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Winnier, Lawrence Food, Movies, and Skin Color
Lawrence Winnier ate well on his ships [Annotator's Note: the USS Guadalupe (AO-32) and the USS Argonne (AS-10)]...
Hatch, Norman Footage from Tarawa
Norman Hatch filmed the battle on Tarawa with black and white 35mm film, but most of the rest of his photographers shot...
Taffel, Nathan Forced Labor
Nathan Taffel and other Jews were forced by the Germans to build roads in Poland. At times, his life was threatened....
Tallon, Donald Forced Labor at Stalag II-B
Don Tallon was taken to Stalag II-B, near Hammerstein [Annotator's Note: Stalag II-B in Hammerstein, Pomerania, now...
Higgins, Malcom Forced March to Moosburg and Liberation
Malcolm Higgins received messages from home [Annotator's note: while a prisoner of war at the Stalag Luft III POW camp...
McDermott, James Forced Marched from Nuremberg to Moosburg
James McDermott would get barley soup once in a while from the Germans [Annotator's Note: while a prisoner of war in...
McCarthy, George Forgiving the Enemy
George W. McCarthy was a POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] in Europe during World War 2. While he was in camp, he...
Smith, John Formation of the 271st Field Artillery Battalion
G.I.s from John Smith's Battery B, 61st Field Artillery were transferred to form C Battery 271st Field Artillery...
Synder, Harold Forming a Crew
Harold Daniel Snyder was assigned to one of the veteran gunners for training. After that gunner shipped back out,...
Rinas, Bruno Formosa
In Formosa [Annotator's Note: present day Taiwan], Bruno S. Rinas worked in the sugar cane fields. He carried "honey...
Lightell, Harold Forward Observer
Harold Lightell entered France right after the D-Day invasion with the 79th Infantry Division. The 79th was under...
Bertz, Richard Foxholes and Hedgerows
Training was very good. Richard O. "Otto" Bertz had been an Eagle Scout [Annotator's Note: highest achievement in the...
Davis, Romay France and Postwar Life
Romay Catherine Johnson Davis [Annotator's Note: a Private in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the...
Aleksandrowicz, Frank France to Belgium
Frank Aleksandrowicz remembers that they moved from France to Belgium for the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note:...
Kitts, James France to Belgium
James Albert Kitts landed in France [Annotator's Note: on 13 December 1944] and it was not cold, just muddy. It got...
Forcinella, Frank France to Germany
Before he got to Saint-Lo [Annotator's Note: Battle of Saint-Lô, 7 to 19 July 1944; Saint-Lô, France], Frank Forcinella...
Horn, Arnold France to Germany
Arnold Horn and his unit [Annotator’s Note: 45th Infantry Division] moved about 20 miles a day once they were in France...
Squire, Vernon France to Holland
[Annotator's Note: Vernon Squire was in the 821st Tank Destroyer Battalion, 29th Infantry Division and helped take the...
Reissig, Floyd J. Free Time
When he had free time, Floyd James Reissig would chip paint and paint the ship. When he was on an island, the crew...
McGuire, Joseph Free Time in India
Joseph McGuire went on leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] to Bombay [Annotator'...
Dahme, Maud Freedom and Chocolate
[Annotator's Note: Maud Dahme and her sister were hiding from the Nazis with a Christian family in Elburg, Netherlands...
Linquata, Michael Freedom and Postwar Life
Michael Linquata and his friend Ray Miller were taken to an airport in Germany after their liberation. They were...
Chandler, Howard Freedom in England
Howard Chandler discovered from others who had tried to return to Poland that it was dangerous and possibly deadly to...
Billingsley, James Friendly Fire and Decorated by General Stilwell
[Annotator's Note: This clip starts with James Billingsley midsentence in a new story.] Billingsley says that after the...
Derrington, Clarence "Earl" Friendly Fire and the Resulting Forced March
Clarence Derrington was in Stalag VI-G [Annotator's Note: near Bergisch-Neustadt; Derrington had been captured on 14...
Orlando, Joseph Friends and Enemies
Joseph Orlando had two men in his squad who had been on Guadalcanal [Annotator’s Note: Battle of Guadalcanal; Operation...
Tindal, Sullivan Friends and Invasion
Sullivan Tindal developed a relationship with a family that hosted him while in boot camp in the South [Annotator's...
Medway, Irwin Friends and Tanks
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip Irwin Medway looks at photographs, mostly off-camera, and talks about the men...
Van der Pool, Ivan Friendships
There was a barber in Ivan Van der Pool's company [Annotator's Note: Company L, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment,...
Chatterton, Charles Friendships and Australia
Charles Chatterton was responsible for orienting new personnel on the vessel [Annotator's Note: USS LCI(L)-334]. A man...
Howard, William From Anzio to Rome
William Edwin Howard says the fighting on Anzio [Annotator's Note: Anzio, Italy] beach was terrible. The Germans had a...
Fayerman, Severin From Auschwitz to Buchenwald to Freedom
[Annotator's Note: Severin Fayerman was sent to the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp complex in German...
Schwarc, Laszlo "Leslie Schwartz" From Auschwitz to Dachau
None of the Jews deported with Laszlo Schwarc knew what Auschwitz was. The SS [Annotator's Note: Schutzstaffel, the...
Gross, Ernest From Auschwitz to Sub-Camps
Ernest Gross was taken into a building, where he stayed a day and a night. He didn't talk about what he knew of his...
Weinreich, Frieda From Auschwitz to the Parschnitz Slave Labor Camp
Frieda Weinreich woke up after the train stopped. They had reached the Auschwitz concentration camp [Annotator's Note:...
Synder, Harold From Biak to the Philippines
On Biak [Annotator's Note: Biak, West New Guinea], it would rain every day at about one o'clock for about ten minutes....

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