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Roxandich, George Prisoner of War Experience
George H. Roxandich [Annotator's Note: wounded and captured by Germans while serving with Company B, 415th Infantry...
Clift, Gilbert Prisoner of War in Germany
After becoming a POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war], Gilbert Clift was taken back to the German positions where he...
Gerhard, Winnecken Prisoner of War in the United States
Winnecken Gerhard was captured by the Americans. He still had a rifle grenade in his pocket after being searched. He...
Mills, George Prisoner of War Life to War's End
George F. Mills [Annotator's Note: captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter...
König, Karl Prisoner to America
Karl Friedrich "Charley” König [Annotator's Note: or Koenig] said to himself the Americans had no manners or did not...
Inscoe, Linwood S. Prisoner to War's End
On 19 March 1945, Linwood S. Inscoe was on a mission [Annotator's Note: with 22nd Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group...
Penwell, Richard Raid on Los Baños
Richard F. Penwell departed California and arrived in Dobodura, New Guinea but soon departed for Leyte [Annotator's...
Gatewood, Otis Reflections
His most memorable experience of the war was when Otis Gatewood was shot and captured. There was a time when he wasn't...
Schilperoort, Clarence Reflections
Clarence Schilperoot feels World War 2 should continue to be studied. Many of his memories are personal. They are the...
Baham, Marietta Reflections
[Annotator's Note: Marietta Baham gives the interviewer pages of information.] Marietta Baham was sad for most of the...
Brooks, Leonard Rounded Up by the Japanese
Leonard Brooks and his family continued to have bible studies and prayer meetings every day while waiting to find out...
Holt, Thomas Scotland, North Africa, and Capture
Thomas Michael Holt's Ranger training was arduous [Annotator's Note: the 1st Ranger Battalion]. Darby [Annotator's Note...
Noack, John Segment 11
John Noack got the emergency radio set up. Noack had a little difficulty getting everything set up. Noack got seasick...
Jefferson, Alexander Segment 3
Alexander Jefferson’s plane name was “Bubble Blue Subsoil” [Annotator’s Note: Jefferson became quiet and was lost in...
Johnson, Oscar Segment 3
Fw190s [Annotator's Note: German Focke Wulf 190 interceptor aircraft] attacked the group the day Oscar Johnson was shot...
Dennis, David Segment 4
David Dennis went with his unit to New York where they got on the Queen Mary. Teddy Roosevelt was the commander of the...
Johnson, Oscar Segment 4
Oscar Johnson was taken to Frankfurt after being held in Bonn for a short time. All he gave the enemy was his name,...
LaPorta, Edward Segment 5
When Edward LaPorta was in training all of the guys in the outfit were very good friends. After going through their...
LaPorta, Edward Segment 7
At Kasserine Pass Edward LaPorta was set up at about the middle of the pass. They were on an outpost and there was a...
LaPorta, Edward Segment 8
Edward LaPorta was not able to locate other members of the 1st Armored Division. He was captured by Rommel’s [...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 8
Leonard Spivey was told that the war was over for him and that he would not be fighting again. Spivey gave them name,...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 9
Leonard Spivey lived in a combine, which was a group of six prisoners in one living space. They were allowed to stay...
Rans, Robert Shot Down and Captured
[Annotator's Note: No mention is made here of the mission being described, however, from later interviews and the...
Fili, William Shot Down and Captured
The target that day [Annotator's Note: 24 April 1944, the day William Fili was shot down] was Ploesti [Annotator's Note...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Shot down and severely wounded
Olen Grant was living in a hotel in Austin, Texas when he got a call from Jim Armstrong. It was the first time Grant...
Vaadi, Eugene Shot Down over China
Eugene Vaadi went to the Philippines as part of the 581st Air Resupply and Communications Squadron, 13th Air Force,...
Richard, Martin Shot Down Over France
On Martin Richard's last mission, the British were pinned down on the beachhead around Caen [Annotator's Note: Caen,...
Sacks, John Shot Down Over Ludwigshafen
On 13 September 1944 John Sacks flew a mission to bomb an I.G. Farben refinery manufacturing synthetic fuel. The plant...
Lefever, Paul Shot Down Over the Mosel River
Deep penetration raids were the most dangerous, according to Paul Lefever, and he was shot down during an attack on a...
Golemi, Frank Shot Up Over Bastogne
Frank Golemi was flying supplies into Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the...
Bussel, Norman Solitary Confinement
Norman Bussel had to bail out of his B-17 over Berlin, Germany on 29 April 1944. He was captured and interrogated by a...
Gaterman, Walter Stalag IV-B
Walter Gaterman arrived at Stalag IV-B near Mühlberg, Germany. He had been interrogated three or four times beforehand...
Heller, Robert Stalag Luft III
Being as friendly possible, Robert Heller and his crew surrendered. As far as he knew, only one of the crew had died,...
Flynn, David Sunda Strait, Sinking and Survival
The USS Houston (CA-30)'s last battle, David Flynn said, was the Battle of Sunda Straits. [Annotator's Note: The Battle...
Skardon, Ben Surrender of Bataan
When the Tuol Pocket was closed, Ben Skardon's company [Annotator's Note: Company A, 1st Battalion, 92nd Infantry...
Skaggs, Jack Surrender of Wake Island
Jack Skaggs and his fellow Marines on Wake Island felt that they would be killed after capture. A World War 1 veteran...

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