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Grunte, Leon Moving to London
[Annotator's Note: Leon Grunte left a displaced persons camp in Germany to go to work in England.] England was very...
Bouton, Helen Munkacs to Auschwitz
[Annotator's Note: Helene Bouton and her family were placed in a small ghetto in their neighborhood in Irshava,...
Nossbaum, Anneliese Mutthausen
Annaliese Nossbaum and her mother were prisoners at Auschwitz [Annotator’s Note: Auschwitz; a complex of over 40...
Little, Keith Navajos Joining the Marines
[Annotator's Note: This interview was conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom can be heard off-...
Taylor, Amelia Navy Boot Camp
Amelia Taylor's father signed for her at the recruiting station [Annotator's Note: to join the Women Accepted for...
Schulman, Shirley New Jobs
While her husband, Hyman, was deployed overseas in Europe during World War 2, Shirley Sandy Schulman found a job as a...
Weinthal, Siegfried New Life in America
Siegfried Weinthal was born in February 1929 in Esens, Germany, a small town in Northern Germany. His childhood did not...
Romano, Joseph Nissei, Blacks, Whites, and Germans
Joseph Romano went to Germany after Italy. He was on guard duty there. He went to Le Havre, France from there. [...
Radke Azvedo, Ingrid No Place to Hide From the Enemy Bombs
The bombings of Berlin [Annotator's Note: Berlin was bombed 363 times between 1940 and 1945] were awful for Ingrid...
Bass, Leon Non-violence
Leon Bass's mother always told him he did not need to use violence to solve a problem. His friends were tough guys....
Medway, Irwin Nordhausen Concentration Camp
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip Irwin Medway looks at photographs, mostly off-camera, and reads from articles...
Dixon, Leon North Africa to Europe
After training, Leon Dixon headed to Europe. He was going to defend his country. He went to North Africa and landed in...
Francis, Norman North versus South
Dr. Norman Francis was on a panel at the museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana...
Nakagawa, Ittsei Not An Easy Story to Tell
Ittsei Nakagawa never wanted to talk about it [Annotator's Note: surviving the atomic bomb detonation over Hiroshima,...
Soskin, Betty Not Being Allowed to Serve
Betty Soskin remembers the blackouts. She worked in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] in a...
Kaiser, Raymond Not Many Japanese
Raymond Kaiser never saw large concentrations of troops. The largest he saw was about 25. He was flying wingman when he...
Keller, Luba Numbers Save Her Life
Luba Keller says she was liberated by the Russians in Feldafing, Germany. The Russians came in the morning and the...
Moskin, Alan Nuremberg War Crimes Trial
When Alan Moskin was on occupation duty [Annotator's Note: in Europe from 8 May 1945 to 1 March 1946] the Nuremberg War...
Hicks, Ora Pierce Nursing School and Deaths
Ora Hicks went to Kansas [Annotator's Note: Kansas City, Missouri] for nursing training in 1933. She had taught school...
Yamamoto, Albert Occupation by American Forces
In October of 1945 United States forces came to occupy Matsuyama [Annotator's Note: Matsuyama, Japan] and had a formal...
Reitman, Seymour Occupation Duty
Seymour Reitman was near Regensburg, Austria, when Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd...
Lee, James Occupation Duty in Germany
James Lee went to Dachau [Annotator's Note: Dachau concentration camp complex near Dachau, Germany] on a tour. He can...
Casillas, Joseph Occupation Duty then Home
Joe G. Casillas was stationed at Sapporo [Annotator's Note: Sapporo, Japan] on Hokkaido [Annotator's Note: Hokkaido,...
Bodis-Wollner, Ivan October Revolution of 1956
In the summer before the October revolution [Annotator's Note: Hungarian Revolution of 1956, or Hungarian Uprising, 23...
Brown, Jules Okinawa and China
Jules Desloge Brown [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS PCE(R)-855] participated in the invasion of Okinawa [Annotator's...
Moore, Calvin Okinawa Stories
Calvin Moore went to one place where a guy hit him with an axe. They were cutting black mahogany trees. He does not...
Stern, Guy Omaha Beach
Guy Stern had landed on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, three days after the invasion [Annotator's Note: 9 June 1944,...
McKinnon, Lee Operation Crossroads
While serving in England, there was a ship that gave Lee O. McKinnon and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Calvert (...
Rothenberg, Judith Orphanage in Cannes
Judith Rothenberg [Annotator's Note: a Belgian Jewish child who escaped to the south of France with her parents and...
Reavis, Carrel Overseas and War's End
After bootcamp, Carrel Reavis was sent to Hawaii, where he stayed for the whole war. All he did was load and unload...
Dixon, Richard Overseas Deployment
Richard Tempus Dixon was assigned to the USS YR-69 [Annotator's Note: non-self-propelled floating workshop YR-69, in...
Loring, Bud Overseas Deployment and Shot Down Over France
Bud Loring went from Santa Maria [Annotator's Note: Army Airfield, Santa Barbara County, California] to Colchester,...
Hardy, George Overseas Deployment to Italy
George Hardy went on leave after graduation [Annotator's Note: from aviation cadet training at Tuskegee Army Air Field...
Bass, Leon Overseas to England
Leon Bass left from Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston, Massachusetts] and crossed the Atlantic [Annotator's Note:...
King, William Overseas to Europe
[Annotator's Note: William King was trained to repair and maintain communications equipment at Camp Crowder, Missouri...
Burrell, Joseph Overseas to Hawaii
[Annotator's Note: Joseph Burrell was sent overseas after nearly being court-martialed in boot camp.] Joseph Burrell...

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