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McAuliffe, Edwin Kenneth McAuliffe and the War Effort
Kenneth [Annotators Note: Edwin McAuliffe's brother] was five years older than McAuliffe. Kenneth went to St....
Moskin, Alan Killing Germans and Losing Friends
Alan Moskin was a scout. Scouts go in ahead of the outfit to make sure the outfit does not get ambushed. Two men are...
Barnes, Walter Knowing Judo
Walter Barnes did not see much of a change in New Orleans when he returned after the war. Before the war he and his...
Lauderdale, Dell Kokura Stockade and Korea Mismanagement
Dell Lauderdale went to Southern Japan after he left the prison [Annotator's Note: Sugamo Prison in Tokyo]. Lauderdale...
Reeder, John Korea, Continued
John Reeder was unhappy with the way the reserve officers were being treated; he had overheard his commanding officer...
Bala, Walter Korean War and a Leave in London
Walter Bala was called back to service for the Korean War [Annotator's Note: 1950 to 1953]. He had a new car and drove...
Cowell, Ernest Korean War, Vietnam, and Post Military Life
Ernest Cowell took a train from Fort Mason, California [Annotator's Note: in San Francisco, California], to Fort Lewis...
Klepper, Manfred Kristallnacht
Manfred Klepper heard a knock on the family apartment door at dusk [Annotator's Note: on the evening of 9 November 1938...
Bolster, Elisabeth Kristallnacht
Elisabeth Bolster was home during Kristallnacht [Annotator's Note: the "night of broken glass" when Nazis attacked...
Westbrook, James Kwajalein and Saipan
James Roland Westbrook served in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines [Annotator's Note: 24th Marine Regiment], 4th...
Wesighan, Fred Kwajalein and the Leyte
Fred Wesighan and his unit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Company, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division] left...
Olson, Bud La Fière Bridge
Bud Olson [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne...
Winestone, Ted Labor Camp and Reflections
Ted Winestone [Annotator's Note: a Polish Jewish immigrant to the United States] was in a labor camp during World War 2...
Moose, Warren Laboratory Dental Technician
Warren Sanford Moose was given orders to go overseas as a replacement laboratory dental technician. He first stopped in...
Kearney, George Landing Craft
[Annotator's Note: George Kearney grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and was an employee of Higgins Industries from 1937...
Sakato, George Landing in Italy then Invading Southern France
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team and 100th Battalion [Annotator's Note: 100th Infantry Battalion] came together in...
Higgins, Richard Landing on Guadalcanal and Rations
Richard Higgins occasionally wants to forget what he has seen. Higgins remembers being on Cape Gloucester hiding behind...
Severance, Dave Landing on Iwo Jima
Dave Severance remembers some of the men, including Ira Hayes, John Bradley [Annotator's Note: John Henry Bradley, also...
Scales, James Landing on Iwo Jima
James Shelton Scales boarded a troop ship on New Year's Eve, 1944. He boarded APA-154, the Lowndes [Annotator's Note:...
DeForest, Harold Landing on Luzon and Mail Call
[Annotator's Note: Harold DeForest served in the Army as a gunner on a 60mm mortar in Company A, 1st Battalion, 129th...
Pomroy, Frank Landing on Peleliu
Frank Pomroy relates how the amphibious tanks [Annotator's Note: Landing Vehivle, Tracked, or LVT] went out of the LSTs...
Kirk, James Last Mission
James Read Kirk's last mission [Annotator's Note: with the 96th Bombardment Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Group, 15th Air...
Graham, Marvin Last Mission
[Annotator's Note: Audio is not good throughout this clip.] Marvin Raymond Graham was released from a hospital a few...
Riggs, Clarence Last Missions and Return Home
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip interview, Clarence Edward "Ed" Riggs, Jr. refers to papers he is holding as he...
Bellecci, John Last Thoughts
John Bellecci does not think that American society today understands World War 2. Education is what won that war for us...
Guitard, Robert Last Thoughts
Robert Guitard could tell we were no longer at war when women could buy silk stockings, and everyone could buy butter....
Harvey, David Last Thoughts on War
[Annotator's Note: David Harvey was discharged from the Navy in 1946. He then joined the Army for the Korean War on 1...
Alter, Joseph Lead Up to D-Day
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Joseph Alter what the trip overseas aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth was like.]...
Livaudais, James Leadership
James Livaudais knew he had really seen combat after the battle at La Fiere and the Merderet crossing. He thought at...
Clancey, Michael Learning about Politics and Enlisting
Michael Clancey did duck and cover drills in school and at home as a child because of the nuclear threat. He always...
Wiswell, George Learning to Dive
George Wiswell learned how to dive in the Navy. Wiswell was given a sheet of commands for line pulls under water as...
Siracuse, James Learning to Fly
James Siracuse worked in the cellar at Western Electric for awhile. The boss never came down so he could horse around a...
Wiswell, George Learning to Think
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks George Wiswell what it was like when the war ended.] Thank goodness it was over...
Wicker, Thomas Leave and Postwar life
Thomas Wicker recalled the day before the Japanese surrender, they had to fuel the USS Missouri (BB-63). The ship had a...
Reitman, Seymour Leave in England
Seymour Reitman got an open furlough [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] to England....
Lesniewski, Joseph Leave in England
Joseph Lesniewski liked his M1 [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as the M1 Garand]. It...

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