World War II Oral Histories

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Video Video Description Service Branch Rank Specialty or Rate

Ivan L Ray

WWII Marine Vet was on the original invasion of Saipan.

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U.S. Marine Corps
1942 to 1945
Post Office

Robert Rechkemmer

Invasion of Saipan

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U.S. Navy Maintain Small Boat

Edward A Reed

Army Vet served in the 1st Cavalry during WWII (1945-47) (Yes, there was still a cavalry.)

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U.S. Army
1945 to 1947
Cavalry/infantry

Norbert Reicks

Using a tree for cover.

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Ralph J Reining

Rough jungles.

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Gladys Reisinger

Getting fingers stuck in presses.

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Civilian

Robert Renfro

400 victims

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U.S. Army Medic Supply Sergeant

Zatha Renner

Trains of solders coming threw.

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Norma J Reusche

WWII Vet served in the Army Nurse Corps stateside. (1943-50)

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U.S. Army
1943 to 1950
First Lieutenant [O-2] Nurse

Raymond R Reusche

Career WWII Vet (1944-1965) recalls how the Air Force lost a B-29 bomber in Guam.

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U.S. Air Force
1944 to 1965
Major [O-4] Criminal Investigator

Clarence E Rice

WWII Army Vet recalls working with the "native coast watchers" in the Solomon Islands. (1942-46)

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U.S. Army
1942 to 1946
Captain [O-3] Quartermaster In Salvage And Repair
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Carl B Riggs

WWII Army Air Corps fighter pilot recalls one of his 56 combat missions in his P-47 over Belgium after D-Day.

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U.S. Air Force
1942 to 1945
First Lieutenant [O-2] Fighter Pilot P-47

Robert R Rigler

WWII Army Vet served 2 years in Calcutta, India. (1943-46)

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U.S. Army
1943 to 1946
Master Sergeant [E-8] Clerk In Quartermaster Unit

Alvin L Riley

WWII Navy Vet was stationed in South Hampton, England and remembers D-Day. (6/6/1944)

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U.S. Navy
1943 to 1946
Second Class Petty Officer [E-5] Metalsmith, Torpedoman's Mate, Corpsman

Francis Riley

WWII Navy Vet (1941-46) was at Pearl Harbor on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941.

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U.S. Navy
1941 to 1946
First Class Petty Officer [E-6] Signalman (SM)

Alvin M Rohle

WWII Vet was a Marine stationed aboard the battleship "USS Tennessee" in the Pacific. (1942-45) Vet received 13 Battle Stars.

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U.S. Marine Corps
1942 to 1945
Pointer On 40 Mm Anti-Aircraft Gun

Evelyn Rolston

Meeting Frank Sanatra

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Roger L Romine

Army Vet, who lost a brother on D-Day, was 18 years old and part of the Battle of the Bulge in WWII. (1944-46)

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U.S. Army
1944 to 1946
Infantry

Raymond Roper

End of the war, lost 32 men

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