Feelings toward enemies

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Dyson, Freeman Strategic Bombing Efficacy
Freeman Dyson considers strategic bombing in World War 2 to be a mistake. A decision was made in 1936 to emphasize that...
Wold, Vernon Struth and Dachau
[Annotator's Note: Vernon Wold fought in the Battle of Struth, Thuringia, Germany on 7 April 1945.] When the German...
Hill, William Submarine Patrols
William Hill was assigned to the USS Bonefish (SS-223) in the role of the quartermaster. After a very successful first...
Scholle, Donald Submarine Service
Donald Scholle was proud to have served on the USS Spadefish (SS-411). He did not like the second skipper who drove the...
Houston, Jack Sugarloaf Hill
The day after this last action there was hardly anyone left in Jack Houston's company [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd...
Thomason, David Sunk by Kamikazes
[Annotator's Note: David Thomason served in the Navy aboard the USS Mannert L Abele (DD-733) and took part in the...
Penick, Ed Supplies, Chinese, and the Enemy
Edward Moore Penick, a pilot in the Army Air Corps, was sent overseas to Sichuan, China as part of the 21st Photo...
Fontana, Frank Supply Sergeant and V-E Day
Frank Fontana was a supply sergeant [Annotator's Note: in the 93rd Medical Gas Treatment Battalion]. He had access to...
Godbold, Bryghte Support for the POWs
Bryghte Davis Godbold received several Red Cross shipments while incarcerated by the Japanese. The packages were most...
Golden, James Surgery in a Prison Camp
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a woman off camera interjects with comments.] James Ramsey Golden recalls that...
Rinas, Bruno Surrender
Bruno S. Rinas believes that had the Americans been given better training and equipment, they would have held out...
Rinas, Bruno Surrender and Cabanatuan
During the surrender, Bruno S. Rinas was sick, or he would have run into the hills. He discussed it with some comrades...
Bergbower, Harold Surrender and Incarceration
Harold Bergbower joined three Filipino Scouts who had been released from their duties in order to escape from Bataan. [...
Skardon, Ben Surrender of Bataan
When the Tuol Pocket was closed, Ben Skardon's company [Annotator's Note: Company A, 1st Battalion, 92nd Infantry...
Gorman, Robert Surrender of Brest and Heading to Belgium
While on forward observation with Task Force Sugar, Robert Gorman received a stack of mail from home. He learned that...
Serna, Fernando Surrender of Corregidor
Fernando Serna was treated harshly by the Japanese immediately after the surrender of Corregidor. He saluted a Japanese...
Skaggs, Jack Surrender of Wake Island
Jack Skaggs and his fellow Marines on Wake Island felt that they would be killed after capture. A World War 1 veteran...
Love, John Surrendering and the Bataan Death March
In April 1942, John Edward Love [Annotator's Note: with the 200th Coastal Artillery Regiment] was in a foxhole along...
Stein, Murray Surrendering to the Germans
Murray Stein was injured during the battle [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive...
Johnson, Erwin Surrendering to the Japanese
Erwin Johnson was involved in the defense of Bataan, Philippines and thought that the Japanese were just going to push...
Frazier, Glenn Surrendering to the Japanese
Glenn Frazier heard Tokyo Rose broadcast to the defenders of the Philippines that no reinforcements were on the way. [...
Pbert, Herman Surrendering to the SS
Day-to-day, Herman Pbert just tried to stay alive, find food, and get ammunition. C4s [Annotator's Note: Composition C-...
Tallon, Donald Surrounded and Captured
After liberating Rome, Italy, Don Tallon and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 142nd Infantry...
Witaker, Richard "Dick" Survival
Richard Witaker heard the Japanese propaganda from Tokyo Rose only once. That was when he had gone to the rear for food...
Thomason, David Survival at Sea
When David Thomason was at Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, 1 April to 22...
Radke Azvedo, Ingrid Survival in Berlin and the Arrival of the Americans
Once it was captured by the Russian Army, Berlin was divided into four sectors [Annotator's Note: the Soviets took...
Vaadi, Eugene Surviving As A Prisoner
On 2 March 1945, Eugene Vaadi and his crew were shot down over Dresden, Germany. Once a prisoner of war, he was...
Baron, Judith Surviving Auschwitz
Judith Baron was put into a barrack at Auschwitz. Every morning and evening they were made to go outside and stand in...
Polonski, Bluma Surviving Auschwitz
Bluma Polonski remembers life in Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp...
Kleiner, Leona Surviving Auschwitz
Leona Kleiner reflects on the individuals who survived [Annotator's Note: Kleiner spent over three years in the...
Dawson, Zhanna Surviving in Poltava
Zhanna Dawson stayed with her benefactor who took her into his home [Annotator's Note: Dawson was hired to help the...
Ginrich, Ralph Surviving Prison Camp
Ralph “Bud” Ginrich had little to do for entertainment as a prisoner of war (POW). Some men played cards. There were no...
Broll, Walter Surviving the Attack on Bari Harbor
Walter Broll was told by one of the officers on the Grace Abbott that he should go to the English aid station at the...
Rosendahl, Robert Surviving the Bataan Death march and Reflections
For Robert Rosendahl, fear is what kept him going during the Bataan Death March. The Japanese were barbarians. Very few...
DeMott, Joseph Surviving the Ordeal
According to Joseph DeMott, Americans were not beaten as badly as the other prisoners. Personally, he used "his brains...
Hazard, Mark Take No Prisoners
[Annotator's Note: This segment begins with the interviewer asking Mark Gordon Hazard, Jr. about the type of weapon he...

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