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Rees, Holly Returning to the United States and Discharge
At the 68th Field Hospital, Holly Rees was carried into a Quonset hut and laid on the floor, where he waited while more...
Lucas, Jack Returns to Iwo Jima
Jacklyn Lucas returned to Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] in 1985. He has been back there three times and...
Gross, Eva Reunion and Return Home
Eva Gross was reunited with her very ill mother in Bergen-Belsen [Annotator's Note: after the British liberated the...
Hyland, Everett Reunions and Ship Morale
[Annotator's Note: Everett Hyland served in the Navy as a radio operator on the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) and was aboard...
Rice, Darold Reunited/Exploring
Darold Rice remembers boarding the ship to head back to the USA after the war was over. He joined up with a random...
Imahara, Walter Rohwer War Relocation Center
When they [Annotator's Note: Walter Imahara and many of the other Japanese-Americans interned at the Jerome War...
Mc Murray, Steve Roi-Namur and Recovering in Hawaii
When he went into combat for the first time, Steve McMurray said he, like everyone else, was scared. When he came upon...
Wayne, William Roosevelt Dies and Japan Surrenders
William Wayne got out of the hospital and was in the Marine Transit Center in Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl...
Zoltz, Hana Rounded Up and Sent to Auschwitz
Hana Zoltz arrived at Auschwitz by train. Many people had died during the forced journey. They were confined in the...
Farley, Daniel Saarlautern to the Battle of the Bulge
Daniel Farley was hit in the shoulder by a sniper in a church steeple. The Rangers with him shot the sniper. It was not...
Draxler, Donald Saipan
In March or April [Annotator's Note: March or April 1944], Donald Draxler returned to Schofield Barracks [Annotator's...
Scales, James Saipan and Tinian
James Shelton Scales landed on Saipan [Annotator's Note: Battle of Saipan, 15 June to 9 July 1944, Saipan, Mariana...
Wells, Raymond San Pietro, Cassino, and Being Wounded
Raymond Wells was by himself with a .30 caliber machine gun and took out three enemy snipers. He moved to San Pietro...
Weber, Rosemarie Santo Thomas and Being Liberated
Rosemarie Weber went to school in the camp but didn't learn very much. She didn't finish 8th grade. Learning wasn't the...
Pena, William Schleiden/Wounded by Mines
William Pena and his men took up a position in the town across from what was a girl’s school run by nuns. That morning...
Oreck, David Scotch and the Father of Mark Spitz
David Oreck guesses he was on between five and ten missions as a navigator on a B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29...
Ukrop, Samuel Securing Guam
Samuel Ukrop's outfit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division] was not...
Ambrose, Haney Securing the Philippines
After securing Bougainville [Annotator's Note: Bougainville, Solomon Islands], Haney Ambrose [Annotator's Note: with...
Riddle, Pearson Seeing an American Plane and Being Liberated
Pearson Riddle was sent to second camp that had high walls and an electric fence in 1943. He was then put on a ship to...
Phillips, Henry Segment 1
[Annotators Note: Segment begins with a female telling Phillips that she is going to the grocery store and will be...
Baynham, James Segment 1
Baynham grew up during the Great Depression but doesn't recall life being too bad. After graduating from high school he...
Ehlers, Walter Segment 1
Ehlers served in Company L and Company C of the 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He enlisted in October...
Stegmeier, James L. Segment 1
Stegmeier was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1922. At the time of the interview he is 85 years old. He attended Grandview...
Kalil, Louis Segment 10
Kalil does not know what happened to the P-47 pilot. The airmen were taken to a different camp from the infantry. He...
Brooks, Howard Segment 10
1 morning the prisoners were called out. They were usually called out every morning so the Japanese could do a head...
Delewski, Lawrence Segment 10
The Laffey escorted a ship named the Dashing Wave [Annotator's Note: SS Dashing Wave] all the way back to the States [...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 10
They were attempting to cross a river in order to capture an airfield that was suspected of housing German transport...
Childers, Lloyd Segment 10
Childers was placed in a basket and hoisted onto the deck of the destroyer that had picked him and his crew up. He was...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Segment 11
Theodore Finkbeiner does not know why his unit was pulled out of its positions. When they moved into their new...
Luckadoo, John Segment 11
After the war the US Army Air Forces suspected that John Luckadoo was suffering from PTSD. When he had returned from...
Kalil, Louis Segment 11
When the Germans unloaded the prisoners of war from the trains, Kalil remembers British medics helping them. He recalls...
Brissie, Lou Segment 11
In 1948 Lou Brissie went to spring training, after which he returned to Philadelphia to play the Phillies. After the...
Brooks, Howard Segment 11
In the hospital they were treated very nice and given so much food that they couldn't eat it all. There was also...
Dennis, David Segment 11
Finally a jeep showed up with a lieutenant in it who told them [Annotators Note: David Dennis and his fellow POWs] when...
Ward, Harold Segment 11
It was amazing to Harold Ward to see how quickly they dumped stuff after the war was over. They were heading back to...
Baum, Abraham "Abe" Segment 11
A Serbian doctor in the hospital hid Baum. By this point, he had discarded his dog tags because if the Germans had...

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