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Aalders, Johannes Boys Having Fun
Johannes Aalders and his friends would run around after school and see if there were things they could steal. They made...
Lotter, Jean Break Out of War
Jean Lotter was born in December 1923 in Seattle, Washington. She and her twin sister, Irene, grew up in Kent,...
Tinker, June Brothers at War
June Tinker's mother started worrying about the impact of the war on her sons soon after Pearl Harbor. Tinker's two...
Chandler, Howard Buchenwald, Theresienstadt and Liberation
Howard Chandler was marched out of Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp...
Baranek, Martin Building a Life
Martin Baranek saved his money and bought a grocery store and slowly learned the business. He met and married the...
Mellon, Mallie "Mallie Osborne" Building B-29s
Mallie Mellon heard that President Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United...
Kearney, George Building LCVPs and PT Boats
[Annotator's Note: George Kearney grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and was an employee of Higgins Industries from 1937...
Nakagawa, Ittsei Bullied For Being American
[Annotator's Note: Ittsei Nakagawa was in a factory in Hiroshima, Japan when the atomic bomb exploded over the city on...
Deiglmayr, Erna Buzz Bombs
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Erna Deiglmayr what it felt like to be free again.] The bombing did not stop....
Bradley, John Camp and Friendships
Some of John Bradley's most vivid memories of his time in the internment camp [Annotator's Note: Santo Tomas Internment...
Ream, John Camp Holmes
John Ream remembers as kids they could run up the mountainside. [Annotator’s Note: Ream is referring to being interned...
Imahara, Walter Camp Life and Family
Walter Imahara thinks that future generations can learn from the internment of Japanese-Americans. There is a lot of...
Jeter, James Camp Polk
James Jeter was drafted in 1944 but did not pass the physical examination at Fort Humbug [Annotator’s Note: in...
Chandler, Howard Canada
After two years in England and periodically being required to report to the police as a refugee, Howard Chandler heard...
Beard, Norma "Norma Ford" Captain Eugene Ford
Norma Jean Ford Beard lost her father in the war. His remains were only recovered recently. [Annotator’s Note: Beard's...
Riddle, Pearson Captured and Sent to Japan
The US Navy had planes ready to help out at Wake Island but the admiral in charge figured that it was going to be too...
Swinney, Lauren Celebrating with Famous Personalities
[Annotator's Note: Lauren Swinney was a student at Northwestern University and worked as an entertainer for troops...
Huval, Rudy Changes in Society
Rudy Huval and his four brothers went into the service. Ivan was the oldest brother [Annotator’s Note: Ivan was killed...
Crosby, Thomas Changes in the Santo Tomas Internment Camp
As time went by, Thomas Crosby and his family had to assimilate to the changes going on in the internment camp [...
Kerry, Margaret Changing Her Name
Margaret Kerry's parents got chickens. They lived in Windsor, a little town outside of Los Angeles [Annotator's Note:...
Reynolds, Holly Changing Role of Women, African-American Red Cross Workers and Getting Engaged
For Holly Reynolds, the experience of being overseas was so unusual that she appreciated it as a whole. She is also...
Taylor, Sharon Childhood
Dr. Sharon Estill Taylor was born in March 1945 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. When she was born, her father [Annotator's Note...
Weber, Norman Childhood and Air Raids in Berlin
Due to his father’s employment, Norman Weber and his family moved to Berlin. [Annotator’s Note: the family had lived in...
Polonski, Bluma Childhood and Concentration Camps
Bluma Polonski was born in March 1930 and raised in Wolanow, Poland [Annotator's Note: also spelled Volanov, Poland]....
Leskovic, Elvia Childhood in Germany
Elvira Maria Katarina Algermissen Leskovec was born in February 1928 in Hildesheim, Germany. She had one sister who was...
Gillette, Thomas Childhood in Maine to Hawaii
Thomas W. Gillette was born in Bath, Maine in 1931. When he was a small child, his mother left him and his father. As a...
Weber, Norman Childhood in Postwar Germany
Norman Weber and his family were protected by the Americans [Annotator’s Note: The two Weber children had been born in...
Noe, Leanne Childhood in the Philippines
Leanne Blinzler Noe was born in June 1933 in San Francisco, California, but grew up in the Philippines. Her parents met...
Guthrie, Richard Civilian in Hawaii
Richard Guthrie was born in November 1933 at the Quantico Marine Corps Air Station in Quantico, Virginia. His father...
Heneghan, James Civilian Life During the War
Doctor James B. Heneghan's father was a civil engineer. He helped design the very first pre-stressed concrete arches...
Geiger, Aase Closing Thoughts
Aase Geiger has a couple of memorable experiences of World War 2. The English got very involved with flying over...
Lee, James Closing Thoughts
James Lee's most memorable experience of World War 2 is the attack itself [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on...
Drucker, Lillian Closing Thoughts
Lillian Drucker's brothers all had medical discharges and had income from that. She and her husband bought their first...
Lewis, Donald Closing Thoughts
Donald Lewis feels lucky [Annotator's Note: for surviving the sinking of the SS Athenia on 3 September 1939 when he was...
Bouton, Helen Closing Thoughts
[Annotator's Note: Helene Bouton still dreams of her Holocaust experiences every night.] She dreams now that it is her...
Fayerman, Severin Closing Thoughts
[Annotator's Note: Severin Fayerman survived concentration camps in Europe. The interviewer asks if the pendulum swings...

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