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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...
Zuras, Nicholas War's End and Homecoming
Nicholas J. Zuras made his way through Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii], and proceeded to join an...
Cole, John War's End and Leyte
John H. Cole was on his way to Japan for the invasion when the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped...
Jackson, William War's End and Occupation Duty
William Jackson was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] when he heard of the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note:...
Pummill, William War's End and Postwar
William "Bill" Arthur Pummill and his unit [Annotator's Note: Weapons Company, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division...
Norberg, Willard "Bill" War's End and Postwar
Bill Norberg [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6)] returned to Bremerton, Washington via Pearl Harbor [...
Smith, Clifford War's End and Postwar
The war in Europe ended for Clifford Smith, but he soon heard his division [Annotator's Note: at this time, Smith was...
Walker, Robert War's End and Returning Home
When the war ended, Robert Walker had flown 51 missions, and was moved to Stuttgart, Germany in a C-47 [Annotator's...
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...
Banyas, Martin Wartime and Stateside Incidents
Martin Banyas and his gunners did a good job as the last line of defense for the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Santa Fe (...
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...
McLaughlin, Sr., James Weather Conditions and Nervous Crewmen
While flying with Peaslee [Annotator's Note: Colonel Budd Peaslee], James Kemp McLaughlin did not mind that Peaslee had...
Scholl, Richard Wild Boar and Fear on New Guinea
Richard Scholl arrived in New Guinea to constant rain. They were experimenting with canvas boots. They would wear them...
Guisewite, Myron Winding Down of the War in Europe
In March 1945, Myron L. Guisewhite was in France with the 438th Troop Carrier Group [Annotator's Note: 438th Troop...
Sweatt, Robert With the French Underground
When he arrived in Paris, France, Robert Sweatt's escorts introduced him to three young men of the French Resistance...
Zygmuntowicz, Itka Work at Auschwitz
Itka Zygmuntowicz was in Auschwitz and had to work outside. She got lucky and started working in a place where the...
Deiglmayr, Erna Working Alongside the SS
When Erna Deiglmayr worked at the Belgian State Employment Office, an SS [Annotator's Note: Schutzstaffel; German...
Lesser, Benjamin Working at a Labor Camp and Being Tortured
Benjamin Lesser was taken from Auschwitz to a rock quarry labor camp. The work was backbreaking. It involved breaking...
White, Alexander Working for Survival
Going east to Auschwitz, Treblinka, Sobibor, Maidanek, or Belzec, Alexander White said, meant going to the gas chambers...
Aupied, Mildred Working in Delta Shipyard
Mildred Aupied worked in Shop 1 [Annotator’s Note: at Delta Shipyard in New Orleans, Louisiana]. There were two other...
Tamburello, George Wounded and Moving Through Italy
[Annotator’s Note: A dog barking and other noises are audible throughout the segment.] George Tamburello [Annotator’s...
Twigger, William Wounded and Recovery
William J. Twigger saw very little fighting at Sugar Loaf [Annotator's Note: The Battle of Sugar Loaf Hill, 12 May to...
McGee, George Wounded and Returning Home
The first time George Wesley McGee and the 109th Evacuation Hospital set up their temporary hospital was near Saint-Lo...
Jaccarino, Richard Wounded at the Tanabaru Escarpment
One night, as Richard Jaccarino was sleeping under his poncho, the Japanese counterattack began. Just below their...
Nannini, James Wounded in France
James Nannini participated in the Normandy Invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France...
Evans, Donald Wounded in France
The Germans had the Americans up a tree for six weeks after the landing [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion...
Neste, Norman A. Wounded in Germany
Norman Neste was in his first big battle at the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or Ardennes Counter...
Goad, Roy Wounded in Italy
[Annotator’s Note: The video glitches throughout the segment.] Roy D. Goad [Annotator’s Note: a lieutenant in the 143rd...
Johnson, Burton Wounded on Okinawa
Burton "Burt" Johnson was on Pavuvu [Annotator's Note: Pavuvu, Russell Islands with the 1st Marine Division]. He never...
Schwarc, Laszlo "Leslie Schwartz" Wounded on the Threshold of Liberation
On 25 April 1945, Laszlo Schwarc was among 3,600 prisoners put on 80 cattle cars from the Muhldorf concentration camp...
Maresca, Frank W. Wounds
Two days before Frank Maresca's last day in combat, he and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 289th...
Angst, Lawrence Wounds and Suicides
The first thing that Lawrence Angst would do if he came to a soldier missing a limb was try to stop the bleeding. He...
Simons, F.M. Young People at War
F.M. Richard Simons' worst memories are of the cold and the fear of falling asleep in his foxhole. They had wire with...

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