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- Description: ...x27;s fire control division (firing the ship's gun). He participated in the ship's major operations in the Pacific Theater in 1944 and 1945, including the invasion of Okinawa. After the ship's repairs in California, he participated in the delivery of the atomic bomb component...
- Text: ... home (00:36:39) Life after the War Pt. 1 -Lost two of his brothers in the war -Both served in the Army -One in the European Theater and one in the Pacific Theater -Got married twice after the war -Had two daughters and a son (00:37:37) Court-martial of Captain McVay Pt. 1 -Read ...
![Witzig, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2016 Witzig, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2016](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/269d4537b91049853d1d97fba49969d9.jpg)
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- Description: ...ng Ship Transport (LST) and sailed to San Diego (via the Mississippi River and the Panama Canal) before going to the Pacific Theater. He served as the radio operator on the flotilla flagship, but also handled supplies and knew how to operate a 20mm antiaircraft gun. Gerald participated in t...
- Text: ...hool -Took a “milk train” back to Michigan -Occasionally got leaves to downtown Chicago (00:07:43) Deployment to Pacific Theater -After Radio School, he and his class went to Seneca, Illinois, to board a Landing Ship Transport -Formed an LST convoy and gathered crews for each ship -Sail...
![Frazine, Gerald (Interview outline and video), 2016 Frazine, Gerald (Interview outline and video), 2016](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/2878bf468a4f82d1388e86c4aeddd926.jpg)
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- Description: ...onvoys to Belfast, Ireland in preparation for the Normandy Invasion. In late 1944 he was reassigned to a ship in the Pacific Theater, and in January 1945 they set sail. He was aboard that ship and participated in the pre-invasion bombardment of an island and assembled at Okinawa in preparat...
- Text: ...ber 1942 -Sailed to Brooklyn Naval Yard and he got 90 hours of leave -At this point his brothers were serving in the Pacific Theater -From Brooklyn Naval Yard they went back on patrol in the south Atlantic -Sailed around South America -Saw an abandoned German “pocket battleship” in Mont...
![Corrigan, Raymond Keith (Interview outline and video), 2015 Corrigan, Raymond Keith (Interview outline and video), 2015](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/a13f2534722dc1ec762c01b83dd6d78d.jpg)
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- Description: He supervised the installation and maintenance of communications lines in the China/Burma/India theater, particularly along the Burma Road in the last two years of the war. Letters and military documents appended to outline.
- Text: ...American Campaign Medal Service: All Services Instituted: 1942 Criteria: Service during 1941-46 withinthe American Theater. '" Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal Service: All Services Instituted: 1942 Criteria: Awarded for service in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during 1...
![Maatman, Kenneth (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2004 Maatman, Kenneth (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2004](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/ed69e28efa630a4942bc30434adbfbbe.jpg)
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- Text: ...�� They lived with his wife’s parents for 6 months while he was looking for a job • They liked to watch silent movies in theaters; Charlie Chaplin was everyone’s favorite actor • They were in a theater when Pearl Harbor was attacked and the movie was stopped in the middle o...
![Burzynski, Thadius (Interview outline and video), 2007 Burzynski, Thadius (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/d9bb3b487e9b7eb5aebaff9484cb9f98.jpg)
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- Text: ...erman) ships out in the Caribbean; 1944 and early 1955 (00:15:05) Off Duty (00:15:33) Would often swim in the ocean, attend theaters (Truman’s White House, name of theater during war) Was still at Key West when Roosevelt died and Truman was elected At home on leave when the war ...
![Buskers, Maurice (Interview outline and video), 2009 Buskers, Maurice (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/124384bc8fda0dccc8e8f13eb1ccab05.jpg)
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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...
![Roth, Alfred E. (Interview outline and video), 2007 Roth, Alfred E. (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/c63760dccddd53c92139175a068b1c4c.jpg)
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- Text: ...courses (6 weeks of classroom work) (05:25) Shipped to San Francisco • Placed on an oilier named Kaskaskia (06:50) Pacific Theater in 1945 (08:15) War Duties • Provided fuel for other ships • Lived on the boat – did not set foot on land for six months (10:52) Encounters with Japanes...
![Monroe, Wayne S. (Interview outline and video), 2007 Monroe, Wayne S. (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/c9780f149bdf08b8b64a41f2cc06504f.jpg)
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- Text: ...body, so basically that was about the extent of our conversation. He said, "You can get hold of them and go over to the theater tomorrow and see what he has to say." So that was about the extent of the conversation we had that night. The next day, we did go over to the theater...
![J. J. Harrington interview (video and transcript, 2 of 14), 1991 J. J. Harrington interview (video and transcript, 2 of 14), 1991](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/90814ac4ea0aad87cae1b647c2ed1056.jpg)
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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...
![Van Oss, Julius (Interview outline and video), 2011 Van Oss, Julius (Interview outline and video), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/e667ee51b081a1b35dfe132634e9e3e6.jpg)
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- Text: ... and General Chennault that should not have come about - the two commanders. By the same token, the overall commander in the theater over there was Lieutenant General Joe Stilwell. He was placed as overall commander of the theater over there which encompassed the air corps and near...
![J. J. Harrington interview (video and transcript, 12 of 14), 1991 J. J. Harrington interview (video and transcript, 12 of 14), 1991](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/429b5032e39cf57459594d6138b33788.jpg)
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- Description: In December 1944 he boarded a ship in Virginia and was deployed to the European Theater. He was stationed in Marseille, France for a while then in early 1945 he moved to Caserta, Italy then in early spring 1945 moved to Florence, Italy where he worked in a dental clinic.
- Text: ...elieve it at first then turned on the car radio and heard reports coming in From 01:21:20 - 02:07:25 (Deployment to European Theater) through (Reassignment to the Front line Pt. 1) is repeated. Story picks up again at 02:07:26. (02:07:26) Reassignment to the Frontline Pt. 2 -Went from Pisa ...
![Benjamin, Edward Claire (Interview outline and audio), 2013 Benjamin, Edward Claire (Interview outline and audio), 2013](/application/views/scripts/images/fallback-audio.png)