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König, Karl Africa and First Engagement
Karl Friedrich "Charley” König [Annotator's Note: or Koenig] knew he was going to Africa [Annotator's Note: in March...
Sadler, Richard After D-Day
Burt Richard Sadler remained on the ship all night. The next day, he heard the anchor rise, and the ship went into the...
Franzky, Gerhard After the War
For many years, Gerhard Franzky put the war in the back of his mind. He was more concerned with building a future. He...
König, Karl American Prison Camps to Home
Karl Friedrich "Charley” König [Annotator's Note: or Koenig] does not remember much about arriving in Norfolk [...
Cohn, Marthe American Spirit Awards
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer says she wants to ask Marthe Cohn some specific questions about the American Spirit...
Cohn, Marthe An Adopted Son
Marthe Cohn and her whole group went to Quang Tri [Annotator's Note: Quang Tri Province, Vietnam; then French Indochina...
Monteyne, Joseph Bombing Missions and an American Pilot
Both Air Forces [Annotator's Note: the US Army Air Forces and the Royal Canadian Air Force] did a good job of...
Sadler, Richard D-Day
D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944] was supposed to be on 5 June 1944. Burt...
Gibb, Owen Dresden, Germany
Owen Gibb remembers that the Americans bombed during the day and the British bombed during the night. They flew B-17s [...
Joyce, Josefine Early Life
Josefine "Piepsi" Joyce was born in Vienna, Austria in December 1925. She had strict parents but her childhood was very...
Gerhard, Winnecken Early Life
Winnecken Gerhard joined the German Army in October 1942. His camp was at Verdun near Metz. Verdun was a walled city...
Schrader, Ernst Early Life
Ernst Schrader was born on a large estate that his father worked on near Hamburg, Germany in October 1919. Hamburg was...
Franzky, Gerhard Early Life and Joining the Military
Gerhard Franzky was a member of the 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg. Franzky was born in Leipzig, Germany in 1925....
Windisch, Lutz Eastern Front
When Lutz Windisch pulled out of Normandy [Annotator's Note: following D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France...
Franzky, Gerhard Education
Gerhard Franzky could quit the Hitler Youth but he was not allowed to quit the civil defense. Soon it was 1942. Many of...
Sadler, Richard End of the War
Burt Richard Sadler did not have time to think about the end of the war. He thought he would be sent to drive landing...
Windisch, Lutz Enlisting in the German Army
Before World War 2 began, Lutz Windisch did not necessarily think that Germany was headed for war, but he grew up in...
Franzky, Gerhard Escaping the Falaise Pocket
Gerhard Franzky’s unit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters, 22nd Regiment, 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsburg"] suffered...
Pbert, Herman Escaping the Prison Camp
Herman Pbert's mother helped him, and others escape [Annotator's Note: from a Nazi concentration camp in Italy]. His...
Franzky, Gerhard Falaise-Argentan and Being Captured
[Annotator's Note: Gerhard Franzky served in the Waffen SS as a communications officer in Headquarters, 22nd Regiment,...
Franzky, Gerhard Family Business
Gerhard Franzky remembers the most important thing after Hitler came to power was that the school schedule changed....
Pbert, Herman Fighting in the Alps
When Herman Pbert joined the resistance [Annotator's Note: Italian resistance movement, an umbrella term for the...
Joyce, Josefine Finding Fun during the Nazi Reign
Josefine "Piepsi" Joyce enjoyed the Vienna [Annotator's Note: Vienna, Austria] woods. She enjoyed singing any type of...
Gibb, Owen Flying Missions
Owen Gibb had a machine gun that put out four thousand rounds a minute. The gun was on a turret. They flew at night....
Monteyne, Joseph Flying the Halifax and Dreaded Missions
The Halifax [Annotator's Note: Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber] did not carry quite as many bombs as the Lancaster [...
Cohn, Marthe From Bavaria to Vietnam
Marthe Cohn did not continue with intelligence work after World War 2 [Annotator's Note: Cohn was a spy in the 151st...
Windisch, Lutz German Army and POW
Lutz Windisch was born in 1925 in Königssee in Bavaria [Annotator's Note: Königssee, Bavaria, Germany], where he also...
Gerhard, Winnecken German language interview
[Annotator's Note: Winnecken Gerhard speaks largely in German in this segment with very limited translation to English...
Cohn, Marthe Going to Vietnam
Marthe Cohn arrived in Vietnam [Annotator's Note: then French Indochina which included Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia] by...
König, Karl Hard Fight then Captured
Karl Friedrich "Charley” König [Annotator's Note: or Koenig] and his regiment [Annotator's Note: Panzer-Regiment 5,...
Franzky, Gerhard Heading For Belgium
The seven men reached a town that had a substantial German presence and they saw officers sending men to different...
Franzky, Gerhard Heinz Harmel and Heinrich Himmler
Gerhard Franzky received an order from the division CO [Annotator's Note: commanding officer], Heinz Harmel, to...
Joyce, Josefine Hitler and other Nazi Dignitaries
Josefine "Piepsi" Joyce saw Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf Hitler] when he was in Vienna [Annotator's...

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