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Treen, John Joining the Navy and Interacting with Local Populations
John Treen met a friend at College Inn [Annotator's Note: Ye Olde College Inn Restaurant, New Orleans, Louisiana] one...
Salerno, James Joining the Raiders
James Salerno was born in Summit, New Jersey, in 1918. Before the war he worked as a clerk in a store. Salerno chose...
Deiglmayr, Erna Joining the Underground
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer mentions a book about Erna Deiglmayr titled "Erna's Children: Rescuing the Youngest...
Gross, Ernest Journey to Auschwitz
In April 1944, the day after Passover, two Hungarian police officers woke the family of Ernest Gross, and told them...
Skardon, Ben Journey to Mainland Japan
Ben Skardon thought the prisoners would be taken back to Bilibid Prison and that the American troops were nearby or...
Hamilton, Richard Journey to Stalag Luft IV
Richard Henry Hamilton bailed out of his plane, and after landing in a field he was greeted by a mob of villagers...
Mock, John Journey to Stalag XII-A
John Mock and the other wounded were moved from town to town. Sometimes they stayed in a hospital and sometimes they...
Lee, Theodore Jumping into Normandy and Postwar Life
After landing at Le Havre [Annotator’s Note: Le Havre, France], Theodore R. Lee was shipped to an airstrip to be flown...
Graham, Chester "Chet" Jumping into the French Countryside
Chet Graham [Annotator's Note: Chester Earl Graham] was in Wollaton Park near Nottingham, England where the townspeople...
Spector, Samuel "Sam" Jungle Fighting
Samuel Spector and OSS Detachment 101 had a main mission of gathering intelligence and destroying the Japanese. They...
Townsend, Joseph Kamikaze Attack
Joseph Townsend was being trained as a radioman and radio technician. They wanted him to become an aviation technician...
Schmitt, Warren Kamikaze Attack
Warren Schmitt witnessed a kamikaze attack on his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Savo Island (CVE-78)}. The attacker...
Surratt, Carey Kamikaze Attacks
The closer Carey Suratt got to Japan, the more aggressive things became. On his second trip to Leyte, the 459 [...
Alair, Gene Kamikazes
Gene Alair went into Lingayen Gulf [Annotator's Note: Invasion of Lingayen, Philippines, 6 January 1945], the spot...
Ignatius, Paul Kamikazes and War’s End
Paul Ignatius was assigned to Composite Squadron 80 (VC-80) aboard the USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) as the squadron’s...
Bee, Donald Kamikazes Attack on Intrepid
Donald H. "Don" Bee saw his first action [Annotator's Note: as a crewman aboard the USS Intrepid (CV-11)], when a...
Martello, Dominic Kasserine Pass and Being Captured
[Annotator's Note: Dominic Martello served in the Army as a half-track driver and gunner in Cannon Company, 39th...
Munch, Melvin Keeping in Touch with Shipmates
Melvin Munch corresponded with his future wife back home while he was on Okinawa. The letters had to be reviewed by...
Godbold, Bryghte Keeping Up With the Progress of the War
Bryghte Davis Godbold received official, but highly censored ,Japanese radio news while at Wusong [Annotator's Note:...
Dunford, Philip Key Life Experience
Sometime after the war, Philip Dunford spent time in Australia as a minister. He went to the capitol where he saw the...
Moskin, Alan Killing Germans and Losing Friends
Alan Moskin was a scout. Scouts go in ahead of the outfit to make sure the outfit does not get ambushed. Two men are...
Walker, Mort Killing is not the Answer
While in Italy, Mort Walker had heard about the holocaust but did not know much about it. It was not until later that...
Mervosh, Michael "Iron Mike" Knowing the Enemy and Training for Saipan
[Annotator's Note: Michael Mervosh served in the USMC in Company C, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...
Kawamoto, Yukio Known and Unknown Family
Yukio Kawamoto's parents did not have to divulge too much about how their time in the camp went. Kawamoto had gotten a...
Childs, Charles "Chuck" Korea, Vietnam, and Retirement
Three years after the Berlin Airlift [Annotator's Note: Western Allies' operation to supply the blockaded city of West...
Halloran, Walter Korean War
Walter Halloran was sent to Korea after the conflict started up there [Annotator’s Note: the Korean War started with...
Cale, Sterling Korean War
Sterling Cale was sent to Korea near Pusan while the rest of the transferred troops went to Sasebo, Japan. He was with...
East, Clyde Korean War
Clyde East was in Japan flying missions over Korea three or four weeks after the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950. He...
Grimes, Vernon Korean War, Philippines, and Postwar Life
Vernon Grimes wanted to protect his rank, so he joined the Reserves after the war and was called up for the Korean War...
Gross, Eva Krakow-Plaszow
Eva Gross was sent to the Krakow-Plaszow concentration camp in Poland [Annotator's Note: this was after a short stay in...
Nossbaum, Anneliese Kristallnacht
Anneliese Nossbaum lived in Bonn, Germany and was proud of the synagogue there where her father was the cantor. As a...
Klepper, Manfred Kristallnacht
Manfred Klepper heard a knock on the family apartment door at dusk [Annotator's Note: on the evening of 9 November 1938...
Bolster, Elisabeth Kristallnacht
Elisabeth Bolster was home during Kristallnacht [Annotator's Note: the "night of broken glass" when Nazis attacked...
Killilea, Kenneth Kwajalein
Kenneth Killilea left the United States and sailed with the 4th Marine Division to Roi-Namur in the Kwajalein Islands...
Rosenzweig, Abraham Kwajalein Invasion
Abraham Rosenzweig picked up troops [Annotator’s Note: at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] and headed for the invasion of...
Shaner, Robert Landing at Luzon
Robert D. Shaner says that the landing at Luzon [Annotator's Note: Battle of Luzon, 9 January to 15 August 1945, Luzon...
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