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Maduell, Audrey Sending Pictures to Servicemen
Audrey Maduell would have servicemen ask for her pictures. One Marine was egotistical. She met him in Pensacola [...
Wood, Mary Sent Away from London
On 1 September 1939, Mary Frances Dorothy Wood and the students at her school were given noticed that they were leaving...
Weiss, Charlotte Sent to Allach and Liberation by US Forces
They [Annotator's Note: Charlotte Weiss and her four sisters] were in Geislingen for nine months when Mr. Schultz came...
Schloss, Eva Sent to Auschwitz
They were not told where they going or how long the journey was. This was the last time Eva Schloss was together with...
Pathe, Barbara Serving GIs overseas
When Barbara Pathe landed [Annotator’s Note: in La Havre, France] there was a congressional delegation overseas that...
McAuliffe, Edwin Serving in the Marine Corps
Even after losing his brother Edwin McAuliffe still wanted to serve. He wanted to fly but never did. He later went into...
Butler, Barbara Serving Overseas with the Red Cross
Barbara Butler's first installation was on Leyte. Her living quarters were very close to the beach where General...
Switzer, Ruth Settling in Brooklyn
Ruth Switzer recalled her father moving the family to a Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York to take over a...
Imahara, Walter Shikata ga nai
Walter Imahara explains the meaning of the Japanese term shikata ga nai. He heard the word some in the camp because his...
Kern, Blaine Shipped to Korea
Blaine Kern’s father was an artist. Kern was a bad soldier. He did not want to follow orders or pass inspections. He...
Aupied, Mildred Shipyard Quality and Events
Mildred Aupied enjoyed working in the shipyard [Annotator’s Note: she was a welder at the Delta Shipbuilding...
Kerry, Margaret Show Business
Margaret Kerry's mother heard there were producers and stars that went to the Hollywood Canteen [Annotator's Note:...
Downs, Raymond Sinking of the SS Heredia by U-506
Raymond Downs had gone through a storm when he noticed the ship was zig-zagging [Annotator's Note: a naval anti-...
Landry, Coleen Sisters Move In and a Brother Goes Missing
Coleen Landry's sisters were worried about their husbands who were at war. One sister had lived in Galveston, Texas for...
Chandler, Howard Slave Labor
Howard Chandler was a forced laborer for the Germans in an ammunition factory and lumber mill. [Annotator's Note:...
Klein, Gerda Slave Labor and Camp Life
[Annotator's Note: Gerda Klein, who was in slave labor camp in Poland, can be very difficult to understand at points...
Aigner, Leslie Slave Laborer and Survivor
Leslie Aigner was working on a six foot thick concrete roof when a man fell in the steel reinforcement structure while...
Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" Sleep and Food in the Camp
During Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine's early days in the internment camp [Annotator's Note: Santo Tomas Internment...
Schloss, Eva Slowly Losing ther Rights, Deportation, and Going into Hiding
[Annotator's Note: Eva Schloss is an Austrian born Jew who fled to Amsterdam with her family after the Nazis came to...
Damberg, Wanda Smuggling Medicines
Wanda Damberg witnessed the science building at the university converted into a small clinic [Annotator’s Note: Damberg...
Maduell, Audrey Soap Bubbles in the Pacific
On a small island in the Pacific Ocean, some native peoples were fascinated by some crystal balls floating in the air...
Schneider, Christa Social Dynamics
Christa Schneider's mother worked in an office before the war and met her husband there. Although he was not inclined...
Gillette, Thomas Son of a Naval Captain
Thomas W. Gillette's parents were very much into the social scene in Hawaii. They often had luaus and cooked Hawaiian...
Zygmuntowicz, Itka Sonderkommando Prisoner Revolt
Itka Zygmuntowicz had no information and no idea about the war or world outside of Auschwitz. A girl was there [...
Aigner, Eva Speaking About the Holocaust and Memorials
Eva Aigner and her husband decided to leave. They left through Austria and ended up in the United States. It is not...
Tinker, June Start of the War
June Tinker was 16 years old and living in Pax, West Virginia when Pearl Harbor was attacked. She heard the news after...
Mineta, Norman Starting Internment
Norman Mineta's father wanted to work as an ASTP, Army Specialized Training Program, instructor in Chicago, Illinois....
Mineta, Norman Starting Over
Norman Mineta finished high school in San Jose. The same students he attended class with in the 5th grade before...
Cohen, Jack Stories and Emotions
Jack Cohen does get emotional talking and thinking about what he went through. He also thinks about what happened in...
Kruse, Shirley Stories during her WASP Assignments
Shirley Chase Kruse recalled that during one of her assignments, a bird flew into her aileron, making the plane...
Hussey, William Submarines After World War 2
Advances in submarine technology, William Hussey acknowledged, were directly related to the Navy's experience during...
Francis, Norman Summer of 1963
[Annotator's Note: Dr. Norman Francis worked with the Congress of Racial Equality or CORE, an African-American civil...
McAuliffe, Edwin Supporting the War Effort Then and Now
Edwin McAuliffe's mother worked as an army aircraft spotter during the war. She started doing that shortly after his...
Warne, Therese Surrendering to the Japanese
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: was an American child living in the Philippines during World War 2] and her...
Cohen, Jack Survival to Liberation
Living in a monastery [Annotator's Note: Monastery of Saint George, Skyros, Greece], there was nothing for Jack Cohen...
Hayashi, Nobuo Surviving Aerial Bombings and the Japanese Government
While living in Japan during World War 2, Nobuo Hayashi describes that the bombings would happen during the day, while...

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