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DeMott, Joseph Surviving the Ordeal
According to Joseph DeMott, Americans were not beaten as badly as the other prisoners. Personally, he used "his brains...
Griffith, Ralph Taken Prisoner and Shipped to China
When they heard news of the surrender, Ralph Griffith and his fellow soldiers destroyed their rifles and proceeded to...
Hanley, Fiske Taken Prisoner by the Kenpeitai
First, Fiske Hanley said, he prayed [Annotator's Note: after bailing out of his battle damaged Boeing B-29...
Baum, Irving Taken to Stalag Luft III
Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] left the camp [Annotator's Note: after being interrogated at Dulag...
Jaccarino, Richard Taking Hill 178 on Okinawa
With the 184th Regiment [Annotator's Note: 184th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division] on the line at Hill 178,...
Greenup, Rena Talking About Her Holocaust Experiences
When Rena Greenup was high school age, she attended Anatolia College, a girl's high school in Salonika, and did well....
Keller, Luba Telling Her Stories
Luba Keller was motivated to tell the stories of her time in the concentration camps because her synagogue suggested...
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...
Zoltz, Hana Ten Years in Palestine
Hana Zoltz witnessed the continuing prejudice against the Jews when she returned to Poland after the war. She and other...
Mather, James Texas Boy to V-5 Program
James Mather was born in February 1923 in Caddo, Texas. His father was in the oil business by maintaining the oil wells...
Schaller, Henry Thanking the Tuskegee Airmen
Henry Schaller got discharged. He flew home in a new plane that nothing worked in. He flew from Italy to Africa and...
Francis, Norman Thanks To His Wife
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Dr. Norman Francis how he feels about receiving the American Spirit Awards'...
Shima, Terry The 442nd Regimental Combat Team
The performance of the 100th Infantry Battalion [Annotator's Note: an all Japanese-American unit from Hawaii] helped in...
Hajiro, Barney The 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Italy
Barney Hajiro fought in Northern Italy. Hajiro was the messenger for Company M [Annotator's Note: Company M, 3rd...
Amram, Fred The Amram Name
Fred Amram talks about his family members' names starting with the letter M. In 1801, Napoleon [Annotator’s Note:...
Zygmuntowicz, Itka The Angel of Death
Itka Zygmuntowicz learned to appreciate life in Auschwitz because she could lose her life at any second. Even among the...
de Marcken, Christian The Arrival of the Allies
Towards the end of the war, Christian de Marcken recalled, the German air base nine miles from his home was bombed. The...
O'Hara, Richard The Atomic Bomb on Tinian
Richard O'Hara was on Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands] when the bomb [Annotator's Note:...
Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" The Beginning of the War
Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine and the people in Manila [Annotator's Note: Manila, Luzon, Philippines] were very...
Amram, Fred The Bris Ceremony
Fred Amram was born in September 1933 in a Christian hospital. Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf Hitler]...
Kaufman, Luna The Camp Commandant and Survivors
Luna Kaufman came in contact with the concentration camp commandant. She had an embarrassing experience. She was...
Libby, Dolores The Consolidated PBY
Dolores McInnis Libby [Annotator's Note:a riveter for Consolidated Aircraft Corporation] worked on the PBY [Annotator's...
Bussel, Norman The Crew
Norman Bussel went to Florida to be assigned to a B-17 [Annotator’s Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress] crew. The pilot...
Haines, Joseph The Dead on Okinawa
Joseph Haines was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Japan] from 9 May to December [Annotator's Note: 1945]. Truman [...
Popham, Donald The Effects of Pearl Harbor on the Boeing Plant
On Sunday, 7 December 1941, Donald Popham was in a movie theater when the demand flashed on the screen for all military...
Kelley, Archie The First Nuclear Reactors
Nuclear reactors were very crude things [Annotator's Note: when Archie Kelley started studying nuclear physics at the...
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...
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...
Angst, Lawrence The Hitler Youth and Encountering Various Camps
Lawrence Angst said that the Hitler Youth [Annotator's Note: youth organization of the Nazi Party] were radical and a...
Sherman, Joyce The Holocaust
Joyce Sherman was not aware of the Holocaust, but she knew about what was going on. She was in high school when she...
Nussenbaum, Seymour The Holocaust and War's End
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Seymour Nussenbaum heard about the Holocaust [...
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...
Weinreich, Frieda The Lodz Ghetto
A couple of months after Lodz [Annotator's Note: Lodz, Ploand] was taken, all the Jews were put in the Lodz Ghetto....
Bouton, Helen The March to Bergen-Belsen
[Annotator's Note: Helene Bouton was forced to walk to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Bergen, Germany, from...
Sakato, George The Medal of Honor
During the actions that led to George Sakato receiving the Medal of Honor, he wondered what he was doing here and why...

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