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Colbert, Hugh Becoming a POW
As the situation unraveled for 1st Battalion, 422nd Infantry Regiment, German tanks cut off the battalion's position...
Hoff, Russell D. Becoming a POW
Russell Hoff and his regiment [Annotator's Note: 422nd Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry Division] surrendered during...
Laubner, William Becoming a POW
William Laubner crash landed his airplane near an antiaircraft camp. It was not too long before he was surrounded by...
Casey, Donald Becoming a POW
Donald E. Casey was captured by German soldiers [Annotator’s Note: after his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber...
Bosworth, Paul Becoming a POW and Being Interrogated
[Annotator's Note: Paul Bosworth served in the USAAF as a tail gunner on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber in...
Brainard, William Becoming a Prisoner of War
[Annotator’s Note: Can hear someone in the background throughout the video.] William White Brainard [Annotator's Note:...
VanDuzer, Raymond Becoming a Prisoner of War
The Germans took the weapons away from the wounded American infantrymen Raymond VanDuzer was treating. A day or so...
Rockforte, Joseph Being a POW
Joseph Rockforte's company [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division...
Yourkavitch, Joseph N. Being a POW
Joseph Yourkavitch was captured on 16 December [Annotator's Note: 16 December 1944]. It had started out as a normal day...
Halloran, Walter Being a POW
Walter Halloran would carefully pick his spots as he advanced in enemy territory. He would try to keep trees and brush...
Golden, James Being a Prisoner of War
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a woman off camera interjects with comments.] James Ramsey Golden was captured...
Grunte, Leon Being a Russian Prisoner
Leon Grunte was supposedly still a German paratrooper when he left Denmark. There were no parachutes left or planes for...
Leaming, Jack Being Captured
Jack Leaming and his SBD pilot had just completed their bombing run on Marcus Island when the antiaircraft fire became...
Houdek, Thomas Being Captured
Thomas Houdek was involved in a firefight at the French and German border. His group [Annotator's Note: Houdek was a...
Burns, Lloyd Being Captured
Lloyd Burns had to bail out of his plane. When he jumped out, he blacked out right after he pulled his ripcord. His...
Smith, Rothacker Being Captured
After being wounded by a mortar round Rothacker Smith, his sergeant and another soldier wounded during the German...
Casey, Donald Being Captured
Donald E. Casey served as deputy lead navigator for the 379th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force in Kimbolton, England...
Gilbert, Lawrence Being Captured and Becoming a Prisoner
Lawrence Richard "Red" Gilbert and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 1st Ranger Battalion] were under heavy fire...
Strunk, Chester Being Captured and Interrogated
Chester Strunk and his fellow crewmen were approached by locals on horseback immediately following their parachute...
Nathanson, Eva Being Captured and Nearly Executed
Eva Nathanson remembers Budapest [Annotator's Note: Budapest, Hungary] being bombed because the houses would shake. Her...
Fulton, Robert Being Captured, Imprisoned on Java and Shipment to Honshu
Robert Fulton and eight survivors of the USS Houston (CA-30) swam to Java after they abandoned ship and were captured...
Laubner, William Being Shot Down
William Laubner was assigned to fly overhead cover on a mission near Berlin, Germany. The other portion of the fighter...
Angier, John Being Shot Down and Captured
John Angier's 33rd mission was to Cologne, Germany which should have been a relatively short mission. They were hit...
Langrehr, Henry Being Wounded and Captured
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Henry Langrehr to tell him about 29 June 1944.] They were assaulting a series...
Gournay, Harold Bombing Missions and Being Shot Down
Harold Gournay flew out of Italy for 18 or 19 missions [Annotator's Note: Gournay served in the USAAF as a waist gunner...
Butcher, Chester Bourdeaux Hospital and Interrogation
After being badly wounded and captured by the Germans, Chester J. Butcher [Annotator's Note: a fighter pilot with the...
Bradley, Aubrey Bradley’s Bail-Out
Aubrey Bradley had always wanted to fly, but had never been in an airplane before he entered the Army Air Corps. His...
Fitts, Charles Camp Guards
To Charles Fitts, Jr., actual combat was not at all similar to their training. In combat, Fitts and his section did not...
McCarthy, George Camp Life as a Prisoner
After the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941],...
Houseman, Donelson "Don" Captivity, Freedom, and Reflections
As Donelson Houseman was marched off to captivity, he passed long lines of German vehicles. He could not believe it. He...
McGhee, Edwin Capture
Edwin McGhee had experienced German and American shelling before his squad evacuated the building that was under fire....
McMullen, Milton Capture
On 3 May 1941, the Japanese landed on Mindanao [Annotator's Note: Mindanao, Philippines]. Milton L. McMullen, Sr. and...
Max, Robert Capture
Robert Max vividly remembered 16 December 1944, day one of the Battle of the Bulge, as the Germans' final major effort...
Holt, Thomas Capture and Camps
Thomas Michael Holt [Annotator's Note: a Second Lieutenant with the 1st Ranger Battalion] and his men were put on a...
Sacks, John Capture and Interrogation
After surrendering to the German soldier [Annotator's Note: see segment titled Shot Down Over Ludwigshafen], John Sacks...
Martin, Burnia Capture and Prisoner of War Experience
After his B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] was shot down over Occupied France, Burnia...

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