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McLaurine, Luke Stalag Luft III
Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. was transported by passenger train to Stalag Luft III [Annotator's Note: Stalag Luft III in...
Angier, John Stalag Luft III-A
John Angier was taken to Stalag Luft III-A [Annotator's Note: in Sagan, Poland] after being captured near Cologne,...
Angier, John Stalag Luft III-A to Stalag VII-A
John Angier never personally interacted with his German guards at Stalag Luft III-A [Annotator's Note: in Sagan, Poland...
O'Donnell, Joseph Stalag Luft IV
[Annotator's Note: Joseph O'Donnell was a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft IV near Gross Tychow, Pomerania, now Tychowo,...
Jostad, Glen Stalag Luft IV and Stalag VI
Glen Jostad thought life at Stalag VI was much better than Stalag IV. [Annotator's Note: Jostad was initially held at...
Angier, John Stalag Luft VII and Being Liberated by General Patton
John Angier was a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft VII-A [Annotator's Note: Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany] STalag VII...
Jostad, Glen Stalag VII A and Liberation
Late in the war, Glen Jostad was relocated to a German prisoner of war camp near Moosberg, Germany [Annotator's Note:...
Strunk, Chester Stalag VII-A at Moosburg and Liberation
Chester Strunk traveled by foot and rail to reach the Stalag at Moosburg [Annotator's Note: Stalag VII-A was near...
Jefferson, Alexander Stalag VII-A, Air Battles and Liberation
Alexander Jefferson survived the horrible conditions of Stalag Luft VII-A [Annotator's Note: Moosburg, Germany]....
Jostad, Glen Stalag XIII
Glen Jostad was moved to Stalag XIII near Nuremburg. The Royal Air Force and the 8th Air Force provided a morale boost...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Stalag XVIIB
While Olen Grant was at Stalag XVIIB he preferred to stay in the barracks [Annotator’s Note: as opposed to staying in...
Burns, Lloyd Starving in the Prison of War Camp
[Annotator's Note: Lloyd Burns was a prisoner of war in Oflag XIII-B in Hammelburg, Germany.] Lloyd Burns began raiding...
Beckman, Kenneth Stateside Duty and the Korean War
Kenneth Beckman was sent back to the United States in October 1945. He describes his life as moving from one base to...
Alison, John R. Stateside Service
Although trained in the PB-2A pursuit aircraft, John Alison was glad he did not have to go to war in it. Communication...
Hillard, Frank Stateside Service in Oklahoma
There were French soldiers in Denver [Annotator's Note: Denver, Colorado] where Frank Hilliard was in line for...
McGovern, George Stateside Training and Overseas Deployment
George McGovern had one his buddies took him up in a plane to see if he could still fly a few years ago. He was able to...
Daley, Chris Stationed in China
Chris Daley was sent to Los Angeles, California for administrative training for three months. Then he was transferred...
Silvia, Joseph Stationed in India
Joseph Silvia was stationed in Tezpur, India as a teletype operator [Annotator's Note: with the 1347th Army Air Force...
Elliott, John Stationed in India
The night John Elliott arrived at the base in India, Tokyo Rose [Annotator's Note: nickname given by Allied servicemen...
Cristiano, Nick Stay Alive
Nick Cristiano has no idea where his Japanese prison guards went when the war ended. A whole new crew came in. The new...
Buschmeier, Frank Stories of an airman
Frank Buschmeier recalls that the March 6th Berlin raid was terrible. The flak was noted for its intensity on that raid...
Bates, Rex Storm Chasers
Rex James Bates served with the 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron in the Pacific. They were based out of Guam [...
Brown, Roscoe Strafing a Train, Higher Education and Civil Rights
Dr. Roscoe Brown was attacking a train one time. He was leading the squadron [Annotator's Note: 100th Fighter Squadron...
Jones, Robert Strafing Missions
Robert Jones was a late replacement pilot and went overseas in a convoy. It was so rough that for three days, they did...
Welch, Darrell Strafing Rommel
Most of the missions Darrell Welch flew were escorting B-17s [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy...
Habeeb, Albert Studying Medicine
Dr. Albert Habeeb was born in Elmira, New York in 1914. After two years, his family moved to Mississippi. During the...
Dolsen, Frank Stuttgart Mission
Frank Dolsen [Annotator's Note: with the 349th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] went on a...
Rozett, Walter Submarine Pens at Bremen, Germany
On 30 March 1945, Walter Rozett and his group [Annotator's Note: 369th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group,...
Penick, Ed Supplies, Chinese, and the Enemy
Edward Moore Penick, a pilot in the Army Air Corps, was sent overseas to Sichuan, China as part of the 21st Photo...
Baumgarten, Aaron Support for Russian Lend-Lease
Aaron Baumgarten pointed out that he was serving in the Air Transport Command (ATC) during the era of Lend-Lease, when...
Geist, Lloyd Supporting the Ground Troops
After the invasion of Normandy [Annotator's Note: Normandy, France], Lloyd Geist and his unit [Annotator's Note: 508th...
Golden, James Surgery in a Prison Camp
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a woman off camera interjects with comments.] James Ramsey Golden recalls that...
Rinas, Bruno Surrender
Bruno S. Rinas believes that had the Americans been given better training and equipment, they would have held out...
Rinas, Bruno Surrender and Cabanatuan
During the surrender, Bruno S. Rinas was sick, or he would have run into the hills. He discussed it with some comrades...
Bergbower, Harold Surrender and Incarceration
Harold Bergbower joined three Filipino Scouts who had been released from their duties in order to escape from Bataan. [...

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