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Disanza, William Segment 13
William Disanza's business lasted over 30 years. The war did not change Disanza drastically. He was in the Civilian...
Childers, Lloyd Segment 13
Childers was then assigned to Ft. Rucker, Alabama. Childers though that Ft. Rucker would be good duty but it wasn't. He...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 16
Freddie Ohr realized the weather was bad. The ground crew said no one could fly. Ohr stayed a couple of nights in Paris...
Myers, Leroy Segment 18
Because of the war, those that survived were probably better off. They could get a job if they were willing to work.It...
Loevsky, Louis Segment 2
Loevsky's motivation for joining the service was that he felt that the treatment of the Jews in Europe, and by Hitler...
Zawada, Robert Segment 2
Robert Zawada was 16 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He graduated from high school in 1942. He did not think...
Brissie, Lou Segment 2
Lou Brissie's father really wanted him to finish college. Mr. Mack [Annotator's Note: Cornelius McGillicuddy, Sr., or...
Ohr, Freddie Segment 2
Freddie Ohr and his family moved to a place where they could not find any meat. They had a bunch of cats and his mother...
McNeil, Esther Segment 2
McNeil reported to Fort Belvoir [Annotator's Note: Fort Belvoir, Virginia] but that was too close to Washington D.C....
Compton, Lynn "Buck" Segment 2
Lynn Compoton had just played football against USC when Pearl Harbor was bombed. Compton woke up to hearing people talk...
Earnest, Albert J. Segment 2
Earnest then had to make a decision, he was already a 2nd lieutenant in the Army but he was not sure if he wanted to be...
Kuroki, Ben Segment 2
Ben Kuroki’s B-24 outfit was called to North Africa to help out with the British forces who were going against Rommel....
Ettlinger, Harry Segment 2
The Nazis were on their march throughout Europe but his family kept their trip [Annotator’s Note: their immigration to...
Baker, Dan Segment 3
Dan Baker was later assigned to the Vienna area command under General Mark Clark, where there was a four power command...
Weinart, John Segment 3
John Weinart crossed the Rhine River and headed into southern Germany. They would frequently ride on tanks. Weinart...
Leisey, Alvin Segment 3
Leisey was sent to Pearl Harbor [Annotator’s Note: Hawaii] for surgery. They operated on his hand and back. It was a...
Stegmeier, James L. Segment 3
Stegmeier enlisted because everybody was doing it. There was a draft going on and if you didn't enlist you would be...
Ettlinger, Harry Segment 3
Ettlinger ended up going to high school for 4 years and when he graduated, he and every other fellow male student...
Pisanos, Steve Segment 4
Steve Pisanos flew the Spitfire, the P-51 Mustang, and the P-47. To him the Spitfire was the best for defending a city...
Weinart, John Segment 4
John Weinart notes that the Virgin Mary prayer card experience is in the book that he wrote. The Bronze Star that...
Wagner, Helen Segment 5
The Wagners served for about three and a half years. They got out of the service in 1946 and put the war behind them....
Malarkey, Donald Segment 5
On the 3rd of January 1945 the 101st [Annotator's note: 101st Airborne Division] attacked through the Bois Jacques...
Connick Sr., Harry Segment 5
Connick recalls having great respect for the Marines they picked up at Iwo Jima. He watched them fight, seeing the...
Benario, Janice "Janice Martin" Segment 5
Janice Benario did not think about her job too much while she was doing it. Every once in a while they got excited when...
Tenney, Lester Segment 5
Tenney did not believe the photo he saw of the Japanese soldier in Hollywood star and started laughing at it. The...
Perrett, Marvin Segment 5
They hung around in the area [Annotator's Note: the crew of the USS Bayfield, near Okinawa] for about twelve days...
Johnson, Oscar Segment 5
Oscar Johnson was in Moosburg until General Patton came in and rescued them. It was quite a day. They could see shells...
Gardner, Clinton Segment 6
Clinton Gardner witnessed the liberation of Buchenwald and noted there were close to 55,000 to 56,000 deaths in the...
Inouye, Daniel Segment 6
Inouye respects the United States because they were able to say after the war that it was wrong that Japanese-Americans...
Stinson, Handy Segment 6
Most of the time, they got along with the Filipinos. Stinson notes that any foreigner who comes in and occupies another...
Benario, Janice "Janice Martin" Segment 6
Janice Benario met her future husband at a Latin seminar at Johns Hopkins. Benario’s husband took a position at Emory...
Jackson, Donald Segment 6
They had a point system [Annotator's Note: in regards to how soon 1 was discharged] depending on various factors like...
Schmedemann, Keith Segment 6
Schmedemann's career was in his hands. He wanted to go to the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth,...
Leisey, Alvin Segment 6
Leisey's father was a railroad worker and his mother was a garment worker. They survived the Great Depression by...
Kuroki, Ben Segment 6
[Annotators Note: The beginning of this segment is the beginning of the interview, at 00:50:04:000 the interview picks...
Phoutrides, Ari Segment 7
In Seattle the ship was opened to the pubic to try to convince them to keep working hard. Ari Phoutrides believes that...

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