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Voices We've Heard
Michigan Voices interviews with more than 60 Michigan veterans of the Second World War took place through Spring 2007. Information from those interviews is added to these pages as it becomes available.
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Michigan Voices interviews with more than 60 Michigan veterans of the Second World War took place through Spring 2007. Information from those interviews is added to these pages as it becomes available.
65 Entries
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
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Leslie Robert Adams
WWII Pacific Theatre
Naval Reserve - Petty Officer, Signalman-3rd Class
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Bennie G. Allen
WWII Pacific Theatre
Navy - Seaman
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George Wilson Bachman
WWII European Theatre
Army - Technician 5th Grade
Mr. Bachman passed away on January 30, 2009.
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Harry Jonas Bellows
WWII Pacific Theatre
Army - Private First Class
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Charles R. Bowman
WWII Stateside
Tuskegee Airman - Corporal
A pilot training incident damaged one ear drum, keeping Charles Bowman stateside.
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Robert Evans Brundage
WWII Pacific Theatre
Army - Captain
Robert Brundage entered the Army in 1941 as a recruit, held 15 different ranks through his career and retired as a colonel in 2006.
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Marvin Edward Carpenter
WWII European and Pacific Theatres
Navy - Signalman, 2nd Class
Marvin Carpenter served primarily on merchant ships, signaling messages ship-to-ship in convoys, to keep the Germans from monitoring sensitive information.
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Howard Gordon Chaffee
WWII European Theatre
Army - Private First Class
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Willis Ivan Cressman
WWII European Theatre
Army - Technician 3rd Grade
Mr. Cressman, who was also a survivor of the Bath (Michigan) School House Bombing in 1927, passed away on October 11, 2009.
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Richard A. Crum
WWII European Theatre
Army - Private First Class
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Dorothy Dale (Davis)
WWII Stateside
Marine - Corporal
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George Kimball Dike
WWII Pacific Theatre
Marine Corps - Captain (Korean War: Lt. Colonel)
George Dike commanded the Marine artillery unit that fired the first American shell on Iwo Jima. Mr. Dike passed away on September 17, 2009.
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Leon T. Dombrowski
WWII Pacific Theatre
Navy - Sonarman, 2nd Class
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Arthur Preston Dunjy, Jr.
WWII European Theatre
Army - Sergeant
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William K. Feasal
WWII European Theatre
Army - Private First Class
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Ernst Werner Floeter
WWII
German Army - Private
Ernst Floeter was a German soldier captured by American forces.
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Carl C. Galvin
WWII Pacific Theatre
Navy - Fire Controlman, 3rd Class
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Domingo Gonzales
WWII European Theatre
Army - Private First Class, Rifleman
As a member of a rifle squad, Domingo Gonzales assisted in attacks on enemy held positions. He was trained in the use of hand weapons such as hand grenades, ba...
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Charles John Greenough
WWII European Theatre
Army Air Corps - 1st Lieutenant
Charles Greenough piloted the B-17 Flying Fortress "Suffrin."
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Billy E. Hanel
WWII European Theatre
Army - 1st Lieutenant
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Earl Francis Harmon, Sr.
WWII European Theatre
Army - Sergeant
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Thomas Bromfield Hill
WWII Pacific Theatre
Army Air Corps - Captain
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William I. Hincher
WWII Pacific Theatre
Army Air Corps - Staff Sergeant
Mr. Hincher passed away on October 29, 2007.
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Fred C.H. Holmer, Sr.
WWII European Theatre
Army - Corporal
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Irene M. Hosking (Cox)
WWII Pacific Theatre
Army Nurse Corps - 1st Lieutenant
When not on duty, Hosking attended military funerals representing families of the deceased. Hosking was on duty administering a spinal anesthesia when the s...
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Richard Bruce Hoskins
WWII European Theatre
Army - Corporal (Technician 5th Grade)
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Paul Richard Jankoviak
WWII European Theatre
Army - Corporal, Light Machine Gunner and Asst. Squad Leader
Paul Jankoviak fought and was captured at the Battle of the Bulge, and held for three months in a prison camp in Limburg, Germany.
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Raymond Joseph
WWII European Theatre
Army Air Corps - Lieutenant
Ray Joseph flew 35 combat missions over Nazi Germany and Nazi-occupied Europe.
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Allyn (Al) Ray Kehrer
WWII Pacific Theatre
Army Air Corps - Sergeant, Weatherman
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Robert Edward Kenney
WWII European Theatre
Army - Private First Class
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Frederick William Kletke
WWII Pacific Theatre
Army - Staff Sergeant
He had four Japanese soldiers surrender to him.
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Dudley R. Kopen
WWII Pacific Theatre
Army - Corporal
Mr. Kopen passed away on September 1, 2008.
