We Can't Forget Book

	Introduction
	World War II
	Synopsis	1
	Homefront	17
	Personal Experiences (in own words)
	James Brentlinger, MP, Army: Rode supply train	30
	Charles Bristline, Gunner. Reprint from The Fight'n 451st Bomb Group (H). Friendship of Princess Catherine of Romania endured over thirty years	32
	Warren Cadwallader, Weather Observer, Army Air Corps: Occupation forces in Japan	34
	A Chairborne Clerk, Air Force. Reprint from Air Force, 1945: Typist in Australia, lucky with safe job but bored and wishing he could be in the fighting	35
	Willard R. Colgate, LST, Navy: Air raids in Saipan. Incidents in Philippines	36
	William H. Deam, Marauder Pilot, Army Air Corps: Picked up by Free French after parachuting out	41
	Frederick J. Egbert, Captain's Guard, Marine Corps: Asked for Navy, was put in Marines	45
	Alfred E. Eggleston, Weather Observer, Air Corps: Kilroy supposedly was seen aboard troopship and The Jumper Journal describes him	47
	Karl Eichhorn, Army Air Force. Reprint from Ad-Lib, 451st Bomb Group: Describes mechanics of loading bombs	51
	Dorothy Falke, Med. Office Work, WAVEs: Training and incidents in life of WAVE	56
	Joe Farrow, Bombardier, Air Force: Prisoner in Germany; liberated by Gen. Patton himself	58
	Earl Fogt, Infantry: High school graduation watch lost and recovered in landing at Angaur	69
	J. Edwin Fridley and Stanley Lambert, Infantry: POWs in Germany	71
	Donald Max Garman, Infantry: Landed in France few days after D-Day, soon wounded	76
	Naomi Gasaway, Marine Corps: Had her picture on recruitment posters	78
	Kermit George, Combat Engineers and Airborne Engineers, Army: Humorous incidents	80
	Whayland H. Greene, Rifleman, Infantry: Jungle rot on feet so badly socks had to be cut off	82
	Mathias J. Henman, Cook, Army Air Force: Issued British jacket because our country didn't have proper supply of clothing; trained with wooden guns	88
	Alfred L. Henry, Infantry: Went ashore at Normandy, then to hospital in England; wife received telegram he was killed	91
	Robert Karstensen, Gunner, Air Corps. Reprint from The Fight'n 451st Bomb Group (H): Had electrical short in British flying suit	94
	William Kingseed, Cook, Navy. Reprint from The Sidney Daily News: Watched planes that Sunday morning at Pearl Harbor, not realizing they were Jap planes	95
	Merle Larson, Pilot. Reprint from The Fight'n 451st Bomb Group (H): Built auto from junked airplane parts	98
	Mary McCalla, American Red Cross; Donald McCalla, Infantry: Mary met Don at Red Cross in Italy; thirty-six years later, they were married	99
	Janice McGrath, Driver-Dispatcher, Army Ordnance, WACs: Drove generals and dignitaries around Aberdeen where weapons and vehicles were tested	101
	Robert McMillen, Army Paratroopers: Jumped on Corregidor. Watched Gen. MacArthur come ashore and make speech	104
	Mary McNeil, Machine filing, Navy WAVEs: Never felt afraid in Washington, D.C.--very different from today	107
	Ralph E. Monroe, Pilot, Air Corps. Reprint from The Sidney Daily News: Crash landed with no one seriously injured	108
	Richard L. Morris, Army Medic: Guys shared dinner with children	110
	John O'Conner. Reprint from The Fight'n 451st Bomb Group (H): Creative entertainment turned out to be a piano fiasco	111
	Lawrence Piper, Rifleman, Infantry: German people, needing food badly, gathered eagerly around if horse died	114
	Raymond Poppe, Army Combat Engineers: Troops traveled by train; step by-step record of how troops were managed 50 years ago	117
	Roselyn Price, Map maker, WACs: President Roosevelt reviewed troops. Voted prettiest non-commissioned officer on March Field	133
	Richard W. Rickey, Gunner, Air Corps: Bailed out in enemy-held Belgium, taken by underground	134
	Roger Roesser, Army Engineers. Reprint from The Sidney Daily News: On December 7 didn't know what the planes were with big red ball on wings; thought there were maneuvers 'til heard bombs	140
	Marion Russell, Army Air Corps. Reprint from The Sidney Daily News, 1943: Marion wrote that hometown occupied a special place in each man's heart; didn't matter if it was big or small	142
	John Searle, Infantry: Walked all night, set up mortars, then learned they were in Mosel River Gorge with German gun emplacements all up and down	145
	Olive M. Sheaks, Clerical, WAVEs: President Truman waved to them on V-E Day	150
	Donald J. Slocum, Machine Gunner, Truck driver, Marine Corps: At Guadalcanal Marines were out of drinking water; pushed dead Japs out of way, scooped water up out of river in helmets, drank it	152
	Edgar R. Teets, Driver, Marine Corps: Pulled victims out after plane crash, some coming apart like roast chicken	156
	Rita Thoma, Army Nurse Corps: What was Greenbriar Hotel in White Sulphur Springs became neuro-vascular center; had many dignitaries, such as Generals Eisenhower, Wainwright, and Bradley, visit	159
	Margaret Volens, Beauty Operator, WAVEs: Joined navy to see world and was sent to Cleveland, three hours from home	160
	William (Fred) Wagner, Bombardier, Navigator, Marine Corps: In Philippines trouble with natives resulted in humorous story	161
	Kenneth Walter, Civilian coppersmith, Navy. Reprint from The Sidney Daily News: Helped pull men from burning oil in the water and from ships	165
	Heavy Eqpt. Driver, Air Force: Part of Flying Tigers; flew Hump	169
	Lincoln Wical, Carpenter's mate, Navy. Reprint from The Sidney Daily News: His repair ship had two near misses on December 7, 213 holes. Was among those who rescued eleven people	170
