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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]...
Goldstein, Rosette Telling the Story of Survival
Rosette Goldstein decided to begin speaking in public of her experiences during the Holocaust as a result of her trip...
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...
Bice, Austeen Texas Farm Boy to Combat Soldier
Austeen Bice was born in August 1923 in New Boston, Texas with five brothers and one sister. His father was a farmer...
Hamilton, George The Aleutians
After his Navy training, George Hamilton was assigned to the USS King (DD-242) and spent 16 months aboard her in the...
Ballew, Thomas The American Flag and Education
To Thomas Ballew, the American flag means a great deal. Hearing the Star Spangled banner being sung still gives Ballew...
Brown, Louis The B-29 Superfortress and Reflections
Louis J. Brown, Jr. reflects on the B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber]. He first laid...
Carroll, Wesley The Beginning and the End of Service
The interviewer asks Wesley Carroll to discuss his recollections of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7...
Inoshita, Masaji The beginning of Japanese-American internment
Masaji Inoshita was born in central California. At an early age he moved down to the Santa Barbara area. His father had...
Ream, John The Black Panther Party
John Ream’s wife traveled from place to place her whole life. He could pick between the police or the military for a...
Staymates, Arthur The Bulge then Germany and POWs
Arthur Staymates fought in the Battle of the Bulge. The Americans were constantly advancing through and fighting over...
Kelley, Archie The Coming War
Archie Kelley had done very well in high school and had no academic problems at all [Annotator's Note: while attending...
Thomas, Wilbur "Will" The Depression and Attending College
Wilbur Thomas was born in March 1923 and grew up in Swissvale, Pennsylvania with two older brothers. During the Great...
Mesken, Lorraine The Difference a Day Made: 7 December 1941
Lorraine Mesken remembers the Sunday that Pearl Harbor was attacked [Annotator's Note: Sunday, 7 December 1941] started...
Abbenhaus, Gerald The End of the War and Occupation Duty
Gerald Abbenhaus says that the temperature and the mud were hard to fight as the Germans. In January 1945 they drove...
Parra, Pedro The End of the War and Postwar Service
Pedro Parra was getting ready to get to go to Japan when the bomb [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...
Kelley, Archie The First Nuclear Reactors
Nuclear reactors were very crude things [Annotator's Note: when Archie Kelley started studying nuclear physics at the...
Blackwell, Astley The Future Depends on the Past
Astley Blackwell feels that it is very important for students to learn about World War 2. There is a museum at the base...
Burrus, William The G.I. Bill
William Burrus used the G.I. Bill to attend the University of Alabama [Annotator's Note: in Tuscaloosa, Alabama]. The G...
Murphy, Thomas The G.I. Bill and Educating America
Basic training was intense for Thomas Murphy. He was impressed by the fact that there were illiterate people in the...
Taylor, Claude The G.I. Bill and Service During the Korean War
Claude Taylor returned from China and disembarked in San Francisco. He returned to Louisiana where he was discharged...
Bridgforth, Carolyn The G.I. Wives Club
Carolyn Bridgforth was going to be a dietician. There were very few jobs available to women. She did not finish her...
Norberg, Willard "Bill" The Great Depression
In 1929, Bill Norberg's father lost his job due to the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great Depression was a...
Campbell, John The Great Depression and the Merchant Marine Act of 1936
John Campbell was born Clinton Township, Ohio in 1926. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks about life during the...
Evans, James The Great Depression to Army Training
James O. Evans was born in 1925 in Rustin, Louisiana. His father owned a cotton farm and from an early age Evans worked...
Duff, Clarence The Great Depression to the Invasion of Saipan
Clarence Robert Duff was born in 1923 in the farm country of North Dakota. He was one of nine children. His family was...
Goldstein, Rosette The Hideaway and Her Father
Rosette Goldstein met her father at a farm after fleeing Paris. They adored each other. She was not afraid because he...
Lee, James The Korean War
James Lee could not fight in World War 2, but when the Korean War [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 25 June 1950 to 27...
Cox, Neil "Jack" The Korean War
Neil Cox remembers the Germans would take hostages from the school his wife went to. They would take all the Jewish...
Stewart, William The Korean War
William Stewart was sent to Washington state to work on the radar in flying box cars. He made corporal as an auto...
Burkle, Henry The Korean War
Henry Burkle was in charge of periodic maintenance [Annotator’s Note: referring to his service during the Korean War,...
Winter, William The Last Good War
William Winter recognized during his OCS [Annotator's Note: officer candidate school] class how important education was...
Kinney, Gabriel The Last Year of the War
On 10 November [Annotator's Note: 10 November 1944], Gabriel Kinney was sent back to the airport [Annotator's Note: at...
Epstein, Ben The Moral of the Story
Ben Epstein reiterated that his mother's influence, and her mantra "Don't ever give up," saved his life the night the...
Carver, Jack The Movie "Fury" and Postwar
Jack Carver remembers shrapnel landing on his neck as being his most memorable experience of World War 2. [Annotator's...

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