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Hayashi, Nobuo Life in Nishinomiya During War
Nobuo Hayashi remembers listening to the radio and hearing how Japan had to attack Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the...
Welch, Darrell Life in North Africa
Darrell Welch returned home from North Africa in just under a year. He flew 61 missions. He has great praise for the B-...
Kopp, Alois Life in POW Camps
Alois Kopp was aboard the USS Houston (CA-30) defending Java when the ship was sunk. He survived and was taken prisoner...
Bueker, Robert Life in Prison Camp
Robert Bueker [Annotator's Note: while a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft I in Barth, Germany] was treated quite well by...
O'Donnell, Joseph Life in Prison Camp
[Annotator's Note: Joseph O'Donnell was a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft IV near Gross Tychow, Pomerania, now Tychowo,...
Cristiano, Nick Life in Prison Camp
When Nick Cristiano got to the prison camp, he was given a paper to fill out. He only would put name, rank, serial...
Woodham, Greg Life in Santo Tomas
Greg Woodham and his mother were interned at Santo Tomas [Annotator’s Note: Santo Tomas Internment Camp, also known as...
Heming, Barbara Life in Schleswig-Holstein
Germany was changing for the better at that time. Barbara Heming's mother still had to work but was no longer working...
Doolan, Robert Life in Stalag Luft III
Robert Doolan was in the oldest camp [Annotator's Note: Stalag Luft III in Zagań, Poland]. It had been abused by the...
Baum, Irving Life in Stalag Luft III
One of the more onerous jobs for Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: as a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft III in Sagan,...
Higgins, Malcom Life in Stalag Luft III and the Great Escape
They [Annotator's Note: Malcolm Higgins and his fellow prisoners being held in Stalag Luft III] got a chance to build...
Mock, John Life in Stalag XII-A
John Mock ended up at Stalag XII-A [Annotator's Note: in Limburg, Germany]. The latrine in the camp overflowed every...
Zygmuntowicz, Itka Life in Sweden
After being liberated from Malchow [Annotator's Note: the Malchow concentration camp in Malchow, Germany, a sub-camp of...
McGlohon, John Life in the Air and on the Ground
Returning to discuss his other assignments all over the globe, John McGlohon conceded that the Aleutian Islands was not...
Slack, Otis Life in the Aleutian Islands
In 1935, General Billy Mitchell [Annotator's Note: Brigadier General William Lendrum Mitchell] told Congress [Annotator...
Currier, Al Life in the Aleutians
Al Currier had many boring days [Annotator's Note: on Attu Island, Alaska as a member of Company B, 1st Battalion,...
Denzler, Edward Life in the Burma Campaign
The terrain was mostly jungle, and Edward Denzler remembers when the enemy ran a herd of wild elephants through the...
Keller, Luba Life in the Camp Barracks
Luba Keller was sent to camp Work A in Skarżysko, Poland [Annotator's Note: now Skarżysko-Kamienna, Poland]. They lived...
Komito, Joseph Life in the Camps
Joseph Komito was at Natzweiler [Annotator's Note: Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp near Natzweiler and Struthof...
Mason, Alfred Life in the Field
Heywood Mason [Annotator's Note: a Private 1st Class in the US Army 88th Infantry Division] dug foxholes, and when rain...
Day, Morris "Gene" Life in the Field
During the voyage overseas, Morris Eugene Day helped treat the men who got seasick. He was able to eat the Navy food,...
Mahoney, Timothy Life in the Field
Timothy Mahoney only went on a flight after he did repairs to the radar equipment. The pilots did not like doing those...
Simons, F.M. Life in the Field
F.M. Richard Simons always had food. The food in the camps was not too bad. They did not complain as long as they had...
Moxon, Milton Life in the Field
For Milton Moxon and the 94th Infantry Division, weather and terrain conditions were horrible on the front. Some men...
Tindal, Sullivan Life in the Field and Postwar
During the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16 December...
Carawan, Chris Life in the Field and Three Days in Paris
Chris Carawan said the Americans were not prepared for what happened in Belgium. They didn't have food, they lived on K...
Matsumoto, Roy Life in the Internment Camp
Roy H. Matsumoto was first forced into an assembly center which was a racetrack [Annotator's Note: Santa Anita...
Poston, Charles Life in the Jungle
Charles Poston [Annotator's Note: a pilot with the 1st Air Commando Group based in Asansol, India] was stationed in the...
Hutchinson, Louis Life in the Pacific
Louis Hutchinson and the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) used Ulithi [Annotator's Note: Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands] as an...
McGee, Joseph Life in the Pacific and Combat Missions
Joseph F. McGee Junior flew 97 missions in World War 2 [Annotator's Note: with the 460th Fighter Squadron, 348th...
VanDuzer, Raymond Life in the POW Camps
Raymond VanDuzer believed that he would not be a prisoner forever. Once in captivity in Germany, they were marched a...
Brooks, Curtis Life in the Santo Tomas Internment Camp
While there [Annotator's Note: in the Santo Thomas Internment Camp], Curtis Brooks and the other children started to...
Long, Catherine Life in the WAVES
Catherine Long lived in a barracks with four other WAVES [Annotator's Note: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency...
Fitzmorris, James Life in Wartime New Orleans
James Fitzmorris was stationed at Camp Plauche [Annotator's Note: also known as Camp Harahan, Jefferson Parish,...
Halberg, Norma Life of a WASP
Just before she went into the WASPs [Annotator's Note: Women Airforce Service Pilots], Norma Halberg and another girl,...
Butcher, Chester Life on a British Air Base
Chester J. Butcher was sent overseas to England [Annotator's Note: with the 357th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group...

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