\"Experience with death"

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Burk, Jeannine A New American Family
Jeannine Burk always felt part of a group of people who had experienced much worse than she. They were all the new...
Johnson, John Amphibious Assault on Wake Island
John S. Johnson and the Marines on Wake Island continued to be bombed daily by the Japanese after the enemy ships had...
McCaslin, Lorraine "Lorraine Taix" Backstory of a Radioman
Lorainne (nee Taix) McCaslin was born [Annotator's Note: in New Orleans, Louisiana] to French immigrant parents who...
Friedenberg, Bernard Becoming a Medic
Bernard Friedenberg had his basic training at Fort Hancock. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, he was working with his...
Olson, David Becoming an Officer
David Olson attended field artillery school at Fort Sill right after his graduation from college [Annotator’s Note: in...
Poole, John Combat in France
John Poole found out after the fact that Marseilles, France, where he landed, was a communist hotbed. The dock workers...
Malta, Samuel Combat in the Philippines
Samuel Malta and his company [Annotator's Note: Anti-Tank Company, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division] in...
Weissberger, Ela Daily Life in Terezinstadt
Ela Weissberger said a regular day in Terezin was under the leadership of a Berlin Zionist known to the Weissberger...
Dawson, Zhanna Escaping the Death March
Zhanna Dawson was taken on a death march by the Germans and Ukrainian police [Annotator's Note: starting in December...
Feldman, Henry Fighting in the Normandy Hedgerows
Henry Feldman reached France during the hedgerow fighting [Annotator's Note: he landed in Normandy on 4 July 1944]. His...
Judd, Robert Guam and Leyte Gulf
Assigned to support the assault on Guam, Robert Judd's team [Annotator's Note: Undwerwater Demolition Team 4 (UDT-4)]...
Fisch, Robert Indifferent People
Robert Fisch witnessed in the camps an older man talking to the younger people. He personally did not "give a damn"...
Bass, Stewart Kamikazes and Zeros
Stewart Bass was aboard USS Yorktown (CV-10) when the Japanese kamikazes continuously attacked over the course of 51...
Gwin, Norris Reflections
Norris Gwin's most memorable experience during the war was when he substituted for a sick man on guard duty. Snipers...
Peters, Madeleine Reflections
Madeleine Peters discovered going to the store without having to stand in lines was one of the first noticeable changes...
Murphy, Dawn "Dawn Higgins" Reflections
Dawn Higgins Murphy feels that her father [Annotator's Note: Murphy was the daughter of Andrew Jackson Higgins, the...
Kibort, Reva Reflections
Reva Kibort is very angry about the losses she experienced during the Holocaust. She lost her father and mother among...
Grapes, Opal Service in England
Opal Grapes arrived in Scotland after about a five day voyage from the United States. She then traveled by train toward...
Dyson, Freeman War Comes to Britain and John Maynard Keynes
Freeman Dyson was a British citizen when Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf Hitler] overran the Low...