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Weber, Rosemarie Meeting her Husband and Conditions in Santo Thomas
When Rosemarie Weber finished high school, she met a priest named Father John. Father John suggested that she look up...
Francis, Norman Meeting Returning Veterans
Before graduating from high school, Dr. Norman Francis did very little in terms of working in the war effort. He was...
Morse, Ralph Midway and Guadalcanal
Following the Doolittle Raid [Annotator's Note: named for its commander, then US Army Air Forces Colonel, later US Air...
Stables, Barbara Military Intelligence
Barbara Stables remembers they got an apartment on the third floor in a building where generals lived. [Annotator’s...
Nyman, Geraldine "Geri" Military Recognition and Training
[Annotator's Note: Geraldine Nyman was a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, and transported...
Mineta, Norman Military Service
Norman Mineta joined his father in the insurance business after his military discharge. He was at Berkley University in...
Nyman, Geraldine "Geri" Military Trainer Aircraft, Letters and Flying Before the War
Geraldine Nyman only knows one girl from the second graduating class of WASPs [Annotator's Note: Women Airforce Service...
Hagans, Benjamin Mindanao Death March
Benjamin Hagans was on a PT boat [Annotator’s Note: patrol torpedo boat] that brought MacArthur [Annotator's Note:...
Dahme, Maud Moved To Another Family and Famine
[Annotator's Note: Maud Dahme and her sister were hiding from the Nazis on a farm in Oldebroek, Netherlands.] They...
Zygmuntowicz, Itka Moved to the Nowe Miasto Ghetto
Itka Zygmuntowicz lived in Ciechanów, Poland when the Nazis started rationing food. There was a lot of starvation. They...
Kleindienst, Alfons "Al" Moving Around Europe
Alfons Robert Kleindienst and his family moved to Germany after World War 2 began [Annotator's Note: his father, Alfons...
Alexander, Joseph Moving Around Europe
Joseph Alexander and some friends lived in a DP [Annotator's Note: displaced persons] camp in Munich [Annotator's Note...
Warne, Thomas Moving Back to Hawaii
In the 1930s, Thomas E. Warne was living at the Del Monte Plantation in the Philippines because his father was the...
Aalders, Johannes Moving the Dead
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Johannes Aalders about the Battle of Arnhem, part of Operation Market Garden,...
Klein, Gerda Moving to a Ghetto
[Annotator's Note: Gerda Klein, a young Jewish girl during the Nazi occupation of Poland, can be very difficult to...
Ream, John Moving to Camp Holmes
John Ream would walk around the camp [Annotator’s Note: Camp John Hay in Baguio, the Philippines was a relatively nice...
Bishop, Jacqueline Moving to Panama
Jacqueline Bishop was born in March 1930 in Baltimore, Maryland. Her father was an electrician. During the Depression [...
Schneider, Christa Multinational Experiences
Between high school and college, Christa Schneider worked as an au pair in Britain. She cared for the three children of...
Bouton, Helen Munkacs to Auschwitz
[Annotator's Note: Helene Bouton and her family were placed in a small ghetto in their neighborhood in Irshava,...
Hussey, William Navy Submarine Service
William Hussey enlisted in the Navy because he grew up with it, and it seemed the thing to do once he reached adulthood...
Schulman, Shirley New Jobs
While her husband, Hyman, was deployed overseas in Europe during World War 2, Shirley Sandy Schulman found a job as a...
Gross, Ernest New Life in America
When the war was over, all that remained of Ernest Gross' family were three brothers and a sister. He arrived in New...
Daniel, Lora News, Rationing, and Atomic Bombs
Lora E. Daniel knew what was going on with the war, but her life was so busy that she probably did not think about it...
Constant, Nelson No Real War News
Nelson Constant was just out there working. It was like being locked up in a room. The trees did not talk. They were...
Francis, Norman North versus South
Dr. Norman Francis was on a panel at the museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana...
Nakagawa, Ittsei Not An Easy Story to Tell
Ittsei Nakagawa never wanted to talk about it [Annotator's Note: surviving the atomic bomb detonation over Hiroshima,...
Soskin, Betty Not Being Allowed to Serve
Betty Soskin remembers the blackouts. She worked in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] in a...
Yamamoto, Albert Occupation by American Forces
In October of 1945 United States forces came to occupy Matsuyama [Annotator's Note: Matsuyama, Japan] and had a formal...
Lee, James Occupation Duty in Germany
James Lee went to Dachau [Annotator's Note: Dachau concentration camp complex near Dachau, Germany] on a tour. He can...
Kern, Blaine Occupation Duty in Korea
Blaine Kern was sent to Korea. People were taking the children and throwing them into the snow. The soldiers gave the...
Hayashi, Nobuo Occupation of Japan and Postwar Life
Nobuo Hayashi remembers when the Americans arrived in their jeeps playing jazz music. He did not trust them at first...
Samet, Judah October 2018 Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting
Judah Samet was a member and canter at the Tree of Life Synagogue. In October [Annotator's Note: on 27 October 2018 in...
Bodis-Wollner, Ivan October Revolution of 1956
In the summer before the October revolution [Annotator's Note: Hungarian Revolution of 1956, or Hungarian Uprising, 23...
Bolin, George Oil Pipelines and Unions
George R. Bolin does not think Brown and Root [Annotator's Note: now KBR, Inc. in Houston, Texas] was in the pipeline...
Leisey, Mary "Mary Abbott" Only Losing One Patient and Advice for Future Nurses
Mary Leisey believes that the man who had cancer was the only one to pass away under her care. Some men were going home...
Hollis, Frederick Onset of War
In the months leading up to the United States' entry into the war, the country was isolationist. Fredrick Hollis was...

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