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Rosenbloom, Myers Entering Service
Myers Bernard Rosenbloom was working in an office in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania of the United States Steel Corporation...
Field, Edward Entering the military and Becoming a Poet
Edward Field entered the military to escape his background and the oppression of anti-Semitism. It was wonderful and...
Spint, Robert Entering the Service
Robert Spint lost a good friend who had gone in the service, was shipped to the Philippines, and was killed when his...
Smith, Charles Entering the War
The hardest part of boot camp was being told what to do. Charles R. Smith was 18 years old when he went in. He had to...
Swinney, Lauren Entertaining Russian and Chinese Servicemen
At Northwestern University, Lauren Swinney's speech fraternity, Zeta Phi Eta, was sent to Glenview Naval Air Station....
Reynolds, Holly Entertainment in England, Getting Married and Divorced, and Caring for Animals
The Red Cross members in London tried to talk Holly Reynolds out of getting married overseas but there was a group of...
Armstrong, James Entertainment, a Train Ride to Quimper, and Preparing to Escape
Having been shot down over France, James Armstrong was taken in by the French Resistance and was being kept in the town...
White, Charles Entrance into Service
Charles White was born in 1924 in Coraopolis [Annotator’s Note: Coraopolis, Pennsylvania]. He served from 1941 to 1945...
Reilly, Joseph Entrance into Service
Joseph Dean Reilly had a deferment [Annotator's Note: postponement of military service] because he was working for a...
Waldman, Leon Entrance into Service
Leon Waldman enlisted in the Air Force in November 1942. [Annotator’s Note: Waldman talks about different high schools...
Cox, Neil "Jack" Entrance into Service
Neil Cox thought he was blessed because he was raised on a farm. He grew up working hard and shooting guns. One soldier...
Craig, James Entrance into Service
James Craig was born in August 1918 in Tennessee. His father worked for the Beaver Brothers. He did a lot of hauling...
Asher, Adolph Entrance into Service
Adolph Edward Asher was born March 1916 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. During the...
Boeke, Robert Entrance into Service
Robert Boeke and his classmates talked about the war in social studies class. He sang in the boys' choir. They started...
Molen, Herman Entrance into Service
Herman Molen was born in August 1923 in Greenville, Texas. He was studying to be a minister. He was ordained. When the...
Bowie, James Entrance into Service
James Bowie joined the Marine Corps. He only knew what he saw in the newsreels. He had an uncle who served in the Navy...
Lutz, William Entrance into Service
William Lutz was born in March 1920. He had three younger sisters, and two younger brothers who served in the Korean...
Meredith, William Entrance into Service
William Meredith was born in Norfolk [Annotator’s Note: Norfolk, Virginia]. They went through the Depression [Annotator...
Burkle, Henry Entrance into Service
Henry Burkle was in service at Chanute Field, Illinois when he heard about Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...
Hayes, Clifford "Cliff" Entrance into the Army
After a short leave before going to basic training, Clifford Suthern Hayes visited his family. On his way to the...
Bruce, Charles Entrance into the Service
Charles Bruce was 17 years old when he drove a truck for work. He got a ticket for speeding. He had to pay 20 dollars....
Weber, Ed Entrance Into the Service and Postwar
Ed Weber went into the service on 5 December 1942 and went to the San Diego Marine Corps base [Annotator's Note: Marine...
Klepper, Manfred Escalating Nazi Terror
Manfred Klepper saw things get worse after 1939 [Annotator's Note: in Trier, Germany]. The police force had been...
Tomkiewicz, Micha Escapes and Deaths
Micha Tomkiewicz and his family were living in the ghetto in Warsaw, Poland. Because of his father's Polish Army...
Clausen, Elfriede Escaping East Germany
Elfriede Clausen recalls waiting for the Americans to come to their village and free them from the Russians occupying...
Langrehr, Henry Escaping from the Germans
A friend of Henry Langrehr's, Jim McMillen, had been beaten up badly by a German guard with a club. The SS [Annotator's...
Dawson, Zhanna Escaping the Death March
Zhanna Dawson was taken on a death march by the Germans and Ukrainian police [Annotator's Note: starting in December...
Lawler, Daniel Eugene Sledge
Daniel J. Lawler [Annotator's Note: serving with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division in...
Lorenzen, Angus Europe and Shell Shock
After arriving in the United States in May 1945, Angus Lorenzen crossed the country by train to go to New York City....
Stewart, Frank Evacuated to the United States and Reunions
Harold Horseman was the historian for the Guadalcanal veterans. Horseman wrote about the same area and about the same...
Carson, Benjamin Evacuating Makin Island
Benjamin Carson found that evacuating Makin Island was far more difficult that arriving there. The tide worked against...
McLaurine, Luke Evacuation from Stalag Luft III
Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. and the others heard the guns approaching the camp [Annotator's Note: Stalag Luft III in...
Shawn, Gilbert Evading the Germans
[Annotator's Note: Gilbert S. Shawn was a prisoner of war after his aircraft was shot down on 12 April 1944.] After...
Rosenbaum, James Events on Okinawa
James Stewart Rosenbaum worked with two Navajo Code Talkers [Annotator's Note: also called Diné code talkers, one group...
Watson, Harry Evolution of Submarine Warfare
Harry Watson said that when the war started, the submarines were used merely as a scouting force. They would get...
Jarvis, Robert Experience on Luzon
After resting in Australia, Robert Jarvis’ regiment [Annotator’s Note: 534th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment, 4th...

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