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Baum, Irving Interrogation
Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: and US Army Air Forces Second Lieutenant Edward T. Badder were captured after their...
Kirk, James Interrogation to Liberation
James Read Kirk had to give his serial number and rank to the men interrogating him [Annotator's Note: after his plane...
Brooks, Morton Into Battle and Captured
At the time of his overseas deployment, Morton Brooks had little knowledge about the German treatment of Jews, except...
Halloran, Walter Into Germany and Horrors
Walter Halloran fought in the Battle of the Bulge after making his way across France and participating in many small...
Higgins, Gordon Into the Fray
Gordon Higgins traveled by train to Camp Shanks, New York, where troops were collecting before shipping out. He was...
Porteau, Leo Intramural Sports Star
Leo Porteau's squad [Annotator's Note: Porteau was a squad leader in Company B, 1st Battalion, 185th Infantry Regiment...
Yatsu, Lawrence Introduction and Early Life
Lawrence Yatsu served as a replacement with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Company C, 100th Infantry Battalion. He...
Baranek, Martin Introduction to Auschwitz
The Jewish prisoners traveled for three days in a boxcar, and when Martin Baranek arrived at Auschwitz, he faced killer...
White, Alexander Introduction to Mass Murder
Alexander White remembers that when the German army entered Dynow, the soldiers who encamped there were very impressive...
Schafer, Leon Invading Southern France
[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer was assigned to the Tank Landing Ship, USS LST-502 for the invasion of Europe.] Because...
Winestone, Ted Invasion of Poland
Ted Winestone was born in September 1929 in Baranowicze, Poland [Annotator's Note: now Baranovichi, Belarus]. His...
Poliseno, Dominick Invasion of Sicily
Dominick Frank Poliseno says that although the newer Rangers were trained by, and got along well enough with the older...
Alexander, Joseph Invited to Germany and Closing Thoughts
In 2015, Joseph Alexander was invited by the German government to help celebrate the 70th anniversary of the liberation...
Dawson, Ruffin Island Hopping
Ruffin Walker Dawson [Annotator's Note: with the 51st Defense Battalion] found out he was going overseas in February...
Samet, Judah Israel, Life Lessons and Reparations
Judah Samet had a difficult time connecting with Israel as an Orthodox Jew. He was eight years old at the time he...
Samet, Judah Israeli Defense Force
Judah Samet was a willing fighter in the Israeli Defense Force. Jews have been warriors since the time of Abraham. The...
Cole, Edward Italy
Edward C. Cole and his unit [Annotator's Note: 370th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division] never stayed in the...
Hayashi, Shizuya Italy and Returning Home
The terrain in Italy was mountainous. Shiyuza Hayashi wonders how people live in the mountains. It must be a tough life...
Moshovitis, James Iwo Jima and Okinawa
James Moshovitis' ship [Annotator's Note: USS Cecil (APA-96)] arrived off the shores of Iwo Jima when the Allies were...
Jones, James Jackie Robinson and Racism
The racism James B. Jones experienced was bad. He thought it was worse for northerners who went to the south. In 1935...
Rinas, Bruno Japan and War's End
When he arrived in Japan, Bruno S. Rinas was loaded onto a train. He was given some food and Rinas enjoyed it. Rinas...
Inoshita, Masaji Japanese Feelings About Serving in the US Army
Masaji Inoshita had very little contact with his parents over the course of the war. He would ask the Japanese...
Alexander, Samson Japanese Internment and Creole Relatives
Samson Alexander says the Japanese people [Annotator's Note: Japanese-Americans] were the backbone of Americanism...
Iguchi, Takeo Japanese Military Society
Takea Iguchi thought Japan had a superior identity. Iguchi was in middle school when Tokyo [Annotator’s Note: Tokyo,...
Iguchi, Takeo Japanese Society
Takea Iguchi and his family boarded a Japanese ship, and the Americans boarded a Swedish ship. Iguchi had a new bicycle...
Shima, Terry Japanese-American Internment
Terry Shima's family was not interned during the war. There was not a mass internment in Hawaii. When President...
Bannai, Paul Japanese-American Internment
When the war started, Paul Takeo Bannai registered for the draft, hoping to fight for his country. He was not called up...
Tweedt, Vernon T. Japanese-American Soldiers
Vernon Tweedt does not recall where he was when a trainload of people came through the town. They were packed like...
Marcus, Bernard Jewish Exodus from Germany
Bernard Marcus was instructed to report to the commanding general of the counterintelligence Corps in Frankfurt. The...
Koenigsberg, John Jewish People Identified in the Netherlands
John Koenigsberg was born in Amsterdam, Holland [Annotator’s Note: the Netherlands] in August 1937. The war started in...
Mermelstein, Seymour "Cy" Jews and Nazis
Seymour Mermelstein had no idea of how the Jews were being treated by the Nazis. He did know through relatives of his...
LaNier, Joseph Jim Crow Atrocities
Joseph LaNier was 15 years old and working in a nightclub when an incident happened in Columbus [Annotator’s Note:...
Massengale, Louis Job Description for a Steward's Mate
An average day aboard ship [Annotator's Note: USS New Jersey (BB-62)] for Louis Massengale started early in the morning...
Lochra, Albert Joining a Crew
Albert Pultz Lochra, Jr. grew up in a community where he heard a lot of different languages. His father was a native of...
Hairston, Joseph Joining a Segregated Army
Joseph Hairston was born in May 1922 in a log cabin just outside of Martinsville, Virginia. He stayed in Virginia for...

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