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Hanley, Fiske Liberated from Prison Camp
Fiske Hanley II, a Special Prisoner of the Kempeitai [Annotator's Note: Kenpeitai, also called Kempeitai; military...
Waldeck, Frank Liberating a Concentration Camp
Frank J. Waldeck [Annotator's Note: with Company C, 1st Battalion, 411th Infantry Regiment, 103rd Infantry Division]...
Freeman, Leslie "Vincent" Liberating Belgium and Luxembourg
Leslie Freeman's first close contact with the enemy was after crossing France and Belgium and going into the Hurtgen...
Hagans, Benjamin Liberation
Benjamin Hagans was in Cabanatuan [Annotator’s Note: Cabanatuan, Philippines] for all of 1944 and part of 1945. He...
Bloch, Itka Liberation
Itka Bloch remembers the first tank coming in [Annotator's Note: to liberate the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near...
Capron, Ed Liberation
Edward C. Capron Jr. was serving with Headquarters Battery of the 73rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 9th Armored...
Klein, Gerda Liberation and Feelings Towards Germans
[Annotator's Note: Gerda Klein, who was liberated from a slave labor camp can be very difficult to understand at points...
Szafran, Daniel Liberation and Palestine
Daniel Szafran was in Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: Auschwitz II-Birkenau in Brzesinka, Poland]. The food situation was...
Devoe, Susan Liberation and Postwar
Susan Magnuson Devoe remembers being liberated [Annotator's Note: from the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila...
Bouton, Helen Liberation and Sweden
Getting into Bergen-Belsen [Annotator's Note: Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near Bergen, Germany] was the worst...
Grabhorn, Edgar Liberation from Prison Camp
Edgar A. Grabhorn [Annotator's Note: a a prisoner of war Stalag IX-C (b) prisoner of war camp and hospital in Meiningen...
Baum, Irving Liberation to Dachau
Irving Baum and his friends were talking and saying that their hometown newspaper would not believe that they met up. [...
Browning, Earl Life Aboard Transport Ships
Earl Dean Browning had no problems becoming a civilian. You have to make up your mind. His was that he was going to go...
Johnson, Erwin Life after Liberation
Erwin Johnson spent his furloughs in New Orleans, Louisiana. After his furloughs were exhausted, he went to Camp Shelby...
Tomkiewicz, Micha Life after Liberation
On 13 April 1945, Micha Tomkiewicz and his mother were liberated from a prison train by American soldiers and taken to...
Dendy, Lloyd Life and Death on Pelelui
Lloyd Dendy was the company bootlegger on Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Peleliu, Palau]. They made a still out of aluminum...
Moran, John "Jack" Life and Thoughts
John Moran was home on leave when Japan surrendered [Annotator's Note: on 15 August 1945]. He had left Europe around 1...
Tallon, Donald Life as a Slave Laborer
Don Tallon [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war in Stalag II-B in Hammerstein, Pomerania, now Czarne, Poland, in...
Bodis-Wollner, Ivan Life at Bergen-Belsen
Ivan Bodis-Wollner does not remember arriving at Bergen-Belsen [Annotator's Note: Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near...
Cascio, Roy Life at Port Moresby
Roy Cascio was stationed at Port Moresby, New Guinea. The captain of their squadron was Roy Jones. He was in the 27th...
Rans, Robert Life at Timisu de Jos
Robert Rans was placed in a room with three other wounded prisoners of war at the Timisul de Jos prison camp in Timisu...
Jameson, Andrew Life During the Bulge
Andrew George Jameson and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company L, 3rd Battalion, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry...
Grunte, Leon Life in a Russian Prison Camp
Leon Grunte was locked up in a cattle truck going to prison in the Soviet Union. He went through parts of Latvia. He...
Shapiro, Lester Life in Burma
Lester Shapiro did not know anything about getting a Bronze Star [Annotator's Note: the Bronze Star Medal is the fourth...
Gagel, Helen "Cosgrove" Life in Manila
In New Guinea, Helen Gagel lived in a tent with a cot. In the Philippines, she had a tent until she was over at the...
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...
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...
Neste, Norman A. Life in the Bulge
Norman Neste had no preconceived ideas of what the German military would be like. Once he had encountered them, he...
Lorenzen, Angus Life in the Camp
Angus Lorenzen and his sister and mother were placed in the Japanese internment camp at Santo Tomas University, Manila...
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...
Keller, Jack Life Inside the B-17
[Annotator's Note: Jack Keller's wife assists him throughout this clip as he had a stroke and has trouble remembering...
Buckner, Jack Life on Base
Jack Buckner says the biggest problem with Army life is the boredom. They played baseball and card games. On a day off...
Carlson, Clarence Life on Base and VE-Day
The different crews in Clarence Carlson's squadron [Annotator's Note: 555th Bombardment Squadron, 386th Bombardment...
O'Hara, Richard Life on Tinian
Richard O'Hara and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion] saw very little action. When...
Hill, Jennings Liverpool and Iceland
After his return [Annotator's Note: from a convoy run to Russia], Jennings Paul Hill, Sr. took some time off and then...
Schicker, Tom Living and Fighting in Mud
There would be holes in the line where there were not enough men [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of Okinawa, 1...

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