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Borne, Edwin Wake's Final Defense
Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. drove his truck to multiple locations on Wake Island in support of the defenders. The huge...
Sklar, Martin "Marty" Walt Disney the Pioneer and His Legacy
Martin Sklar realized that he [Annotator's Note: Walt Disney] was creating fads, popular songs, and new markets. It was...
Sklar, Martin "Marty" Walt Disney's Personal Writer
Martin Sklar became Walt Disney's personal writer. Disney did not make speeches except for the one he gave for theater...
Grant, Lydia "Diane" War and Aftermath
Lydia Grant witnessed the attack on the American facilities at Pearl Harbor firsthand. The Japanese strafed the...
Waller, Charles War Breaks Out
At the time war broke out, Charles A. Waller was working as an usher at a nearby movie theater and followed the course...
de Jonge, Wim War Comes to the Dutch East Indies
Wim de Jonge was drafted into the Dutch Army [Annotator's Note: de Jonge was drafted into the Koninklijk Nederlandsch-...
Damberg, Wanda War Crimes Trials
Wanda Damberg testified against Tōjō [Annotator’s Note: Hideki Tōjō was Prime Minister of Japan for much of the Second...
McEnery, James War Dogs and Combat Tactics
James McEnery liked having the Dobermans around. McEnery remembers a shipment of dogs being delivered to them at the...
Lafferty, Ralph War Experiences
Senator Dole [Annotator's Note: Robert Joseph Dole; American veteran and politician] had been in the same division, but...
Joyce, Josefine War in Germany
In seeing the movies [Annotator's Note: referring to the documentaries and Beyond all Boundaries 4D experience...
Blanckenburg, William "Bill" War is Scary
William Blanckenburg was alongside a creek and the Germans were on the other side. This was before Blanckenburg got...
Wronka, Gretchen War Orphan
Gretchen Wronka’s father, Loren Hintz, was killed in action while serving in the Army Air Corps during World War 2....
Combs, Charlotte War Production
Charlotte Combs went to school for drawing maps. She got a job at the Higgins factory [Annotator's Note: Higgins...
Konen, Mary War Production
Mary Konen was born in April 1924 in New Ulm, Minnesota. Her family relocated to Pierz, Minnesota and her father opened...
Wilkins, Byron War Reflections
Byron Othello Wilkins helped form a club with Corps Commander Troy Middleton who was University Controller. The club...
Fishman, Arthur War Service
Arthur Fishman is a World War 2 Navy veteran. He had three sons and several grandchildren, and his wife passed away. He...
Schmitt, Warren War stories
Warren Schmitt was always interested in cameras. He liberated two pretty nice cameras in Germany and took up...
Russell, Richard War Winds Down
Richard T. Russell, Jr. finished his missions out of Clark Field [Annotator's Note: now Clark Air Base, a Philippine...
Henry, Margaret War Years
Margaret Brewer Henry was born in Miami, Florida, but she grew up in Atlanta [Annotator's Note: Atlanta, Georgia]. She...
Nummer, Richard War's Brutality
Richard Nummer experienced the brutality of war on Iwo Jima. He and his buddies witnessed Japanese soldiers lying with...
Whitaker, Fred War's End
Fred Whitaker went to the 50th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May...
Peterson, Dale War's End
Dale Peterson's battlestation on the USS San Juan (CL-54) was a five inch 38 caliber gun mount that had a seven man...
Stone, Edward War's End
Edward Stone was aboard the USS Bumper (SS-333) after its first war patrol when it entered Subic Bay in the Philippines...
Benjamin, Adelaide War's End
Adelaide Benjamin had returned to New Orleans, Louisiana from El Paso, Texas by the time the war ended. When the...
Winestone, Ted War's End
During World War 2, Ted Winestone joined the partisans [Annotator's note: after escaping from the ghetto in Dworzec,...
Rickel, Robert War's End
Robert "Bob" Rickel says that there was very little room in the B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress...
Garcia, Ray War's End
Ray Garcia and Al Nickels [Annotator's Note: later United States Air Force Colonel Albert B. Nickels] both made the Air...
Kidder, Remi War's End
Remi Kidder got the bed he always hoped he would have. [Annotator's Note: Kidder joined the Navy and served aboard the...
Chamblin, Loyd War's End
Lloyd Augustus Chamblin, Jr. knew most of the men in his squadron [Annotator's Note: Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 133...
Moore, Charles War's End
Charles Moore was stationed in Orleans, France at the end of the war. He enjoyed the experience there. He had a...
Cohen, Benjamin War's End
Benjamin Wolf Cohen and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company A, 320th Engineer Combat Battalion, 95th Infantry Division...
Drake, Joseph War's End
Joseph J. Drake fought all the way through to Pilsen, Czechoslovakia [Annotator's Note: Plzeň (Pilsen), Czech Republic...
Tanner, Theodore War's End
Theodore Robert Tanner was in the Philippines when the nuclear bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...
Dannehl, Robert War's End
Robert Dannehl was a radio operator [Annotator’s Note: on the USS Hubbard (DE-211)]. He got liberty [Annotator's Note:...
Cruise, Leslie War's End
[Annotator's Note: Leslie Cruise continually refers to a book that he has off camera.] During the Battle of the Bulge [...
Wellford, Harry War's End
Harry Walker Wellford [Annotator's Note: while serving as the radar officer aboard the USS Harrison (DD-573)] remembers...

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