Feelings toward enemies

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Gonzalez, Jesus Segment 1
Gonzales was 10 years old when the Japanese invaded [Annotator's Note: Manila, Philippine Islands]. At the time he...
Hamilton, Virginia Segment 1
Hamilton gives a vivid description of growing up during the Great Depression. Times were tough but her family made it...
Akins, Robert Segment 1
Robert Akins discusses how the heroes were the ones who gave their lives 10,000 miles from home. Of the 120 men in his...
Ettlinger, Harry Segment 1
Ettlinger was born in Karlsruhe in the Southwest corner of Germany in 1926. He was born into an affluent family who had...
Lazarick, Len Segment 1
Lazarick was born in Camden, New Jersey in 1923. In those days Camden was a nice city with many large manufacturing and...
Kalil, Louis Segment 10
Kalil does not know what happened to the P-47 pilot. The airmen were taken to a different camp from the infantry. He...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 10
They [Annotator's Note: the Japanese] let some of the Red Cross packages go to pot. They would put them in store house...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 10
Alexander Vraciu knew that the next time they saw air action it would be part of a landing somewhere. When his group...
Quintana, Ben Segment 10
Quintana believes that it is important that people continue to study and research World War II however he does note...
Myers, Leroy Segment 10
The general population was preparing, women too, to defend that island. Myers feels that if they did not drop the...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 10
Of the 3 guys that went with Kanaya to bring back the wounded, one was a Caucasian from a supporting company. They...
Bailey, Herman Segment 10
Bailey has seen the Okinawan civilian jumping off of cliffs on television. It puzzles Bailey how two Okinawan women...
Standifer, Leon Segment 10
Standifer tried to use a credit card on one of his return trips to Germany in 1996 and the man who he was trying to buy...
Rackley, Clifford Segment 11
The whole world was at war. Rackley had to read about what was happening after the war because it was such a broad one...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 11
They [Annotator's Note: the Japanese] called the officer over and told him that the war was over. About a half hour...
Noack, John Segment 11
John Noack got the emergency radio set up. Noack had a little difficulty getting everything set up. Noack got seasick...
Myers, Leroy Segment 11
There were 2 shifts working and they would usually meet coming out. When they got to the camp everyone was outside on...
Bailey, Herman Segment 11
Bailey had a picture of himself with a flamethrower on his back. It was taken while he was waiting to go free one of...
Standifer, Leon Segment 11
They were not really Russian soldiers, but they were of Ukranian descent. Standifer called them Russians. If the...
Smith,James "Horse Collar" Segment 12
James Smith went home on 2 September 1945. He had a good job in New Zealand where he stayed for the rest of the war [...
Luckadoo, John Segment 12
John Luckadoo does not believe that long range fighter protection was possible in the early stages of the war. They...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 12
Vejtasa had hit the carrier he had made a run on. Fighting 42 was aboard the Yorktown and was commanded by Jimmy...
Mann, Karl Segment 12
Mann doesn't recall smelling the camp before seeing it. Dachau was not as much of an extermination camp as it was a...
Bailey, Herman Segment 12
Bailey feels that war should be over with. His division fought the Chinese in North Korea. Young men are fighting today...
Disanza, William Segment 13
William Disanza's business lasted over 30 years. The war did not change Disanza drastically. He was in the Civilian...
Myers, Leroy Segment 13
The Japanese commander of the camp, stood up on a platform and spoke in Japanese with an interpreter, and says, "The...
Noack, John Segment 14
John Noack’s navigator wrote a letter home in code. Noack was allowed to write two letters home per month. They were...
Myers, Leroy Segment 17
Myers knows how Mahatma Gandhi survived; he could do it. He does not know why, but he understands how people can go and...
Myers, Leroy Segment 18
Because of the war, those that survived were probably better off. They could get a job if they were willing to work.It...
Gonzalez, Jesus Segment 2
Gonzales had a brother who was a guerilla who was caught by the Japanese and never returned. All they were able to hear...
Woods, Edward Segment 2
Woods did well in school. He could have gone on to any of the advanced training schools but he volunteered to go out as...
Ward, Harold Segment 2
[Annotators Note: Harold Ward served in the navy as a mess attendant aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38...
Rall, Gunther Segment 2
The 109's [Annotator's Note: Messerschmitt Bf-109] undercarriage wasn't very sensible. Early on when they trained...
Wicker, Benjamin Segment 2
Another torpedo came and hit the USS California [Annotator’s Note: during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor]. Another...
Ettlinger, Harry Segment 2
The Nazis were on their march throughout Europe but his family kept their trip [Annotator’s Note: their immigration to...
Chuck, Harris Segment 3
Chuck was able to see his Ford Coupe being driven around the island by the Japanese from a window in the church they...

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