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Arthur Staymates had posttraumatic stress disorder but did not know what it was. The memories usually involved some...
James Patterson enjoyed flying. He misses flying. His nephew took him to Mount Pleasant, Texas where there was a hangar...
The war changed Richard Field. Field was used to being away from home but nothing prepared him for combat. After he...
Leno E. Stone does not think that the war changed him very much. His service in the Army was a job that needed to be...
William Kracov's most memorable experiences of World War 2 relate to being awarded two Bronze Stars [Annotator's Note:...
Robert Powers enjoyed World War 2 more than the Korean War. He had a reason to go in the first war and he enjoyed the...
Ghislaine Hegerty became more responsible as a result of World War 2. She saw death and destruction during the war. She...
Bill Norberg took advantage of the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944...
When Ted Wiebe remembers the Battle of the Coral Sea he thinks of it as just another duty station. He did what he was...
To Jack Brukman, the most memorable incident of World War 2 was when his hearing saved him from being injured by a bomb...
Joy Skelton came to realize the importance of living for the day while she was in a concentration camp. She has tried...
Leon Hirsch saw his service as a great learning experience. He was given responsibilities greater than any he had...
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Ivan Bodis-Wollner how he would say World War 2 affected his life.] For Ivan...
Fred Topel did not care very much for the Germans during the war, but he felt sorry for some of them. The British...
Chester David returned to the United States after working in Germany following the war. He became a rice farmer. He...
Edward Field had his most memorable experience with the crash of his plane [Annotator's Note: after his plane was shot...
Peter Somogyi survived the gas chambers twice. That unique survival resulted from him being a twin. [Annotator's Note:...
Sol Lazinger received many awards for his military service. While on a patrol, he was crawling in a beet field near the...
Alois Kopp was pleased that the two atomic bombs were dropped. They saved lives in the long run. Both Allied and...
William “Bill” Knapp learned how tenuous life is and how men can hate each other during the Second World War. Hating is...
Bill Schwartz's most memorable experience of World War 2 is D-Day [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of...
Jack Taylor has lived in a great period of American history. He has had a happy life with a wonderful family and good...
Theodore Marolda has had to pay out of his own pocket for medical expenses because veteran benefits would take too long...
William Patrick Bonelli felt lucky that he stayed in the service because it kept him busy. He was happy to be so busy....
In closing, Maurice Hackler declared that he fought in World War 2 in order to become a pilot. He intended to use that...
Virginia Wilterdink's most memorable experience of the war was hearing the news that the Japanese had bombed Pearl...
John Wicklund didn't get his full regular Army pay from August 1944 to August 1945. When he was discharged, he finally...
Max Finesmith was a disciplined young man before his service. He worked through the Depression and at one time his...
Jack Skaggs was changed by World War 2. He was just a boy when he entered the United States Marine Corps, but he had no...
Michael Mickey Ganitch was changed by the war. His family was affected by the Depression. They were lucky to be on a...
Pearson Riddle felt like America did what they had to do. He knows that the Japanese have a good work ethic and are...
Byron Herbert Meader's most memorable experience of World War 2 was meeting up with the Russians and observing how they...
[Annotator’s Note: Comments from others off camera can be heard throughout segment.] Edmund Aziz and his ship [...
[Annotator's Note: Rosemarie Weber was an American civilian interned in the Santo Thomas internment camp in Manila,...
Elroy Gambino's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when he won over 5,000 dollars playing blackjack [...
Judah Samet does not hate the Germans but at the same time he cannot forgive them for the six million dead Jews. Anti-...

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