Tag: WWII
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WWII Veteran Jacob Miller Interview
WWII Veteran Jacob Miller speaks with Orlando Memory at the Orlando VA Medical Center on May 26th, 2010.
Veteran Miller served in the U.S. Army in WWII, the Korean War and twice in the Vietnam War. His military service as Master Sergeant included ... Read
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WWII Veteran Liston "Alex" Coomer Interview
Interview with WWII and Korean War Veteran Liston "Alex" Coomer at VFW 2093 in Orlando, FL, June 25th, 2010.
Veteran Coomer flew with Captain Chuck Yeager, worked as a flight engineer on B-29's, B-50's, B-36's, C-124's, earned his million mile certificat ... Read
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"The Snow Man" by Lyle Shaffer
ABOVE: WWII Veteran Lyle Shaffer at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Orlando, FL, May 26, 2010.
Read "The Snow Man" an original story by WWII Veteran Lyle Shaffer resident at the Orlando VA Medical Center and participant in the Hospitalized Veterans Wr ... Read
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WWII Veteran Jerry Kinsley and daughter Patricia
Photo of WWII Veteran Jerry Kinsley with daughter, Patricia, in Orlando, Florida. They are standing in front of a Buick he bought from a dealer on Oakridge Road.
It was wartime so cars were not in production, but the government released two Buicks to a ... Read
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WWII Veteran Jack W. Cropp Interview
Interview with WWII Veteran Jack W. Cropp at Delaney Street Baptist Church in Orlando, FL, May 30, 2010, Memorial Day.
Veteran Cropp served in the U.S. Army in WWII and the Korean War. He was a Staff Sergeant.
He shares his memories of seeing the ... Read
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WWII Veteran William R. Meisel Interview
WWII and Korean War Veteran William R. Meisel at VFW Post 10147 in Apopka, FL, May 19th, 2010.
Veteran Meisel served in seven major battles throughout the Pacific. He worked as an explosive building supervisor, a Boatsman's Mate in the U.S. Navy, an oc ... Read
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WWII Veteran Ortenzio A. Vecchio Interview
WWII Veteran Ortenzio A. Vecchio at VFW Post 10147 in Apopka, FL, May 19th 2010.
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Veteran Vecchio served with in the Army with ... Read
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WWII Veteran Gerry Hosford Interview
WWII Veteran Gerry Hosford at Delaney Street Baptist Church in Orlando, FL, May 30, 2010, Memorial Day weekend.
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WWII Veteran James Ferguson Interview
World War II Veteran James Ferguson oral history interview at VFW Post 10147 in Apopka FL, May 19th, 2010.
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Veteran Ferguson jo ... Read
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November 9th, 1938: Kristallnacht
First person account of Kristallnacht and life in Nazi Germany by WWII Veteran and Orlando resident Walter Reinhold. Veteran Reinhold resides at the Orlando VA Community Living Center and participated in the Hospitalized Veterans Writing Project. READ
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WWII Veteran Clyde Russell McCumber Interview
WWII Veteran Clyde Russell McCumber speaks with Orlando Memory at Delaney Street Baptist Church in Orlando, FL, June 30th, 2010.
Veteran McCumber was on his way to church when the war began and was dodging bullets in the Philippines when the war ended. ... Read
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"My Life As a Merchant" by Lyle Shaffer
ABOVE: WWII Veteran Lyle Shaffer at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Orlando, FL, May 26, 2010.
Listen to "My Life as a Merchant", a first person memoir by WWII Veteran Lyle Shaffer recorded on May 26, 2010. Veteran Shaffer resides at the Orlando VA Comm ... Read
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