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Gorman, Ted Idaho to Saipan
[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...
Guillory, Lloyd Ie Shima and Missions Over Japan
Lloyd Guillory made one flight against Rabaul. Rabaul was a Japanese airfield that was a very hot spot. It was bypassed...
Keller, Luba Immigrating to America
Luba Keller says that after being liberated from the concentration camp, more people came in from Radom, Poland, so...
Vater, Joseph Imprisonment
Joseph Vater did not know what would happen to him after he had to surrender. He felt helpless and stuck. He knew...
Marsh, Alexander Imprisonment at Stalag IX-A
The American troops were taken prisoner, and Alexander Marsh said he marched for three days into the interior of...
Bell, Harry In Enemy Hands
Harry Bell could not believe that they were surrendering. They had not fired a shot since leaving the front lines. The...
Towle, John In Hiding with a French Family
Communications for John W. Towle and his new French host family was difficult. With the help of a French to English...
Osterhoudt, Ralph In the Army
[Annotator’s Note: At the beginning of the segment, the interviewer explains to interviewee how the interview will run...
Saunders, David In the Army Now
By May 1944, David R. Saunders had joined the Army and was sent to Camp Beauregard [Annotator's Note: in Pineville,...
Robinson, Stewart In the Navy
Stewart W. Robinson was born in March 1925 in Liverpool, Pennsylvania. One of 16 children, he grew up on a farm. Times...
Fili, William In the Romanian Prison Camp
The first night William Fili was in the prison camp [Annotator's Note: in Bucharest, Romania], the British came over...
Hanley, Fiske Incarceration and Interrogation
During his interrogation, Fiske Hanley was asked some military questions, but the Japanese interest centered mostly on...
McGuire, Joseph India
Joseph McGuire was sent to India in 1943. The British controlled everything in India, so he had to get permission from...
Becker, Clarence India, Home, Saipan, Guam
[Annotator's Note: Clarence Becker went to India as a photo reconnaissance pilot.] India was damp and humid, but very...
Fisch, Robert Indifferent People
Robert Fisch witnessed in the camps an older man talking to the younger people. He personally did not "give a damn"...
Simons, F.M. Infantry Training to Pisa, Italy
F.M. Richard Simons had infantry training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia [Annotator's Note: in Macon, Georgia]. On the rifle...
Borne, Edwin Initial Bombardment of Wake
Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. and the Marines on Wake Island had heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...
Carter, Paul Initiation Into Combat
From Morocco, Paul Carter was shipped to Sicily where he was assigned to Company K, 179th Infantry Battalion, 45th...
Edwards, Mary Inspection by Harry Truman and Others
Mary Edwards met Harry Truman [Annotator's Note: President Harry S. Truman] when he was a congressman in charge of the...
Ramsey, Rosemary Jane Insults, Fireside Chats, and Celebrations
At times, it was rough for Rosemary Ramsey as an Italian in America. The worst was Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She and her...
Geiger, John Intelligence Missions
John Geiger was security for the officer while on missions. They took the officer wherever he wanted to go. Every...
Geist, Lloyd Interaction with Locals and Shooting Down a Plane
Lloyd Geist learned the art of bartering by trading a fifth of whiskey for a BMW [Annotator's Note: Bayerische Motoren...
Acker, Charles Interactions with Civilians
The people from one of the camps [Annotator's Note: he is referring to concentration camps]. They looked like ghosts in...
Billingsley, James Interactions with Japanese Civilians
James Billingsley was on patrol one night in Japan. He went into a train station and there was nothing there, but kids...
Noe, Leanne Interned Life in the Philippines
Leanne Blinzler Noe attended classes with several other children where they learned Tagalog [Annotator's Note: an...
Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" Internment at Santo Tomas
When the Japanese ceased the bombing [Annotator's Note: Fall of the Philippines, invasion by the Empire of Japan, 8...
Sawada, Lily Internment Camp
Lily Sawada and her family arrived in Poston, Arizona [Annotator’s Note: this was part of the relocation of Japanese-...
Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" Internment Camp Hospital
Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine and the other internees were very leery of their Japanese captors. They were not all bad...
Devoe, Susan Internment Camp Life
[Annotator's Note: Susan Magnuson Devoe and her family were forced into the Santo Tomas Internment Camp or Manila...
Matsumoto, Roy Internment Camps
Roy H. Matsumoto listened to news reports from Japan on his shortwave radio. He could tell some of it was propaganda,...
Doi, Jimmy Internment, Defense Plants and Experiencing Racism
Jimmy Doi and his family were informed in March [Annotator's Note: March 1942] that they were being sent to an...
Lorenzen, Angus Interred in Manila
There was a nice beach [Annotator's Note: in a cove along the Batang Peninsula] where Angus Lorenzen and his fellow...
Pickens, Olin Interrogated and Liberated
[Annotator’s Note: After being captured and escaping from a prisoner of war camp] Olin Pickens and a fellow prisoner,...
Scales, James Interrogating a Japanese Soldier on Saipan
As an executive officer [Annotator's Note: executive officer of 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...
Kanter, Joseph Interrogating Prisoners
Many Jewish people in the Army spoke other languages, and sometimes the words would get mixed up. Yiddish [Annotator's...
O'Donnell, Joseph Interrogation
A German officer who could speak English took Joseph O'Donnell into a barn. The officer started asking him questions....

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