Feelings toward enemies

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Anthony Bianconi [Annotator's Note: a musician and ammunition loader on the cruiser USS Philadelphia (CL-41)] and his...
They were pushing north, without much resistance, when Emmanual Damonte's radio reported, on 6 August [Annotator's Note...
Louis John Walter sailed on the James Fallen [Annotator's Note: unable to verify ship name]. A couple of Walter's...
Joseph Simpson witnessed little resistance after his unit crossed the Rhine River. There were hardly any battles. The...
Joseph Mittelsdorf was assigned to the 5th Marine Division. He was in the rear echelon for the Battle of Iwo Jima [...
Lowell Brueland saw that Germany had its last big gasp during the Battle of the Bulge. His squadron [Annotator’s Note...
Courtland Claus will never forget what the Japanese did [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii...
Robert Lewis Beilman and his unit [Annotator's Note: 1st Battalion, 242nd infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division]...
While in the Philippines, Charles Chatterton's vessel [Annotator's Note: LCI(L)-334, Landing Craft Infantry (Large)]...
Richard "Dick" Loges [Annotator's Note: with Company H, 2nd Battalion, 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division...
Jack Holder [Annotator’s Note: serving with Patrol Bombing Squadron 103 (VPB-103)] flew missions across the English...
Paul Kerchum, a prisoner of the Japanese, was forced to work in the Mitsubishi mine number 11 [Annotator’s Note: in...
Richard Witaker felt hatred for the Japanese before the assault of Okinawa. The feelings had begun with the surprise...
[Annotator’s Note: The sound is muffled.] Rockie Blunt served with the 333rd Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division...
James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] was divided into a group sent to a camp that overlooked a...
William Laubner was in Stalag Luft III [Annotator's Note: near Zagań, Germany (now Poland)] as a POW [Annotator's Note...
Janice Evenson was proud that she could teach the pilots. [Annotator’s Note: Evenson was stationed in Marietta, Georgia...
Isadore Bronstein advanced but his company [Annotator's Note: Company C, 1st Battalion, 386th Infantry Regiment, 97th...
Bernard Kofsky's [Annotator's Note: with the 94th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] worst mission was in Schweinfurt [...
In early 1945, after completing missions in the Philippines, Richard R. Ruess' squadron [Annotator's Note: 4th...
William E. Byrnes rejoined his platoon [Annotator's Note: in Company I, 3rd Battalion, 254th Infantry Regiment, 63rd...
[Annotator’s Note: The video glitches throughout the segment.] Roy D. Goad [Annotator’s Note: a Captain in the 143rd...
Mary Konen worked for a Jewish dentist who performed dentistry work on German POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war...
C. Charles Collie heard on 6 August [Annotator's Note: 1945] that the atomic bomb had been used on Hiroshima. He knew...
After being wounded in Italy, Joseph John Mammino’s family was sent a telegram stating that he had been killed in...
[Annotator’s Note: A dog barking and other noises are audible throughout segment.] George Tamburello [Annotator’s Note...
Sullivan Tindal did not write too much to his family while he was in Europe because he did not have a lot of time and...
As the United States Armed Forces got closer to Japan, Claude Bufford Shaw felt more vindicated for the loss of his...
James W. Phillips recalled that the warfare felt less heavy after the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of...
James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] became sick with diarrhea [Annotator's Note: loose, watery...
[Annotator’s Note: Voices can be heard in the background throughout the segment.] Daniel Altman and his unit [Annotator...
As the Germans were pushed farther into Germany, they put up less of a fight, according to Robert W. "Doby" Gibson. His...
Garland Virgil Longhoffer was at a movie when he was told the Japanese surrendered. His area did not believe the news....
After the Raid [Annotator's Note: the liberation of the Los Banos Internment Camp on 23 February 1945; Los Banos, Luzon...
William Jackson was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] when he heard of the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note:...
Harvey Mittleman and his unit [Annotator's Note: with the 58th Naval Construction Battalion, also known as Seabees] was...

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