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Doundoulakis, Helias Postwar Work
Helias Doundoulakis [Annotator's Note: with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in Salonika, Greece,] eluded the...
Wilkins, Byron POW and Interrogation
Byron Othello Wilkins made sergeant on 3 December [Annotators Note: 3 December 1944] and met the new captain around...
Johnson, Burton POW Camp Organization
Burton Johnson organized POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] camps by first getting the engineers to establish a...
Siebert, Julian POW Camp Stalag XII-A
Julian Siebert was taken by his German captors to Stalag XII-A. As far as he could see, there were just American...
Gaj, Leonard POW Experience
Leonard Gaj hit the ground quickly when he jumped [Annotator's Note: on D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, France...
Leonard, Edward POW Experience
Edward J. Leonard was in a German half-track [Annotator's Note: M3 half-track; a vehicle with front wheels and rear...
Vater, Joseph POW Experiences in Manchuria
Joseph Vater believes Manchuria [Annotator's Note: Manchuria, China] was the coldest place on Earth. He was given a...
Creek, Roy POW Guilt
Roy Creek never met any French people until years after the invasion. Chef-du-Pont [Annotator's Note: Chef-du-Pont,...
Houseman, Donelson "Don" POW Hospital and Liberation
Donelson Houseman was put in a truck, along with about five others who were also in bad shape, and sent to a town near...
Kerchum, Paul POW in the Philippines to Japan
Paul Kerchum, a prisoner of the Japanese held in a camp in Cabanatuan [Annotator’s Note: Cabanatuan, the Philippines],...
Ledford, Robert POWs and Combat
When Robert Ledford was stationed in Italy [Annotator's Note: with the 3rd Infantry Division] he was issued a Thompson...
Johnson, Burton POWs in Finschhafen, New Guinea
Burton Johnson had over 1,500 Japanese prisoners in the massive POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] camp in...
Colbert, Hugh POWs View of the War
Food was extremely scarce for Hugh Colbert and his comrades in German prison camp. Morning rations consisted of a half...
Hazard, Mark Prayer and Fate
For the Rhine crossing, the 17th Airborne Division was supposed to jump before they [Annotator's Note: the 313th...
(Reaves) Pescatore, Josephine Prayer and POWs
Josephine Pescatore prayed when Cardinal Spellman gave a talk to a large group of troops before she went overseas....
Dabney, William G. Pre war life and enlistment into the Army
William Dabney was born on 24 June 1924 in Altavista, Virginia. Dabney had five sisters and four brothers but ended up...
Pena, William Pre-Interview Banter
[Annotator’s Note: Pena begins mid-sentence] William Pena was commissioned as an officer in the army and reported to...
Shapiro, Lester Pre-interview Talk
[Annotator's Note: This clip starts mid-conversation with Lester Shapiro showing the interviewer some photographs.]...
Uttero, Cosmo Pre-Invasion Life in England
Cosmo Uttero loaded onto a ship and in three days he was in Glasgow, Scotland [Annotator's Note: in November 1943]....
Terrebonne, Leo Pre-War Career
Leo Terrebonne went to work in 1942 for Higgins Industries at the Industrial Canal Plant. He was out of school, and...
Rice, Darold Pre-War Life
Darold Rice was born in Flint, Michigan, in 1925. During the Great Depression, Darold’s father worked in the Chevrolet...
Tunnicliff, Ed Pre-War Life
Ed Tunnicliff was born in December 1925 in Ord, Nebraska. The Great Depression [Annotator's Note: Great Depression; a...
Pena, William Pre-War Life and Enlistment
William Pena was born in Laredo, Texas and attended a Catholic middle school and public high school. He was the editor...
Espree, Elmo Prejudice
Elmo Espree was impressed with the huge size of the first camp he trained at. Customarily, the service facilities are...
Creek, Roy Preparation for Normandy
Roy Creek thought they were well prepared for Normandy [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy,...
Duhon, Larris Preparations for D-Day
Larris Duhon was assigned to the 300th Engineer Combat Battalion and was sent overseas to Europe from Camp Shanks [...
Murray, Charles Preparing Defensive Positions
When Charles Murray got to the top of the hill [Annotator's Note: Hill 516 near Kaysersberg, France] he told everybody...
Gilbert, Lawrence Preparing for Combat
Lawrence Richard "Red" Gilbert was sent overseas. His passage lasted four days then he landed in Casablanca [Annotator'...
Duffy, Gowan Preparing for D-Day
Gowan Duffy was stationed in Northern Ireland [Annotator’s Note: with the 141st Field Artillery Battalion]. They...
Raaen, John Preparing for D-Day
John Raaen found England to be great duty in preparation for the invasion. It was apparent that the equipment buildup...
Baumgarten, Harold Preparing for D-Day
In late April [Annotator's Note: April 1944], they [Annotator's Note: Harold Baumgarten and the rest of the 29th...
Cruise, Leslie Preparing for D-Day
[Annotator's Note: The video is out of focus and Leslie Cruise continuously refers to a book that he has off camera.]...
Craig, James Preparing for D-Day
James Craig remembers when Eisenhower [Annotator's Note: General of the Army Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, Supreme...
Schultz, Philip Preparing for D-Day
Philip Schultz went through basic training like any other new recruit. Subsequently, he sailed to England and was there...
Blakey, Thomas Preparing for D-Day
[Annotator's Note: An interviewer asks Thomas J. Blakey to tell him what it was like a few days before D-Day; the...
Smith, William S. Preparing for D-day
William C. Smith, Junior [Annotator's Note: with the 1st Infantry Division] looked at a close-up of the barbed wire [...

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