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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...
Kruszewski, Z. Anthony Warsaw Uprising Begins
Z. Anthony Kruszewski went to the west side of the bridge and joined the uprising [Annotator’s Note: The Warsaw...
Rendelman, Ed Wartime Experiences
Ed Rendelman found that just surviving the war was the best experience he had in the combat. Seeing those wounded...
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...
Gurr, Robert Wartime News
Among his other responsibilities, Robert Gurr managed several newspaper routes during World War 2. As a paperboy, he...
Underwood, Antoinette Wartime Nursing Experiences
Antoinette Underwood and the hospital staff [Annotator's Note: of the 129th General Hospital] knew an invasion was...
Schultz, Philip Wartime Photographs
Philip Schultz reviews photographs in his collection of various on and off duty activities while in Europe during and...
Schilperoort, Clarence Wartime Service on the USS Houston (CA-30)
Clarence Schilperoot and the USS Houston (CA-30) were in the southern Philippines at the start of the war. They ran...
MacCallum, Florence Wartime Wedding
Florence MacCallum [Annotator’s Note: a citizen of England working for the U.S. Army Joint Chiefs of Staff in London,...
Foy, John War’s End
Toward the end of the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive,...
Kent, Edward War’s End & Postwar
Edward F. Kent and his glider unit landed near a German outpost in Le Muy, France. Kent and his unit [Annotator’s Note...
Weinreich, Frieda War’s End and Liberation
Frieda Weinreich remembered two girls who ran away from a work camp and ended up coming to the Parschnitz Slave Labor...
Barnett, William War’s End and Occupation Duty
William M. Barnett [Annotator’s Note: with the 222nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division] first saw a dead G.I. [...
Bass, Stewart War’s End and Postwar
Stewart Bass and his squadron [Annotator's Note: Torpedo Squadron 9 (VT-9)] attacked Japanese supply ships with bombs...
Estes, Bruce War’s End and Reflections of the War
[Annotator’s Note: Segment begins in the middle of the interview. The video glitches throughout this segment. Also, a...
Lefever, Paul Watching Planes Return from Missions
On days that Paul Lefever didn't fly, he would watch other squadrons take off, identify planes by their numbers, and...
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...
Bryan, Donald We wanted to fly
Bryan and Kirk Noyes had a very good relationship. Bryan was flying a P-51D10 out of an airfield south of London...
Radke Azvedo, Ingrid What Happened to the Jews?
Ingrid Radke-Azvedo was on extended leave from school during the Bombing of Berlin, Germany [Annotator's Note: Berlin...
Reluga, Matthew What They Fought For
Matthew A. Reluga was not capable of going to the Naval Academy [Annotator's Note: United States Naval Academy,...
Hillenbrand, Bernard Wins and Losses
Bernard Hillenbrand does not recall too much of when he landed on Omaha Beach [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied...
Hihn, Stewart Winter 1944 in Eastern France
Stewart Hihn's unit [Annotator's Note: 222nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division] was transferred from 7th [...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Witnessing an execution
The barracks were isolated from each other and separated by fences. Adjacent to Grant’s barracks were barracks from...
Hever, John Wonderful News
John Hever never saw any Japanese soldiers until after the war was over. They had no weapons, and were walking around...
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....
Frazier, Glenn Work Details
Glenn Frazier was selected for the Tayabas road detail in the Tayabas area of southeast Luzon [Annotator's Note: in the...
Edwards, Mary Working at Higgins Industries
Mary Edwards has many memories of her time working for the 1007th [Annotator's Note: 1007th Quartermaster Rescue Boat...
Popham, Donald Working at the Boeing Corporation
Donald Popham wanted to be out on the field so he put in his application for work on an engine crew. His five-months'...
Bertz, Richard Working Before Being Drafted
Richard O. "Otto" Bertz wanted to fly but found out he could not so he decided to go to work. He decided to do drafting...
White, Alexander Working for Survival
Going east to Auschwitz, Treblinka, Sobibor, Maidanek, or Belzec, Alexander White said, meant going to the gas chambers...
Biestek, Jane "Jane Laird" Working for the Ford Motor Company
Jane Biestek worked at Yellowstone National Park when she in Montana. Her father would log there during the summer when...
Kopp, Alois Working on the Railroad of Death
Alois Kopp was a pharmacist's mate aboard the USS Houston (CA-30) prior to its sinking. He was captured by the Japanese...
MacCallum, Florence World War 1
Florence MacCallum [Annotator’s Note: a citizen of England working for the U.S. Army Joint Chiefs of Staff in London,...
Sinise, Jack Worst Airplane Rides
The worst ride Jack Sinise had was when he came back [Annotator's Note: from the war in Europe]. He was sent to a...
Grugett, George Worst Bombing Mission
George Grugett was on a mission to Trento [Annotator's Note: Trento, Italy]. They were going into the Brenner Pass [...

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