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Medinger discusses the following topics: Personal history, La Crosse, Wisconsin -- Drafted into U.S. Army, 1942 -- Reaction to Pearl Harbor Attack, December 7, 1941 -- Memories of Army base, Camp Butner, North Carolina, 1942 -- Assigned 339th General Service Engineer Regiment, Camp Butner, North Carolina -- North Carolina Camp Butner to Army Station, Brisbane, Australia to Milne Bay, New Guinea, 1943 -- Segregation of African Americans in Army, Replacement center, 1943 -- Japanese airfields, Leyte Bay, MacArthur present, 1943 -- Building bridges, Leyte Bay, Japan, 1943 -- Building air strips, San Marcelino, Luzon, Philippines, 1945 -- Building hospitals, north of Manila, Philippines, 1945 -- Health problems, “Jungle Rot” (skin ulcer) -- End of World War II, return to Santa Barbara, California, Camp Anns, 1945 -- Interactions with German prisoners of war, Camp Anns, 1945 -- Return to Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, 1945 -- Photos of indigenous people in new Guinea, built the camps with U.S. sold00:00:10—Personal history, La Crosse, Wisconsin | 00:00:50—Drafted into U.S. Army, 1942 | 00:01:20—Reaction to Pearl Harbor Attack, December 7, 1941 | 00:03:10—Memories of Army base, Camp Butner, North Carolina, 1942 | 00:03:50—Assigned 339th General Service Engineer Regiment, Camp Butner, North Carolina | 00:05:45—North Carolina Camp Butner to Army Station, Brisbane, Australia to Milne Bay, New Guinea, 1943 | 00:11:15—Segregation of African Americans in Army, Replacement center, 1943 | 00:16:15—Japanese airfields, Leyte Bay, MacArthur present, 1943 | 00:20:30—Building bridges, Leyte Bay, Japan, 1943 | 00:27:45—Building air strips, San Marcelino, Luzon, Philippines, 1945 | 00:32:15—Building hospitals, north...

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