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Nummer, Richard War's Brutality
Richard Nummer experienced the brutality of war on Iwo Jima. He and his buddies witnessed Japanese soldiers lying with...
Kean, Robert War's End
Robert Kean talks about a letter he wrote home. After the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German...
Hall, Meda War's End
[Annotator's Note: Meda Royce Hall is difficult to understand throughout this segment.] Hall and his squadron [...
Becker, Irving War's End
Irving Becker had left Anzio [Annotator's Note: Anzio, Italy] and was headed for Rome [Annotator's Note: Rome, Italy]...
Kidder, Remi War's End
Remi Kidder got the bed he always hoped he would have. [Annotator's Note: Kidder joined the Navy and served aboard the...
Miralles, Richard War's End
Richard Miralles left the squadron and went aboard the ship [Annotator’s Note: USS Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75)] as a radioman...
Kagan, Joseph War's End
Joseph Kagan was an infantry soldier. He won the Silver Star [Annotator's Note: the Silver Star Medal is the third-...
Donovan, Robert War's End
Robert L. Donovan remembers that the Filipinos would take the leftovers from the soldiers after they would liberate an...
Chamblin, Loyd War's End
Lloyd Augustus Chamblin, Jr. knew most of the men in his squadron [Annotator's Note: Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 133...
Fristoe, Claud War's End
Claud Neal Fristoe, Jr. left New Guinea and was assigned to Leyte Gulf in the Philippines [Annotator's Note: Fristoe...
Fitzpatrick, Thomas War's End
Dr. Thomas Fitzpatrick was assigned as the radio navigator in the 96th Bombardment Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Group,...
Kough, Edward War's End
[Annotator's Note: Ed Kough refers to a paper for dates and holds it up in front of his face throughout the segment.]...
Townsend, Joseph War's End
Joseph Townsend started to lose his teeth in 1955. The dentist told him that all his teeth were cracked at the ridge....
Cohen, Benjamin War's End
Benjamin Wolf Cohen and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company A, 320th Engineer Combat Battalion, 95th Infantry Division...
Drake, Joseph War's End
Joseph J. Drake fought all the way through to Pilsen, Czechoslovakia [Annotator's Note: Plzeň (Pilsen), Czech Republic...
Kafka, T. War's End
T. Toby Kafka does not remember interacting with African Americans [Annotator's Note: while enlisted in the Women's...
Tanner, Theodore War's End
Theodore Robert Tanner was in the Philippines when the nuclear bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...
Boehm, Robert War's End
Robert Kenneth “Bob” Boehm [Annotator’s Note: a navigational equipment technician assigned to the 415th AACS (Army...
Dendrinelis, Socrates War's End
Socrates Dendrinelis was in Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: Okinawa, Japan] for some time. He came back to San Francisco [...
Cruise, Leslie War's End
[Annotator's Note: Leslie Cruise continually refers to a book that he has off camera.] During the Battle of the Bulge [...
Woolf, Basil War's End
Basil Woolf looked about after the action at Walcheren Island and, to his dismay, only his ship [Annotator's Note: LCH-...
Riga, Jerome "Jerry" War's End
Jerome "Jerry" Riga completed over 40 missions [Annotator's Note: as a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot] in...
Cox, Neil "Jack" War's End
Neil Cox made it through the Siegfried Line [Annotator's Note: a series of defensive fortifications roughly paralleling...
Levitt, Sydney War's End
Sydney Levit remembered when the war in Europe was finally over. He heard that he was going to be sent home for 30 days...
Kays, George War's End
It took George Kays’ unit [Annotator’s Note: 136th Field Artillery Regiment, 37th Infantry Division] 48 hours to set up...
Hihn, Stewart War's End
Stewart Hihn [Annotator's Note: with the 222nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division] was reminded why they were...
Day, Morris "Gene" War's End
Morris Eugene Day ended up in the Ruhr Pocket [Annotator's Note: a massive Allied encirclement of German forces in the...
Furrow, Robert War's End
Robert Gaylord Furrow remembers when he heard about the death of Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt...
Schmidt, Vernon War's End
[Annotator's Note: After capturing Mainz, Germany,] Vernon Schmidt and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company E, 358th...
Osterhoudt, Ralph War's End
Following the German surrender [Annotator’s Note: 8 May 1945], Ralph Osterhoudt Sr. served occupation duty as a message...
Groth, Walter War's End
Walter Groth was discharged in Texas. He turned in everything. The war was over. The war had ended when they got out....
Matsumoto, Roy War's End
Roy H. Matsumoto arrived in Kunming, China on Christmas Eve [Annotator's Note: 24 December 1944]. It was questionable...
Clark, Charles War's End
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hum throughout the interview.] Charles William "Tom" Clark rode tanks up the...
Schmittgens, Leo War's End
Around 21 June 1945, the 1st Marines [Annotator's Note: 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] were relieved by the...
Chatterton, Charles War's End
While in the Philippines, Charles Chatterton's vessel [Annotator's Note: LCI(L)-334, Landing Craft Infantry (Large)]...
Willis, Meade War's End
Meade Willis was at Dachau [Annotator's Note: serving with the 103rd Infantry Division which liberated Dachau...

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