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Lochra, Albert Prewar Life to Enlistment
Albert Pultz Lochra, Jr. was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania in August 1925. They lived in a coaling town named Amend [...
Coop, Willard Prewar Life to Enlistment
Willard Haul "Jack" Coop was born in April 1924 in Sulphur, Kentucky. He grew up with two younger sisters. His family...
O'Donnell, Joseph Prewar Life to Gunnery
[Annotator's Note: This clip starts midsentence.] Joseph O'Donnell and some others were told that they will get them...
Yamamoto, Albert Prewar Life to Japan
Albert Yamamoto was born in 1927 in Seattle, Washington. He grew up during the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: the...
Mirsky, Arnold Prewar Life to Joining the Military
Arnold A. Mirsky was born in November 1918 and was born in Newark, New Jersey. His parents were immigrants of Russia...
Moore, Calvin Prewar Life to Marine Corps
Calvin B. Moore was born in December 1923 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He had eight brothers and sisters. His father was...
Howland, Gilbert Prewar Life to Panama Canal Duty
[Annotator's Note: There is audio feedback noise throughout this clip.] Gilbert H. Howland was born in April 1923 in...
Heneghan, James Prewar Life to Pearl Harbor
Doctor James B. Heneghan grew up in Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois]. He was born in La Porte, Indiana in...
Eads, Arthur Prewar Life to Seabee Training
Arthur L. Eads was born in Plainville, Kansas [Annotator's Note: in August 1920]. His father was a farmer, but then...
Cohen, Benjamin Prewar Life to Soldier
Benjamin Wolf Cohen got his legal middle name after he contracted Polio as a young child. He was cured miraculously...
Sturman, William Prewar Life to the Navy
William Helm Sturman was born in April 1924 in Elida, New Mexico. He had two brothers and two sisters. During the...
Henry, Frederick Prewar Life to Tuskegee Institute
Frederick Henry was born in January 1923 in Chattanooga, Tennessee and raised in Detroit [Annotator's Note: Detroit,...
Jaffe, Stanley Prewar Life to War's End
Dr. Stanley Jaffe was born in Cleveland, Ohio in February 1925. He grew up in Cleveland and did his college work there...
Stephensen, Margaret Prewar Life to WAVES
Margaret Stephensen was born in March 1923 in Bradford, Pennsylvania. She grew up there and played in the band. After...
Pohorilla, Michael Prewar to Army Air Corps Cadet School
Michael J. "Mike" Pohorilla was born in the coal mining town of Kingston, Pennsylvania in January 1924. Pohorilla...
Guzman, Nicanor Prewar to Army Captain
Nicanor Guzman was born in the Philippines in March 1918. He got his two year basic course in the Army. He also studied...
Urban, Raymond Prewar to VMF-212
Raymond Urban was born in September 1920 in Bogalusa, Louisiana. They left there when he was young and moved around...
Warne, Therese Prison Camp in Davao
When Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: was an American child living in the Philippines during World War 2]...
Johnson, Erwin Prison Camp Life
Erwin Johnson says that the guards at Camp O'Donnell [Annotator's Note: Capas in Tarlac, Luzon, Philippines; former...
Warne, Therese Prison Camp Life
Therese Wadsworth Warne's [Annotator's Note: was an American child prisoner in the Philippines during World War 2]...
Sullivan, George Prison Camp Torture
[Annotator's Note: George Joseph Sullivan was captured by the Japanese during the Battle of Peleliu.] Normally, the...
O'Donnell, Joseph Prison Camps, Guards, Crewmembers
[Annotator's Note: Joseph O'Donnell was a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft IV near Gross Tychow, Pomerania, now Tychowo,...
Pbert, Herman Prisoner
Herman Pbert was sent to Casalmette di San Paolo concentration camp [Annotator's Note: unable to identify] at an...
Roslensky, Marvin Prisoner in Japan
Marvin A. Roslansky [Annotator's Note: a US Marine captured by the Japanese at Guam, Mariana Islands] was taken [...
Liberato, Louis Prisoner of War Camps
Louis Liberato had never experienced death before he went to Europe. He was loaded into a boxcar [Annotator's Note:...
Willett, Richard Problems with a Lieutenant
Richard Willett got into a mountainous area. His jeep driver was from North Carolina. A Lieutenant decided to ride in...
O'Donnell, Joseph Proud American
[Annotator's Note: Joseph O'Donnell was a prisoner on the Black March in February 1945.] One officer guard got them...
Bussel, Norman PTSD
Once home, Norman Bussel had trouble adjusting. Any sort of noise would set him off. A man slammed the trunk of a taxi...
Dahlberg, Melvin PTSD
Melvin Dahlberg's first time abroad was in Italy which was very rundown. The local people were begging for food. He...
Sparacino, Paul PTSD and Veteran Suicides
Paul Sparacino [Annotator's Note: Sparacino served aboard the USS Princeton (LPH-5) during Operation Dominic, series of...
Grieves, Billy PTSD, Depth Charge Attacks and Fresh Water
Billy Grieves watches movies like Run Silent, Run Deep religiously. He feels that they are more Hollywood than reality...
Jagers, Robert Quarantined During Training
Robert Jagers went to boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Center [Annotator's Note: Naval Station Great Lakes in...
Keller, Luba Questioning God
When Luba Keller was walking from her concentration camp to work in the munitions factory she would talk to God and ask...
Kelley, Archie Racism at the Naval Academy
Archie Kelley arrived at Annapolis [Annotator's Note: United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland] and had to...
Harrison, John Racism in the Military
One time, when John Langston Harrison, Jr. was a B-25 [Annotator's Note: North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber]...
Kiefer, Keith Radiation Exposure
[Annotator's Note: Keith Kiefer was assigned to a Radiological Cleanup detail on Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands while...

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