Feelings toward enemies

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Dupuy, Marsden "Pic" Segment 7
Dupuy recalls a certain sense of invincibility that stayed with him. He knew death was around every corner but he kept...
Myers, Leroy Segment 7
They had to break the monotony. They would see someone get beat and they would laugh about the way he hollered or the...
James, C.W. "Tex" Segment 7
James recalls not having enough sense to be scared. He focused on doing his job and getting it done correctly. He...
Baum, Abraham "Abe" Segment 7
Baum remembers when they broke through Schweinheim they were moving pretty fast. By that point, the Germans knew they...
Akins, Robert Segment 7
The veterans felt better having other veterans around. When replacements came in Robert Akins knew that they were well...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 7
Kanaya said that medics followed the troops into the field. He liked to pick units that he knew would probably get into...
Rall, Gunther Segment 7
[Annotator's Note: for the first 35 seconds of this segment Rall is speaking German with someone in the room other than...
Keema, John Segment 7
Keema had flown back to back to back missions on eight, nine, and ten [Annotator’s Note: 8, 9, and 10 October 1943]....
Standifer, Leon Segment 7
The Germans had a lot of horsedrawn equipment. Their tanks were good but they were too well engineered. To get a German...
Zager, Raymond Segment 7
Captain Cochran [Annotators Note: Raymond Zager’s company commander] ordered a crew of four jeeps to head back and pick...
Gibbons, John Segment 7
To John Gibbons none of the missions he flew were as bad as the 19 March mission [Annotators Note: the 19 March 1944...
Gross, Clayton Segment 8
When Clayton Kelly Gross returned to his unit after his 30 day leave, they were flying the Mustang and he flew it long...
Phillips, Henry Segment 8
Henry Phillips' most vivid memory of the war is how well the Nazis proved themselves as being the worst horror that was...
Onesi, Anthony "Tony" Segment 8
Onesi never returned to England to see his old base. He has no desire to go back, that chapter of his life is over. He...
Duchossois, Richard Segment 8
Richard Duchossois did not witness any outbursts of anger by American servicemen. Their job was to win the war. They...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 8
The prisoners would steal stuff whenever they could. Sometimes the men would get searched. Everyone would throw their...
LaPorta, Edward Segment 8
Edward LaPorta was not able to locate other members of the 1st Armored Division. He was captured by Rommel’s [...
Schmedemann, Keith Segment 8
Schmedemann felt that the enemy they encountered [Annotator’s Note: during the Battle of the Bulge] were far superior...
Dennis, David Segment 8
David Dennis took basic training with an 03 rifle [Annotators Note: Springfield Model 1903 .30 caliber rifle]. They had...
Disanza, William Segment 8
William Disanza was in the Boy Scouts as a kid but it did not prepare him for Burma. Disanza had originally joined the...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 8
Both sides honored their gentleman's agreement to meet at the river in order to collect the bodies. There was one other...
Candelaria, Richard Segment 8
A Red Cross truck passed the area where Candelaria and his fellow prisoners were being held. He spoke with the man in...
Hanna, Homer H. Segment 8
Representatives from each camp were taken to Okinawa for a meeting to determine the best way to get the American...
Keema, John Segment 8
John Keema and a lot of the guys he flew with had qualms about the Münster raid. Unfortunately he did not have anyone...
Deen, Braswell Segment 8
Deen believes the mortar team helped to save the men at the point [Annotator’s Note: on Peleliu, September 1944]. He...
Standifer, Leon Segment 8
The Germans that Standifer met were as good as the American soldiers. The Germans may have been better earlier in the...
Childers, Lloyd Segment 8
One ensign did bail out. He was picked up by a Japanese destroyer. He was interrogated, according to testimony from the...
Gross, Clayton Segment 9
Clayton Kelly Gross recalled the date he shot the jet down was in April of 1945. The last month of the war they could...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Segment 9
Theodore Finkbeiner took part in the famous river crossing during Operation Market Garden [Annotators Note: the...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 9
The prisoners had their own doctors they had to rely on. They had a Japanese doctor assigned to them but he was not 1...
Rankin, Robert "Shorty" Segment 9
Rankin had his own plush Gooney Bird [Annotator's Note: nickname for Douglas C-47 "Skytrain" transport aircraft] in...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 9
Leonard Spivey lived in a combine, which was a group of six prisoners in one living space. They were allowed to stay...
Myers, Leroy Segment 9
The Japanese split the camp up again. Myers thinks that after the school teacher had been to the camp he said something...
Milosevich, Risto Segment 9
The one thing that stands out the most in Milosevich's mind about the Battle of the Bulge was that he expected a bullet...
Mann, Karl Segment 9
Aschaffenburg, Germany was secured quickly. The Germans sent word that they wanted to surrender but would only do so to...
Bacon, Giles Segment 9
Giles Bacon thinks it is very important that The National World War II Museum exists. History is not being taught well...

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