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Laubner, William War's End
William Laubner was in Stalag Luft III [Annotator's Note: near Zagań, Germany (now Poland)] as a POW [Annotator's Note...
Weber, Norman War's End
Norman Weber has a significant and raw memory of how the war ended. The family had to flee their home. It was the end...
Frankel, Art War's End
[Annotator's Note: A dog can be heard whining in the background throughout this segment.] The Army Air Forces assigned...
Feldman, Henry War's End
Henry Feldman had no problems with his feet during the cold and harsh winter [Annotator's Note: winter of 1944 to 1945...
Yamamoto, Albert War's End and Aerial Bombardments
Albert Yamamoto [Annotator's Note: a Japanese American living in Japan during World War 2] was attending school in...
Bollich, James War's End and Going Home
James Bollich was going to work [Annotator's Note: Bollich was a prisoner of war in Mukden, Manchuria, China] when he...
O'Rorke, James War's End and Liberation
James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] became sick with diarrhea [Annotator's Note: loose, watery...
Longhoffer, Garland War's End and Occupation Duty
Garland Virgil Longhoffer was at a movie when he was told the Japanese surrendered. His area did not believe the news....
Schwartz, Bill War's End and Occupation Duty
Bill Schwartz's [Annotator's Note: assigned to the 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division] biggest nightmare...
Reed, Carlos War's End and Occupation Duty
Carlos Reed had to search all the houses and disarm all the civilians in Korea. He had to find the enemy from within....
Meyer, Henry War's End and Postwar Life
Henry T. Meyer took boxing lessons under Jack Dempsey [Annotator's Note: William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey; American...
Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" War's End and Postwar Life
Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine and the other internees at Santo Tomas [Annotator's Note: Santo Tomas Internment Camp,...
Sussman, Marvin War's End and Returning Home
Following VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945], Marvin Sussman was stationed in the town of...
Bass, Leon War's End and Segregation
The war ended and the president [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States] died...
Eshbach, Robert War's End in Europe
In March [Annotator's Note: March 1945], Robert Eshback was in the Ruhr Pocket; in April his battalion [Annotator's...
Brown, Charles War's End in Europe
Charles R. Brown [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters Company, 66th Armored Infantry Battalion, 12th Armored Division]...
Levy, Anne Warsaw Ghetto
Anne Levy and her sister were on a journey for two days before her sibling became ill and began running a fever. [...
Alexander, Joseph Warsaw Ghetto to Auschwitz
Joseph Alexander and his family lived with another family in the Warsaw Ghetto [Annotator's Note: in Warsaw, Poland]....
Frydman, Louis Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Louis Frydman felt the Warsaw ghetto uprising was just a matter of choosing how to die. [Annotator's Note: Frydman...
Wolf Guts, Clarence Wartime
Clarence Wolf Guts [Annotator's Note: a code-talker – a person employed by the military to use a little-known language...
Goldstein, Elias Wartime
Elliot Goldstein was born in March 1929 in New York City [Annotator’s Note: New York City, New York]. He grew up in...
Weber, Norman Wartime Impact on Weber's Father
Norman Weber recognized changes in his father when he returned on leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a...
Strait, Perry Wartime Sea Duty
Perry Strait saw he had signed up for the USMS [Annotator's Note: United States Maritime Service] but was assured if he...
Cyr, Zeno Wartime Service
Zeno St. Cyr was secretary for the CDD Board [Annotator's Note: the Certificate of Discharge for Disability Board at...
Camacho, Arturo War’s End and Home
When Japan surrendered, Camacho remembers, the emperor spoke on the radio. He recalls that his Japanese boss was called...
Jaccarino, Richard War’s End and Liberating South Korea
After Richard Jaccarino was released from the hospital, he was sent to a replacement depot on Saipan, and within a...
Patti, Frank War’s End and Occupation Duty in Germany
When the Russians arrived, Frank Patti said the Americans had no orders, and just watched. He and two other G.I.s went...
Vargas, Jay War’s End and Welcoming the Troops Home
Jay R. Vargas remember discussing with neighbors what was going in Europe and the Pacific. Everyone in his town found...
Lee, James Watching the Pearl Harbor Attack
James Lee was born in 1930 on Oahu [Annotator's Note: Oahu, Hawaii] in a little community called Kalauao. It is no...
Jackson, Earnest We Are Able
Ernest Jackson feels that his group [Annotator's Note: the African-American Marines at Montford Point Camp in...
Dahme, Maud We Are All the Same Inside
Maud Dahme stayed with Christian families and attended church with them during the war [Annotator's Note: she had gone...
Weber, Norman Weber's Reunion with His Father
Norman Weber’s father was drafted into the German Army in 1941. The family was with him in Poland during 1944. He was...
Keller, Luba Where Was God
Luba Keller was 11 years old when some Nazis abducted her in her hometown of Szydłowiec, Poland. They took her and two...
Medicine Crow, Joseph White Man Runs Him
Joseph Medicine Crow had an uncle known to the Crow people as White Buffalo Turns Around. He received a new name from...
Minehira, Helene Witness to Pearl Harbor Attack
Helene Minehira and her family were on their property [Annotator's Note: in Ewa Beach, Hawaii] on the morning of 7...
Johnson, Malcolm Woosung Prison Camp
Malcolm Johnson had been a civilian contractor on Wake Island when he was wounded and taken prisoner by the Japanese....

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