	Thomas E. Wilcox, Radio operator and gunner on B-26 Marauder, Army Air Corps. Reprint from One Man's Destiny: Bailed out of plane, was hidden in house by underground	173
	George J. Young, Radar Operator, Navy: Described his LCI-L and crew	181
	Tatiana A. Barchenkova, Telephone and Telegraph Technical Expert, Soviet Army: Explains her duties and incident with Gen. Zhukov	183
	Doris M. Boblit, Child in London, England: Evacuated from London to countryside, along with thousands of other children	186
	Bernice Cain, Civilian worker in British military office, Washington, D.C: Job was to find military supplies and arrange for transport across Atlantic	188
	Helmut Mekelburg, Child in Prussia: Tells of hardships encountered while escaping ahead of advance of Russian army	191
	Emily May Miller, Civilian Librarian for Air Force, Japan: Describes life and customs in Japan	207
	Ernst Schmidt, German U-Boat Commander: Quotes message received when Hitler committed suicide and when Germany surrendered	211
	Renata Schmidt, Child in Germany: Mother was American so girl was considered to be a second-class citizen	215
	Tony Vanderstraaten, Child in Holland: During German occupation citizens grew orange flowers (official color of country); despite fact that German soldiers trampled them, they always came back in full bloom	217
	Korea
	Synopsis	222
	Homefront	233
	Personal Experiences (in own words)
	Ben J. Cunningham, Flight Operations, Air Force: At Eniwetok when atom bombs and the one hydrogen bomb were tested	237
	John E. Laws, Radar Navigator/Electronics, Navy: Stationed at Okinawa, job was to monitor all shipping in area	239
	Ralph E. Monroe, Pilot, Air Force. Reprint from The Sidney Daily News: Pilot, B-26 Night Intruder	242
	Richard Neer, Aircraft Maintenance, Air Force: Made napalm fire bombs from 150-gallon fuel drop tanks	244
	Weldon W. Oakley, Engineers, Army: One of The Chosin Few	245
	William E. Ogle, Platoon Leader, Army: Woke up one morning and was snow on top of everyone's sleeping bags, looked like mounds in a cemetery	248
	William Rickey, Radio Repairman, Marine Corps: When pilots returned to aircraft carrier, they'd tell how many oxcarts they got	252
	William (Fred) Wagner, Bombardier, Navigator, Marine Corps: Flew parts, mail, and personnel from Japan to Korea and returned mail and personnel for R & R	257
	Elza Willis, Aircraft Refueling, Navy: Spoofed navy policy of keeping seamen busy by having them scrape off paint and put new on every time they are at sea	259
	Delbert M. Yoho, Jet Fighter Pilot, Air Force: In June, 1950, was on continuous early morning patrol over ocean to intercept possible Russian attack with atomic bombs	264
	Vietnam
	Synopsis	265
	Homefront	274
	Personal Experiences (in own words)
	Max Cleland, Signal Battalion, First Air Cavalry Division. Reprint from Strong at the Broken Places: Grenade went off at feet. Leads us step by step through his ordeal back to the States. A few years later Max became Director of the Veterans Adm.; presently is Sec. of State, Georgia	281
	E. W. Cruse, Marine Corps. Reprint from The Eagle Point Press: Despite the idea that the marine corps didn't draft people, he was drafted December 7, 1965, even though he had three children	289
	Kenneth (Mike) Krueger, Scout Dog Handler: Walked point in the bush with his scout dog Brute five days and then went back to camp one day to rest the dog	293
	Ronald Latham, Rifleman, Army. Reprint from The Sidney Daily News. Claims that at times in Vietnam men could pay money to stay behind the lines, out of action	304
	Frank E. Millner, Pilot, Marine Corps: Was getting bullet holes in the side of his helicopter in 1963, before most people were aware of actual conflict. Also tells of being helicopter pilot for five U.S. presidents and having Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin aboard	306
	Donald B. Pardue, Jr., Platoon Leader, Army: N. Vietnamese army was fearsome fighting element, Viet Cong more of nuisance. Lt. returned to Atlanta and founded Atlanta Vietnam Business Association	320
	Mother of son sent to Vietnam: Her feelings, her tears--"so few people really seemed to care."	326
	Desert Storm
	Synopsis	328
	Homefront	340
	Personal Experiences (in own words)
	Henry M. Campbell, Army National Guard: Had open heart surgery in 1983, had gall bladder removed two months before being called for duty--but there's still a 4F classification	343
	David Patrick Deal, Army National Guard: Unbelievable traffic on Dodge Road in Pt. Dammam	348
	Lydia Freeman, Chapel Management Assistant, Air Force. Reprint from The Sidney Daily News: Women were definitely outnumbered but each one did her duty, toted guns and gas masks just like the men	349
	Dawn Lozis, Army Medical Service Corps: Worked 18-hour days, seven days a week. While living in tent city, there were too many people using latrines and showers, filth and flies everywhere	354
	Melissa K. Wiford, Finance Specialist, Army. Reprint from The Sidney Daily News: Job was to pay service people; wherever troops were, she went by helicopter	357
	Boots & Coots, Oil Well Fire Fighters from Houston, Texas: Tells about helping to put out the oil fires in Kuwait	362
	John Adams, Navy SEAL: Tells of their arduous training	367
	Epilogue	373
	References
	Footnote References, World War II	374
	Footnote References, Korea	374
	Footnote References, Vietnam	376
	Footnote References, Desert Storm	378
	Additional Bibliography	379
	Acknowledgements	381