:01:00) o Pahl was stationed in a former card-room with thirty-two other officers; the bunks were stacked six high and the fellow on the top bunk, to s...
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- Text: ...Kong when it was still occupied by the British and we had a friendly game of rugby with the Royal Black Watch which was from Scotland. And that stood out to me because they were stationed there, they had their families there, and halfway through the game I remember we had to–– because t...
Francisco Vega was born in San Antonio, Texas. He tried to enlist in the military immediately after Pearl Harbor, but was initially rejected because of his Mexican ancestry. He eventually did enlist in the Army Air Corps, and began a long process in which he used his talents and persuasive skills to find increasingly interesting assignments, eventually training as a teletype operator with a signals unit that landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and was eventually part of Eisenhower's headquarters.
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- Text: ...Veteran: I really can’t remember where we landed. It has gone from my mind. Interviewer: Okay. Well, some people landed in Scotland and some of them landed at Liverpool. You could have gone to Bristol, I suppose. Veteran: I think if I am not mistaken now, I recall Liverpool. Interviewer: ...
Jim Southerland was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1946 and graduated high school in 1966. He joined the Army on May 19th, 1965. Southerland completed his Basic Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and then advanced infantry training at Fort Gordon, Georgia. At Fort Benning, Georgia, he also completed jump school. His first deployment was to Germany where he took part in the Nijmegen March in Holland. After reenlisting, Southerland was deployed to Vietnam with the 1st Brigade, 1st Calvary Division as an RTO (radiotelephone operator) for his platoon leader and eventually became a squad leader. He was involved in the Tet Offensive in early 1968 before his last assignment as an MOS personnel specialist in Saigon. Southerland left Vietnam in April, 1969, and left the service in May, 1969, but remained active in the Virginia National Guard.
