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Barnett, William War’s End and Occupation Duty
William M. Barnett [Annotator’s Note: with the 222nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division] first saw a dead G.I. [...
Ryan, John War’s End and Occupation of Germany
[Annotator's Note: The audio level of this interview is very low.] On VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day,...
Resta, Francis "Fran" War’s End and Occupation of Germany
Asked if he had interacted with any of the Russians, Francis Resta remembered working with them to gather the displaced...
Meyers, William War’s End and Postwar
William S. Meyers, Jr. [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 929th Field Artillery Battalion, 104th Infantry Division]...
Cottrell, Edwin War’s End and Postwar
[Annotator’s Note: Birds chirping in the background is audible throughout this segment.] Edwin B. Cottrell and his unit...
Hissey, Paul War’s End and Postwar
Paul Hissey remembered when the war ended all the fighter planes were destroyed because they did not want them to fall...
Paschal, Robert War’s End and Postwar
Robert W. Paschal and his crew [Annotator’s Note: serving in the 613th Bombardment Squadron, 401st Bombardment Group]...
Newton, Cecil War’s End and Postwar
Cecil J. V. Newton fought with the 345th Infantry Regiment, 87th Infantry Division in Koblenz, Germany in March 1945....
Ollar, Vernon War’s End and Postwar
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks slowly and pauses several times throughout segment.] Before the Germans...
Douglas, Walter War’s End and Postwar Service
Walter Douglas was stationed at Pine Castle Air Base [Annotator's Note: Orlando, Florida] and he thought he may be...
Whelan, Robert War’s End, Returning Home, and Back to Civilian Life
Robert Whelan was able to take a tour through the concentration camp at Dachau [Annotator's Note: Dachau, Germany]...
Lefever, Paul Watching Planes Return from Missions
On days that Paul Lefever didn't fly, he would watch other squadrons take off, identify planes by their numbers, and...
Dahme, Maud We Are All the Same Inside
Maud Dahme stayed with Christian families and attended church with them during the war [Annotator's Note: she had gone...
Bryan, Donald We wanted to fly
Bryan and Kirk Noyes had a very good relationship. Bryan was flying a P-51D10 out of an airfield south of London...
Weber, Norman Weber's Reunion with His Father
Norman Weber’s father was drafted into the German Army in 1941. The family was with him in Poland during 1944. He was...
Brueland, Lowell Wee Speck and Grim Reaper
Lowell Brueland named his Mustang [Annotator’s Note: North American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft] after his half-...
Siracuse, James Welcome Home Party
They were released [Annotator's Note: from the Army Air Forces]. As soon as that happened, James Siracuse phoned his...
Giller, Edward West Coast to England
In April 1942, after received his pilot's wings, Edward Bonfoy Giller, Jr. was transferred to the newly built Paine...
Barksdale, Battle West Point Military Academy
Battle Malone Barksdale was in H Company [Annotator's Note: Company H - unable to further identify - at the United...
Campbell, John What Roosevelt Knew and Did
John Scott Campbell feels that Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United...
Deiglmayr, Erna What the Germans Wanted
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer remarks that Erna Deiglmayr was risking her life to help Jewish people in Belgium...
Stern, Guy What the War Means
Guy Stern served out of the conviction that the cancer of Nazism must be eliminated. His life was change by accident....
Romano, Joseph What the War Means
Joseph Romano's most memorable war experience was being hit over the head with a pistol by a fellow soldier. He did not...
Reluga, Matthew What They Fought For
Matthew A. Reluga was not capable of going to the Naval Academy [Annotator's Note: United States Naval Academy,...
Medicine Crow, Joseph White Man Runs Him
Joseph Medicine Crow had an uncle known to the Crow people as White Buffalo Turns Around. He received a new name from...
Lederer, Henry Why We Have War
Henry Lederer says that over 600,000 people were killed in the Civil War. [Annotator's Note: American Civil War, 1861...
Guisewite, Myron Winding Down of the War in Europe
In March 1945, Myron L. Guisewhite was in France with the 438th Troop Carrier Group [Annotator's Note: 438th Troop...
Denius, Franklin "Frank" Winning the battle for Hill 314
[Annotators Note: Franklin Denius was an artillery forward observer in Battery C, 230th Field Artillery Battalion, 30th...
Hillenbrand, Bernard Wins and Losses
Bernard Hillenbrand does not recall too much of when he landed on Omaha Beach [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied...
Maresca, Frank W. Winter 1944
When Frank Maresca's unit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 289th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division...
Hihn, Stewart Winter 1944 in Eastern France
Stewart Hihn's unit [Annotator's Note: 222nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division] was transferred from 7th [...
Sweatt, Robert With the French Underground
When he arrived in Paris, France, Robert Sweatt's escorts introduced him to three young men of the French Resistance...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Witnessing an execution
The barracks were isolated from each other and separated by fences. Adjacent to Grant’s barracks were barracks from...
Dabney, William G. Witnessing war
William Dabney had a couple of close calls when they were on the beach. A bomb fell and scared a lot of people. It left...

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