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Russell Hoff has vivid memories of his prisoner of war experiences. He has flashbacks that will probably never leave...
James McEnery thinks it is important to study all wars as he thinks each one has something to teach people. McEnery...
Donald Draxler was mad at the Japanese for the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl...
Among his experiences in the war, the thing that most stands out in Robert W. "Doby" Gibson's mind is being on the...
Joseph Pilcher volunteered for the armed forces during World War 2 because he thought it was his duty; he, like...
James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a former prisoner of war in Japan] was a product of the Depression [Annotator'...
The war affected Edwin Slomka's ability to do physical things because of his leg injury. He does not think he has...
The war ended while Irving Miller was in the hospital. He was discharged on the point system. Everyone talked about the...
Robert Inghram was shot down early in the war [Annotator's Note: during the Dieppe raid in August 1942]. He was given...
Robert Max's most memorable experience of World War 2 was learning that his parents got the news that he was still...
Richard Richards never knew what he was going to be doing until he was in the middle of it. [Annotator's Note: Richards...
Ernest Cowell had difficulty adjusting to civilian life. There were many servicemen in UCLA [Annotator's Note:...
Steve Sivak's most memorable experience during the war was during the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of...
Fiske Hanley II was held captive by Kempeitai [Annotator's Note: Kenpeitai, also called Kempeitai; military police arm...
Carl Landwehr has no secrets about his war service. He never saw any of the concentration camps. He had rumors of them...
[Annotator's Note: The sound quality is diminished throughout this segment.] George Henry Rosenberg was changed by...
They immediately hauled Arthur Pendleton to the emergency Army tent. He was still knocked out at this point [Annotator'...
Roy Joseph Moss spent time in a rehabilitation hospital [Annotator's Note: after being wounded in March 1945]. He was...
Donald Evans landed in England and went to the 187th General Hospital for more surgeries and then to another hospital...
Lester Shapiro was in a combat engineering outfit [Annotator's Note: 209th Engineer Combat Battalion] and was the first...
Robert Inghram and his fellow prisoners were moved to Moosburg. The prisoners were given 30 minutes to pack. The...
Adolfo V. Celaya was taken aboard the Basset [Annotator’s Note: USS Bassett (APD-73), which rescued 154 survivors of...
Edgar Harrell had very little energy and was just hoping for someone to discover him [Annotator's Note: while floating...
One morning, Richard Thelen saw a plane fly over him and he knew that he was about to be rescued [Annotator's Note: USS...
Sharks began circling the group of survivors, and Cleatus Lebow said the predators were attacking men who broke away...
George Sakato had to go and rescue the Lost Battalion [Annotator's Note: elements of the 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry...
James Wilson recuperated and was taken to New Caledonia [Annotator's Note: after being wounded during the Guadalcanal...
Cleatus Lebow was kept in the hospital ward for four weeks, then flew from Samar Island [Annotator's Note: Samar Island...
After David Lamar Mealor contracted a bad case of jungle rot in New Guinea, he was shipped back to the United States on...
[Annotator’s Note: Lloyd Burns was a prisoner of war in Europe.] Lloyd Burns recalls that he was deloused and given new...
George W. Bachmann, Junior [Annotator's Note: a waist gunner in the 367th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group...
Herbert Gross and his surviving fellow Vitamin P [Annotator's Note: Vitamin P was the name of the Consolidated B-24...
Ernst Schrader was a member of the 8 Staffel, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 (StGII) in the Luftwaffe. Commanders changed in...
From Germany, James Pritchett was flown to, and treated at, a general hospital in Herefordshire, England. After about a...
Joseph Haines was glad to get back home. Nobody was happier to see him than his mother. He arrived back in the United...
Raymond Downs and his family were taken to a hospital in Morgan City, Louisiana. They were not allowed to call their...

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