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Ernest, Malcolm Surrendered
[Annotator's Note: Malcolm Ernest was among the Americans who were surrendered to the Japanese in Bataan, Philippines...
Bollich, James Surrendering
When James Bollich ran out of food, he started hunting. He was using World War 1 era ammunition. One day while hunting...
Burns, Lloyd Surviving an Air Raid on Nuremberg and Reflections
Lloyd Burns was on a prisoner march and had gone through the town of Nuremberg [Annotator's Note: Nuremberg, Germany]...
Vaadi, Eugene Surviving As A Prisoner
On 2 March 1945, Eugene Vaadi and his crew were shot down over Dresden, Germany. Once a prisoner of war, he was...
Bollich, James Surviving the Bataan Death March
Going through a barrier, James Bollich and a friend ran into Japanese troops after getting separated from the group....
Rosendahl, Robert Surviving the Bataan Death march and Reflections
For Robert Rosendahl, fear is what kept him going during the Bataan Death March. The Japanese were barbarians. Very few...
Carroll, Wesley Surviving the Crash
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Wesley Carroll what was going through his mind when his plane was going down.]...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Tactical Reconnaissance Training
Charles Wesley Borders served for about two months in the Louisiana Maneuvers in 1943. He and five others were sent...
Urice, Joe Tail Gunner
Joel Urice vividly remembers the belongings of the crews who did not make it back from Hamburg [Annotator’s Note:...
Wolff, Robert Taken Prisoner
Robert Wolff had leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] in London [Annotator’s Note...
Jasicko, Frank Taken Prisoner
In July 1944, Frank Jasicko [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 781st Bombardment Squadron, 465th Bombardment Group,...
Hanley, Fiske Taken Prisoner by the Kenpeitai
First, Fiske Hanley said, he prayed [Annotator's Note: after bailing out of his battle damaged Boeing B-29...
Faust, Virgil Taken Prisoner in Germany
Taken captive, Virgil Faust went with the farmer to his house, and an older girl went off on a bicycle to alert the...
Loring, Bud Taken to London
Bud Loring ended up at a POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] camp after making it back to the front lines. When...
Whitman, Philip Taken to Nuremberg
[Annotator's Note: Philip Whitman was captured after bailing out of his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber and...
Baum, Irving Taken to Stalag Luft III
Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] left the camp [Annotator's Note: after being interrogated at Dulag...
Fienup, Victor Taken to Stalag Luft III
Instead of taking Victor Fienup [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group,...
Fouts, Henry Targets of Attack
One of the targets Henry Sherman Fouts flew to [Annotator's Note: with the 346th Bombardment Squadron, 99th Bombardment...
David, Maynard Teaching World War 2 and David’s Crew
The smell over Tokyo during that night bombing mission [Annotator's Note: the 24 and 25 May 1945 fire bombing mission]...
Finklang, Frank Tent Living
Frank Finklang quickly learned from the "old timers" to hold onto K-rations [Annotator's Note: individual daily combat...
Richard, Martin Terrible Losses
Martin Richard does not really recall his first debriefing on D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of Normandy,...
Cauble, Raymond Test Pilot Trials
[Annotator's Note: Raymond Cauble flew as a test pilot for the 312th Depot Repair Squadron, 41st Air Depot Group, 15th...
Cervantes, Enrique "Henry" Testing Aircraft
Following his duty at McConnell Airbase in Wichita, Kansas, Enrique Cervantes was assigned to test aircraft in the...
Hanley, Fiske Texas Boy to Aviator
Fiske Hanley II was born in January 1920 in Brownwood, Texas. The Hanley family moved to Wichita Falls, Texas, then...
Adams, J. Texas Boy to Bombardier
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Jones Quincy Adams Jr. and the interviewer in conversation.] Adams was...
Gilmore, Selwyn Texas to Enewetak
Selwyn Gilmore was drafted and went in on 17 August 1943. He stayed in Camp Beauregard [Annotator's Note: Pineville,...
Gilmore, Selwyn Thankful
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Selwyn Gilmore if his meeting a variety of types of people in the service...
Garten, Perry The 1st Air Commando Group's Initial Glider Operation
Perry Garten was asked by the commander of the 1st Air Commando Group gliders at their assembly area at Lālāghāt if he...
Paris, Thomas The Aleutian Islands
Thomas Paris went from radio school to Houston [Annotator’s Note: Houston, Texas] in order to go to Alaska. He got his...
Lingo, Alfred The Aleutians
[Annotator's Note: Running water can be heard throughout segment.] Alfred A. Lingo returned from the Aleutian Islands...
Loring, Bud The Americans Arrive
[Annotator's Note: The audio was cut off and the tape restarts midsentence. When it does, Bud Loring is talking about...
Higgins, Malcom The Attack on Pearl Harbor and Reflecting on the War
Malcolm Higgins never saw the morale down within the ranks of the 8th Air Force. To him, morale was fine. Base activity...
Poulson, Ernest The B-24 and Bombing Ploesti
Ernest L. Poulson recalled driving around with a friend and a couple of girls when he heard the news on the radio that...
Russell, Richard The B-24 and Feelings Toward the Japanese
Richard T. Russell, Jr. and his crew [Annotator's Note: flying a Consolidated B-24 Liberator with the 43rd Bombardment...
Rans, Robert The B-24 and Flying to Benghazi
Robert Rans' first impression of the B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber] was that it was...
Goodwin, Hersey The B-24 and Reunions
The B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber] was a four engine bomber. Hersey Goodwin has read...

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