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Hajiro, Barney Pearl Harbor and Becoming a Soldier
Barney Hajiro entered the Army and was immediately required to do manual labor around the Hawaiian Islands in...
Yatsu, Lawrence Pearl Harbor and Internment
Lawrence Yatsu was in the eleventh grade when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. It was one of the worst incidents in...
Jackson, Earnest Pearl Harbor and Montford Point
Ernest Jackson was sitting in a movie theater watching a musical when the movie was stopped and it was announced that...
Moore, Calvin Peleliu Stories
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Calvin Moore which Pacific islands stand out to him the most.] Okinawa [...
Danegger, Alfred Photographing Koblenz
Immediately after the war, Alfred "Al" Danegger started taking college students to Europe on bicycle trips. On one of...
Piazzo, Lincoln Photographing the Atomic Bomb Sites
According to Lincoln Piazzo, the J model of the B-25 [Annotator's Note: North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber]...
Rose, Olaf "Olly" Picking Up a PT Boat
After he landed in Noumea, New Caledonia, Olaf Rose, his brother, and some other guys who had traveled together on the...
Finder, Rena Plaszow Concentration Camp and Working for Oskar Schindler
Soon after her father was taken away, Rena Finder and her mother were told they had to go to the Plaszow concentration...
Cole, Edgar Platoon Honor Man
[Annotator's Note: Edgar Cole had been drafted into the US Marine Corps and was on his way to Camp Lejeune, North...
Glass, Murray Polish Heritage
Murray Glass went to Poland in 1933 with his family. They visited relatives there. The summer was spent in Ostrołe̜ka,...
Langsam, Dora Polish Persecution
Dora Langsam was born near Lodz, Poland [Annotator's Note: Łódź, Poland] in January 1925. Her childhood was beautiful...
Fisch, Robert Political and Personnal Dichotomies
Robert Fisch recollects that the American Secretary of War during the Vietnam War was a war criminal. If America had...
Ikari, Norman Post War Assignments
Norman Ikari’s days at Camp Ritchie were numbered. Ikari was sent to Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He thought that was...
Summers, Calvin Post War Life
Before Calvin Summers was discharged, he told his family he was on his way home. While he was still in Maryland, he...
Szafran, Daniel Posttraumatic Stress
Daniel Szafran survived Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: Auschwitz II-Birkenau in Brzesinka, Poland] and then was involved...
Hajiro, Barney Postwar
Barney Hajiro spent time in Nice, France and then in Michigan in hospitals recovering from his combat wounds. While in...
Lewis, Burton Postwar
Burton Lewis had no experience with the integration of the armed forces following World War 2. When the Air Force...
Zolkower, Maurice "Murray" Postwar
Maurice Zolkower had promised to marry his girlfriend, so he finalized the nuptials in six weeks [Annotator’s Note:...
Becker, Irving Postwar
Irving Becker worked about 20 years for the Postal Service [Annotator's Note: the United States Postal Service]. He had...
LaNier, Joseph Postwar
Joseph LaNier did not know what he would do after the service. He was reserve and not regular Army. Consequently, his...
Espree, Elmo Postwar
At the end of the war, Elmo Espree was transported through the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean...
Celaya, Adolfo Postwar
Adolfo V. Celaya returned to the United States and joined his father in a one-bedroom apartment in Tucson [Annotator’s...
Friedenberg, Bernard Postwar
Bernard Friedenberg passed through Camp Lucky Strike on his way home after the war. He remembers passing the Statue of...
Bianconi, Anthony Postwar
Anthony Bianconi [Annotator's Note: a musician and ammunition loader on the cruiser USS Philadelphia (CL-41)] was...
Varone, Francis "Dick" Postwar
Francis John "Dick" Varone wanted to stay in the Marine Corps while he was overseas [Annotator's Note: with the 5th...
Schraub, Jesse Postwar
Jesse Schraub remained in the Army until January 1946 when he was discharged at Camp Atterbury, Indiana with the rank...
Wolnerman, David Postwar
After liberation from Dachau [Annotator's Note: Dachau concentration camp complex near Dachau, Germany], David...
Field, Edward Postwar
After the war, Edward Field was given the task of flying ground troops home via France and North Africa. He was later...
Meisel, Judith Postwar
Judith Meisel was helped in Denmark after the country's Jews returned home. Only 42 people died in Theresienstadt [...
Altman, Daniel Postwar
Daniel Altman returned to the United States and lived in Newark, New Jersey with his wife and in- laws. He was greeted...
Shima, Terry Postwar Accomplishments of Japanese-Americans
When the war started, there was mass hysteria against anything Japanese. Terry Shima and others were treated like...
Kleiner, Leona Postwar and Family
There were three of them [Annotator's Note: Leona Kleiner is talking about herself and her two sisters attempting to...
Aigner, Leslie Postwar and Immigrating to the United States
Leslie Aigner finished his apprenticeship and began working as a machinist after the war. He lived under a communist...
Geldner, Mala Postwar and Reflections
Mala [Annotator's Note: née Gerstner] Geldner reached the United States by airplane [Annotator's Note: in 1952]. There...
Goldstein, Sam Postwar and Reflections
[Annotator's Note: Thunder can be heard in the background throughout this clip.] Sam Goldstein had trouble readjusting...
Croft, Katherine Postwar and Reflections
Katherine Croft remembers very little of the end of the war. Her family and friends did not talk about the subject very...

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