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Gurr, Robert Walt Disney
Robert Gurr thought that Walt Disney was everywhere in the park on opening day. Disney saw Gurr and came over to him....
Sklar, Martin "Marty" Walt Disney and Disneyland
Martin Sklar could tell upon meeting him that Walt Disney was the man in charge. He made his goals clear and never left...
Gurr, Robert Walt Disney's Legacy
Robert Gurr learned a lot from Walt Disney. Perhaps the most significant thing that Disney taught him was to have a...
Sklar, Martin "Marty" Walt Disney's Personal Writer
Martin Sklar became Walt Disney's personal writer. Disney did not make speeches except for the one he gave for theater...
Gurr, Robert Walt Disney's Vision
Robert Gurr found that the genesis of Disneyland occurred in the 1930s when Walt Disney brought his two daughters to...
Gurr, Robert Walt the Man
Robert Gurr could see that Walt Disney was intimidating to certain people. Some of those people were very important...
Parra, Pedro War and Discrimination
Pedro Parra feels that most veterans of the war did not talk too much about it. The young people have no idea what it...
Race, John "Jack Race" War Books and Church
John T. "Jack" Race had a flight to the surrender of the Germans [Annotator's Note: on 8 May 1945]. He flew the German...
Clark, Merrill War Changed the United States
Merrill J. Clark [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 85th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain...
Goyette, Donald War Comes to a Close
After rejoining his unit [Annotator's Note: 869th Bombardment Squadron, 497th Bombardment Group, 21st Bomber Command,...
Yudenfriend, Herbert War Crimes Trials
Herbert Yudenfriend heard the war crimes trial [Annotator's Note: conducted by the Philippine War Crimes Commission, 29...
Bailey, Kenneth War Experiences
Kenneth H. Bailey and his future wife did a lot of talking about the war before he was drafted. In England, they...
Lafferty, Ralph War Experiences
Senator Dole [Annotator's Note: Robert Joseph Dole; American veteran and politician] had been in the same division, but...
Sparacino, Paul War History in High School
Paul Sparacino [Annotator's Note: Sparacino served aboard the USS Princeton (LPH-5) during Operation Dominic, series of...
Pearce, Milton War in Europe and Postwar
[Annotator’s Note: It is very difficult to hear the interviewer speak throughout this segment.] In late 1943, Milton...
Peak, Betty "Betty Taylor" War is Different Now
Betty Peak feels that it is such a different feeling among the civilians now with the wars overseas. She never knew...
Bolin, George War Losses and Later Research
George R. Bolin does not recall hearing of Brown [Annotator's Note: Brown Shipbuilding Company in Houston, Texas]...
Bolin, George War Rationing and Postwar America
George R. Bolin did not understand what war was when it started. A lot of things were restricted during the war. His...
Fishman, Arthur War Service
Arthur Fishman is a World War 2 Navy veteran. He had three sons and several grandchildren, and his wife passed away. He...
Drucker, Lillian War Talk and USO Dances
Lillian Drucker's brothers did not talk much about the war to her afterwards and she was afraid to ask. [Annotator's...
Maduell, Audrey War Time in New Orleans
During the war, there were signs all over the city [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. The most impressive to...
Duncan, Reginald War Time Stories
Reginald Duncan and his unit [Annotator's Note: 511th Engineer Light Ponton Company] were based in Redange, Luxembourg...
Steinfeld, Manfred War Winds Down
Manfred Steinfeld recalls that in April 1945, a special formation of Division Headquarters [Annotator's Note:...
Leskovic, Elvia War Winds Down
After the American Army moved in [Annotator's Note: near Schladen, Germany in early April 1945] Elvira Maria Katarina...
Poston, Charles War Winds Down
Missions began to ramp down in May [Annotator's Note: May 1945, when the Japanese were pushed too far out of range of...
Kanter, Joseph War's End
oseph Kanter [Annotator's Note: with 2nd Battalion, 406th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division] saw a...
Howard, Taylor War's End
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks very slowly throughout this segment.] Taylor Howard was sent overseas [Annotation...
Eustis, Lawrence War's End
Lawrence Eustis was on Tinian [Annotator’s Note: Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands] when he heard about VE-Day [...
Jenkins, Frederick War's End
Frederick Jenkins was an engineer on a whale boat when the war ended. They left the ship as the she went out on picket...
Winestone, Ted War's End
During World War 2, Ted Winestone joined the partisans [Annotator's note: after escaping from the ghetto in Dworzec,...
Tennant, Harry War's End
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer has Harry Tennant answer questions written to him.] Harry Tennant was in the Pacific...
Becker, Irving War's End
Irving Becker had left Anzio [Annotator's Note: Anzio, Italy] and was headed for Rome [Annotator's Note: Rome, Italy]...
Ricks, Howard War's End
Howard Ricks returned to Maui after Iwo Jima. The division [Annotator's Note: Ricks was a member of Company E, 2nd...
Barnes, Otis War's End
Otis Barnes moved down with the 3rd Army and Patton [Annotator's Note: US Army Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr...
Garcia, Ray War's End
Ray Garcia and Al Nickels [Annotator's Note: later United States Air Force Colonel Albert B. Nickels] both made the Air...
Gilbert, Lawrence War's End
Lawrence Richard "Red" Gilbert and a few other prisoners were released from the prison camp near the end of the war. He...

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