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Robert Gregory LaPrad
WWII European Theatre
Army - Private First Class
Robert LaPrad landed on the beach at Normandy as part of the D-Day invasion. Mr. LaPrad passed away on November 5, 2009.
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Rondo Eugene Lilly
WWII Pacific Theatre
Marine Corps - Corporal
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Arlon W. Lindberg
WWII European and Pacific Theatres
Army Air Corps - Sergeant, Navigator
Arlon Lindberg was a navigator on a C-47.
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Clifford W. Lumbert
WWII European Theatre
Army - Major
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Carl E. Mescher
WWII European Theatre
Navy - Signalman-2nd Class
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Mason Edward Miller
WWII European Theatre
Army - Technical Sergeant
Mason Miller played in the regiment's band and entertained various troop units, and also performed at the liberation of a concentration camp. While in Italy, hi...
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Victor Ervin Moiles
WWII European Theatre
Army - Technical Sergeant
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Charles Rodger Morscheck, Sr.
WWII European Theatre
Army - Captain
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Russel N. Morse
WWII Pacific Theatre
Army Air Corps - Technical Sergeant, Upper Turret Engineer Gunner
Russel Morse flew a total of 52 missions.
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Robert Joseph O'Dell
WWII European Theatre
Navy - Quartermaster, 3rd Class
Robert O'Dell enlisted three days after Pearl Harbor. He participated in the Sicilian, Italian, and French campaigns and in the D-Day invasion.
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James W. Perkins
WWII European Theatre
Army Air Corps - 2nd Lieutenant
James Perkins served as a bombardier on a B-24.
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Adam Petrovich
WWII Pacific Theatre
Army - Staff Sergeant
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Harry David Pruitt
WWII Pacific Theatre
Navy - Gunner's Mate, 2nd Class
Battle of Saipan
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Clyde Bert Ray
WWII European Theatre
Army - Staff Sergeant
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Clay Woodrow Reeves
WWII Pacific Theatre
Marine Corps - Sergeant (and acting platoon sergeant)
Clay Reeves was wounded three times during 28 days on Iwo Jima.
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Lloyd Leon Remus
WWII Pacific Theatre
Marine Corps - Corporal
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Reynaldo B. Rendon
WWII European and Pacific Theatres
Army - Technician 5th Grade
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Rex Wayne Ridenour
WWII European Theatre
Army Air Corps - Sergeant
Rex Ridenour was shot down over Vienna, when his plane lost two engines on one side. He and other crew members were hidden by Romanian citizens for 45 days, unt...
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Leon Gail Rockwell
WWII European Theatre
Army - Sergeant
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John DeVon Ross
WWII Pacific Theatre
Army Air Corps - Staff Sergeant
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John (Jack ) Dudley Shingleton
WWII Pacific Theatre
Army Air Corps - 1st Lieutenant (pilot)
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Eleanor Smith (Clapp)
WWII Stateside
Navy - Ensign
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William H. Smith
WWII European Theatre
Army - Corporal
Willam Smith fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
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Loyed Bert Spooner
WWII Pacific Theatre
Army - Technician 4th Grade
Loyed Spooner served as a mechanic on a tank destroyer.
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Kenneth Glass Springer
WWII Pacific Theatre
Army - Technical Sergeant
Mr. Springer passed away on January 17, 2009.
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Louis C. Stamatakos
WWII European Theatre
Army Air Corps - Staff Sergeant, Tail Gunner
Louis Stamatakos was a tail gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress.
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Leo (Rocky) Andrew Stone
WWII Pacific Theatre
Army Air Corps - 1st Lieutenant
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Charles Bertrand Stringham
WWII Pacific Theatre
Marine Corps - Private First Class
Charles Stringham participated in the ceremony at the surrender of Japanese miliary forces in the area of Tsingtao, China, on October 25, 1945.
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Horace Edwin Sullivan
WWII Pacific Theatre
Navy - Lieutenant (Junior Grade)
Horace Sullivan took part in five invasions, the last being Okinawa in 1945.
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Richard Peter Thelen
WWII Pacific Theatre
Navy - Seaman, 2nd Class
Richard Thelen survived the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. After delivering the atomic bomb to Tinian Island, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed, and sank in...
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William Thompson
WWII Stateside
Army Air Corps - Aviation Cadet/Private First Class
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Francisco Miguel Vega
WWII European Theatre
Army Air Corps and Signal Corps - Battalion Personnel Sergeant Major
Vega participated in five campaigns in Europe from June 6, 1944, the morning of the D-Day invasion landing in Normandy, France at Omaha Beach, to the Battle of...
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Rudolph (Rudy) Valentino Wilson
WWII European Theatre
Army - Corporal
As a medic, Rudolph Wilson transferred wounded soliders from locations in France to hospitals in England and Germany.
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