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Grant, Lydia "Diane" Pearl Harbor Attack
Lydia Smith Grant was born in Bath, Maine. Her grandfather was a banker as was her father. Her stepfather was in the...
Ornelles, Emory Pearl Harbor Attack
Emory Maurice Ornelles was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in September 1922. He lived in Waikiki two blocks from the beach...
Cole, Arles Pearl Harbor Attack
Arles E. Cole missed breakfast and woke a few minutes before eight o’clock in the morning [Annotator’s Note: Cole was a...
Knapps, Walter Pearl Harbor Attack
Walter Knapps was a Marine Corps security guard on Ford Island Naval Air Station at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the morning...
Conter, Louis "Lou" Pearl Harbor Attack
Louis Conter arrived onboard the USS Arizona (BB-39) in Pearl Harbor on 5 December 1941 following practice firing and...
Clay, Russell Pearl Harbor Before and After the Attack
Russell Clay was at Pearl Harbor prior to the attack. [Annotator's Note: Clay served as a barber and antiaircraft...
Downing, James Pearl Harbor Post-attack
James Downing thought time was compressed during the attack. [Annotator's Note: During the Japanese attack on Pearl...
O'Hara, Richard Pearl Harbor to Tinian
Richard O'Hara and his father were in the kitchen and heard the news of the bombing of Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...
Corson, Eugene Peleliu and Leyte Gulf
Eugene Corson remembers seeing a USO show [Annotator's Note: United Service Organizations] in the Russel Islands where...
Higgins, Richard Peleliu and Malaria
Richard Higgins was not on Bloody Nose Ridge but he was close it. Another man Higgins had great respect for was Red...
Rogers, Wilbur Peleliu, the Philippines and Okinawa
When the USS Foote (DD-511) got to Pearl Harbor, Wilbur Rogers remembered they stripped the 20mm off its fan tail and...
Hurley, Wallace Performance of Troops and Weapons and Killing Two Enemy Soldiers
Wallace Hurley was discharged at San Antonio after returning to the United States. Men were given various strange...
DiFulco, Jerome Philippines
Jerome Paul DiFulco landed in the Philippines [Annotator's Note: with Company A, 117th Engineer Combat Battalion, 37th...
Arledge, Mahlen Philippines and Occupation Duty
Mahlen Arledge saw replacements come into his division in Leyte. [Annotator's Note: Arledge was a member Company K, 3rd...
Leibold, William Photo Album
[Annotator's Note: The video begins with William Leibold taking the interviewers through a book of photographs. The...
Piazzo, Lincoln Photographing the Atomic Bomb Sites
According to Lincoln Piazzo, the J model of the B-25 [Annotator's Note: North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber]...
Rose, Olaf "Olly" Picking Up a PT Boat
After he landed in Noumea, New Caledonia, Olaf Rose, his brother, and some other guys who had traveled together on the...
Martin, Oscar Piercing the Siegfried Line and the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest
Oscar Otto Martin took part in the fighting on the Siegfried Line [Annotator's Note: a line of fortifications...
Galbraith, Wendell Pilot Error and No Beer
Wendell Galbraith has never told a story about the time he learned what it was like to go down in a plane while not...
Goldberg, Edwin Pilot Performance
[Annotator's Note: There is a background humming noise throughout this interview.] Edwin “Pete” Goldberg [Annotator’s...
Wolyn, Monroe Plane Crash
Monroe S. Wolyn ended up flat on the floor of the plane. He heard a loud bang. He could not move. The wing had blown...
Elliott, John Planes Going Down
John Elliott and his crew knew nothing about the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Plastic surgery and an air raid
When Grant went out for his operation, he and the guard rode a streetcar into town then boarded another one that took...
Finder, Rena Plaszow Concentration Camp and Working for Oskar Schindler
Soon after her father was taken away, Rena Finder and her mother were told they had to go to the Plaszow concentration...
Burrus, William Plauen and Germans
William Burrus was going through Plauen [Annotator's Note: Plauen, Germany] when he met a young German girl. It was a...
de Marcken, Christian Playing with Danger
Christian de Marcken recalled that when his family was forced back to Belgium, their home had been occupied by the...
Geary, Joseph Ploesti
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Joseph Geary if there any stories from Italy that he is missing.] Some may be...
Jefferson, Alexander Ploesti, Down Time, and Being Interrogated
Alexander Jefferson flew a mission to Ploesti [Annotator's Note: Ploesti, Romania]. It was the first time Jefferson had...
Johnson, Burton Police Boys and Marys in New Guinea
Burton Johnson had multiple locations where Japanese prisoners were held in New Guinea. There was still hard fighting...
Glass, Murray Polish Heritage
Murray Glass went to Poland in 1933 with his family. They visited relatives there. The summer was spent in Ostrołe̜ka,...
Leopold, Vernon Positions Overlooking Lanzerath
Vernon Leopold vividly remembers the positions of the foxholes and emplacements that his platoon [Annotator's Note: the...
Bahman, Manfred Post Dresden Bombing
Manfred Bahman and his family fled Dresden [Annotator’s Note: Dresden, Germany] after the Allies had destroyed the city...
Aalders, Johannes Post Liberation and War
After his hometown [Annotator's Note: Apeldoorn, Netherlands] was liberated [Annotator's Note: on 17 April 1945],...
Galbraith, Wendell Post Traumatic Stress and Russians
Wendell Galbraith did not suffer from any survivor's guilt. The only thing he experienced, not long before the...
Yoho, David Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
David Yoho remembers the huge fleet off Okinawa and the explosion of an ammunition ship. It had been attacked by a...
Edwards, Randall Post-Navy Career and Observations
Randall Edwards retired from the Navy and got a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Florida. In...

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