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Frankel, Art Becoming an Army Soldier
Art Frankel was born in January 1928, in the Bronx, New York [Annotator's Note: the Bronx is one of the five boroughs...
Little, Keith Becoming Marines
[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom can be heard off-...
Sandoz, James Being a Cajun in the Army
Being a Cajun [Annotator's Note: a member of self-contained communities in southern Louisiana of French Canadian...
Grunte, Leon Being a Russian Prisoner
Leon Grunte was supposedly still a German paratrooper when he left Denmark. There were no parachutes left or planes for...
Brooks, Curtis Being Aware of World Events
Curtis Brooks and his family had been on a vacation trip aboard the SS Potsdam and encountered a Nazi ceremony taking...
Dixon, Leon Being Black in Europe
While in Europe, Leon Dixon was treated wonderfully by the Europeans, way better than he was treated in the United...
Moskin, Alan Being Drafted and Enduring Racism
Alan Moskin was drafted out of Syracuse [Annotator's Note: in Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York]. He went into...
Nakagawa, Ittsei Being in on Hiroshima 6 August 1945
Ittsei Nakagawa was born in Fresno, California and lived in Orange Cove [Annotator's Note: Orange Cove, California] in...
Friedenberg, Bernard Being Jewish at the Battle of the Bulge
After landing at Normandy beach for the D-Day Invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy,...
Fili, William Being Liberated
William Fili was concerned about what his parents were feeling, but it would drive him nuts if he thought about it too...
Angst, Lawrence Being Part German
Lawrence Angst was born in July 1923 in Barberton, Ohio. His mother and father were young and struggled through the...
Moen, Virgil Being Wounded in Holland
Prior to Operation Market Garden [Annotator's Note: Operation Market Garden, 17 to 25 September 1944, Netherlands],...
Bloch, Itka Bergen-Belsen
[Annotator's Note: Itka Bloch was sent to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near Bergen, Germany.] Two of her...
Deiglmayr, Erna Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp
Erna Deiglmayr visited Bergen-Belsen [Annotator's Note: Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near Bergen, Germany] with...
Alexander, Samson Black Servicemen
Reading, writing, and arithmetic were important to black people when Samson Alexander was growing up. They knew they...
Kleindienst, Alfons "Al" Bomb Raids and The Underground Resistance
Alfons Robert Kleindienst and his family moved to Germany after World War 2 began [Annotator's Note: his father, Alfons...
Jones, Johnnie Boot Camp at Camp Claiborne
The draft board gave Johnnie A. Jones, Senior a letter of integrity to take to boot camp. [Annotator's Note: Jones...
Moore, Calvin Boot Camp at Montford Point
When Calvin Moore arrived at Camp Lejeune [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North...
Toledo, Bill Bougainville
Bill Toledo saw his first combat on 1 November 1943. He landed on the island of Bougainville [Annotator's Note:...
Tognoli, Paris Bougainville to Leyte
Paris Tognoli and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment, Americal...
Steeg, Moise Branded a Communist
Moise S. Steeg, Jr. went to Officer Candidate School in Miami, Florida. He finished in the upper one percent of the...
Braitman, Simon Bread in Sosnowitz
[Annotator's Note: Simon Braitman was dressed to look like he was older so he would be chosen to leave the Zwoleń...
Birns, Sid Brooklyn Boy to Army Enlistee
Sidney "Sid" Birns was born in Manhattan[Annotator's Note: Manhattan is one of the five boroughs in New York, New York...
Bass, Leon Buchenwald and Transformation
They [Annotator's Note: Leon Bass and the 183rd Engineer Combat Battalion (Colored)] stopped near Weimar [Annotator's...
Nakagawa, Ittsei Bullied For Being American
[Annotator's Note: Ittsei Nakagawa was in a factory in Hiroshima, Japan when the atomic bomb exploded over the city on...
Lorenzen, Angus Camp Kids and Identity
The Japanese were friendly towards children, so Angus Lorenzen did not fear them. He talked with them until about four...
Mitchell, George Camp Montford Point
George Mitchell feels he was in an outfit that had always denied them being a part of it, the Marine Corps. He feels he...
Baum, Irving Captured in France
In 1944, after bailing out of his damaged aircraft, Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: a bombardier with the 407th...
Guzman, Nicanor Captured then Liberated
After Japan captured the Philippines [Annotator's Note: Fall of the Philippines, invasion by the Empire of Japan, 8...
Burrus, William Champagne with a German General
William Burrus became a technical sergeant when he returned to the United States after the war ended [Annotator's Note...
Gierka, Eugene Chasing Patton
Eugene Henry Gierka arrived in Le Havre [Annotator's Note: Le Havre, France] and went to Rouen [Annotator's Note: Rouen...
Davis, Romay Childhood and Adolescence
Romay Catherine Johnson Davis was born in October 1919 in King George County, Virginia. It was wonderful growing up...
Polonski, Bluma Childhood and Concentration Camps
Bluma Polonski was born in March 1930 and raised in Wolanow, Poland [Annotator's Note: also spelled Volanov, Poland]....
Taylor, Amelia Children of Immigrants
Amelia Taylor was born in December 1923 in Santa Monica, California. She grew up there during the Great Depression....
Bussel, Norman Christmas and Escape
Norman Bussel spent Christmas 1944 at Stalag Luft IV [Annotator’s Note: Stalag Luft IV (Stammlager Luft IV), Gross...

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