Interview with Henry C. Williams
Henry C. Williams, a Tennessee native, served during World War II with the 90th infantry division, 3rd Army. He was inducted in April of 1942, starting as a private and leaving as a staff sergeant in...
View ArticleInterview with John E. Winecoff
John E. Winecoff Jr. was serving in the US Army at Fort Jackson, South Carolina when the United States entered WWII. There he was stationed with the 120th Infantry. Later he was stationed at Camp...
View ArticleInterview with Vernon Woodard
Vernon Woodard graduated from law school in June of 1941, and was working as a lawyer for the Department of Army Ordinance Corps when the United States entered World War II. Woodard enlisted in the...
View ArticleInterview with Arval Woody
Arval Woody was drafted into the army in January 8, 1943. He completed his basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Because of his training with tools he was made corporal within the first two...
View ArticleInterview with Cyril J. Wyche
Cyril Wyche, born in Hallsboro in 1923, joined the Merchant Marines in 1943. After receiving training at Sheep's Head Bay in New York he was rated as an ordinary seaman. At the end of the war, as a...
View ArticleInterview with James Louis Watters
James Louis Watters was born on April 6, 1923 in Wilmingto, NC. He served the army as a combination of a welder, and gas and electric specialist. He served in Germany for four years.
View ArticleInterview with Ray Wyche
Ray Wyche joined the US Army on July 30, 1945 and reported for boot camp to Camp Croft, in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He trained to be a heavy weapons crewman and served in Germany as a unit truck...
View ArticleInterview with Izzy Zerling (with Henry Flick)
Izzy Zerling grew up in New York City and was drafted into the Navy in 1942. As a professional boxer, he helped train the men in drills and running at boot camp. He was then assigned to the USS Booth,...
View ArticleInterview with Hank Zimmerman
Hank Zimmerman joined the US Army during the fall of 1942 and received his boot camp training at Camp Croft, Spartanburg, South Carolina. As an airborne infantryman, he received parachute training at...
View ArticleInterview with Clifton Wayne
Clifton (Smoke) Wayne was inducted into the U.S. Army at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, N.C on December 19, 1944. He completed basic training at Camp Blanding, Florida, and was preparing to leave for...
View ArticleInterview with Harvey Hatchfield
Dr. Harvey Hatchfield details his career as an Army physician, serving in Japan and the Philippines, in the 1940's.
View ArticleInterview with Kenneth Mastella
Kenneth Mastella entered the military in 1959 in Greenville, South Carolina. He completed the Infantry Officers Basic Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, and the Psychological Operations Officers Course...
View ArticleInterview with Joseph A. Cassidy
Joseph A. Cassidy, a third-generation marine, enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on September 17th, 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed basic training at Parris Island, South Carolina,...
View ArticleInterview with Robert Bradicich
Robert Bradicich was drafted into the Army in March of 1943 from Brooklyn, New York at the age of 18. He completed basic training in Camp Blanding, in Florida, and was assigned to the 28th division,...
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