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Lewter, Robert Life in Japan and Home
Robert Lewter would swap cigarettes for Japanese services. The Japanese used needles and sewed thread as straight as an...
Johnsen, Erik Life in New Orleans
Erik Johnsen, a Cadet in the US Merchant Marine says that New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 1920s was active with all...
Yudenfriend, Herbert Life in Occupied Manila
Herbert Yudenfriend took classes [Annotator's Note: from the United States Armed Forces Institute or USAFI]. The...
Lewis, Karen Life in Santo Tomas
In 1942, Karen K. Lewis and her parents were interred at Santo Tomas Internment Camp [Annotator’s Note: Santo Tomas...
Heming, Barbara Life in Schleswig-Holstein
Germany was changing for the better at that time. Barbara Heming's mother still had to work but was no longer working...
Bouton, Helen Life in Sweden and the United States
[Annotator's Note: After being liberated from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Helene Boulton was taken to Sweden...
Zoltz, Hana LIfe in the Ghetto
Hana Zoltz lived in the ghetto [Annotator's Note: the Lodz ghetto in Poland] as a young girl. She made few friends...
Cohen, Jack Life in the United States
Jack Cohen finished high school and his father wanted him to study cosmetic chemistry in order to take over the family...
Long, Catherine Life in the WAVES
Catherine Long lived in a barracks with four other WAVES [Annotator's Note: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency...
Bodis-Wollner, Ivan Life in Vienna
The Austrians registered Ivan Bodis-Wollner and others and put them in a dormitory. They were later moved into a posh...
Somogyi, Peter Life of Freedom
While a member of the Kibbutz [Annotator's Note: Kibbutz Matzuva in Israel], Peter Somogyi spent half a day working and...
Shoemaker, James Life on Homefront
James Shoemaker and his family moved to Norfolk, Virginia because his father became the commander of the Naval Station...
Hamilton, Richard Life on the Farm
Richard Henry Hamilton was born in September 1922 in Brattleboro, Vermont with three brothers and one sister. His...
Cook, Harold Life Overview
Harold C. Cook was born in Beaver, Pennsylvania. His father produced milk and ice cream on his dairy farm. Cook...
Nathanson, Eva Life Under Communist Rule
During the Soviet era, there was not much food, so they did not keep kosher diets. They had to go to the grocery store...
Lee, James Life Under Martial Law
James Lee says censorship was the worst thing about martial law [Annotator's Note: after the Japanese attack on Pearl...
Bolster, Elisabeth Life Under the Nazis
Elisabeth Bolster would visit with her father every weekend [Annotator's Note: her father was forced to remain in...
Davis, Edna Life with the WASPs
[Annotator's Note: Edna Davis had completed the Civilian Pilot Training Program and wanted to join the US Army Air...
Gillette, Thomas Living at Puget Sound Shipyard
At Puget Sound [Annotator's Note: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Puget Sound, near Bremerton, Washington], Thomas W....
Warne, Thomas Living at the Del Monte Plantation
Thomas E. Warne was born in August 1930 on the dining room table of his parents' home on the Del Monte Plantation in...
Kleindienst, Alfons "Al" Living in America versus Europe
Alfons Robert Kleindienst had an uncle who was a Boy Scout [Annotator's Note: Boy Scouts of America youth organization...
Lee, James Living in Chinatown
James Lee's parents said the attack [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941]...
Crosby, Thomas Living in Santo Tomas Internment Camp
On 7 January 1942, Thomas Crosby and his family were sent to Santo Tomas University, Metro Manila, Philippines, which...
Spangenberg, Nicole Living Through the Fall of France
Nicole Sabbag Spangenberg was born in Paris [Annotator's Note: Paris, France] on 18 January 1928. She remembers her...
Aalders, Johannes Living under German Occupation
Johannes Aalders [Annotator’s Note: a citizen of Apeldoorn, Netherlands during German occupation] recalled that some...
Greenup, Rena Living Under German Occupation in Greece
Among the few childhood memories Rena Greenup has of her life in Athens was food rationing. Supplies were meager and of...
Ballew, Thomas Looking Back
Thomas Ballew likes history, he likes people, and he likes to travel. In July 1945 Sergeant Smith, who was a member of...
Scholes, George Looking Back
George Scholes went back to the United States and led a group of sailors on a troop train back to Great Lakes for...
Alaniz, George Looking For Work
George Alaniz was in Texas when the war ended. He was married and his wife was pregnant. He was discharged before the...
Scully, William Losing both Parents
William Scully [Annotator’s Note: born in London, England in 1922; immigrated to the United States with his American...
Finder, Rena Losing Her Father
Rena Finder said it was a time when neighbor would turn on neighbor, and regrettably she sees the face of hate showing...
Rodrigue, Lowell Louisiana Boy to Navy Man
Lowell Rodrigue was born in June 1924 in Edgard, Louisiana, but was raised in St. Rose, Louisiana. His father worked...
David, James Louisiana Life to a Navy Life
James Warren David was born in Youngsville, Louisiana in January 1926. During the Great Depression, his father and...
Moret, Calvin Love of Flying
Calvin Moret became interested in flying when he was about eight years old. Before the war started, he found himself...
Jones, Johnnie Lumber Yard Worker to Southern University
Children only went to school for three months each year. After he finished school, Johnnie A. Jones, Senior's brother,...
Cohen, Jack Making a Better World
Jack Cohen had a speaking engagement at a school, and a child asked him what was the important thing that kept him...

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