Interactions with Allied troops

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Winestone, Ted Hardships with Partisans
Ted Winestone moved to another encampment because he felt like he was not hidden well enough [Annotator's Note: after...
Sullivan, George Having an Appendectomy on Tinian
George Joseph Sullivan left Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Mariana Islands] for Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian,...
Beard, Oral Hawaii to New Guinea
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a person off-camera answers a lot of the interviewer's questions or gives...
Rice, Darold Heading Inland
Darold Rice and his men made their way over the sand dunes and passed by the bodies of several dead Germans. They came...
Amram, Fred Heading to America
Fred Amram rFred Amram remembers being on an ocean liner when they left Belgium. The trip was eventful for him. The...
Dillon, Gerard Heading to the Bulge
[Annotator's Note: Gerard Dillon was wounded in France.] Dillon was in the hospital from June to September [Annotator's...
Trahan, Clifton Healing, War's End and Going Home
Clifton Trahan was hospitalized in Africa after being burned in a submarine attack while serving aboard the merchant...
Asher, Adolph Hearing About Pearl Harbor
Adolph Edward Asher was in training as a soldier when he heard about Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...
Alter, Joseph Hedgerow Combat
The hedgerows were maybe 1,000 years old and enclosed every acre or two. Joseph Alter says some of them were eight feet...
Baron, Judith Hell at Bergen-Belsen
Judith Baron was imprisoned at Bergen-Belsen. It was absolutely hell. When they first arrived, they slept in tents. It...
Tatum, John Hell Itself at Peleliu
John Wesley Tatum went to Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, September to...
Carmody, Martin "Red" Helped by Friendly Islanders
As they [Annotator's Note: Martin Carmody and John Liska] approached, the entire village came to greet them. Carmody...
Maduell, Audrey Helping at the Train Stations
Audrey Maduell found it sad to be at the train station where the families were watching their loved ones going off to...
Allen, James Henry Glinski
James Allen remembers Henry Glinski coming aboard with him. Glinski was a couple years older than Allen. Allen had...
Achee, Lorraine Her Brothers' Service
Lorraine Achee could not believe the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor and she did not really understand it. They had...
Dietrick, Alfred Heroic Germans
On 5 December [Annotator's Note: 5 December 1943], Alfred Dietrick and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st...
Davis, Jack Heroics and Post Traumatic Stress
Jack Davis and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company D, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division]...
Gomez, Hewitt High Altitude Training and Overseas
Hewitt Brian Gomez received his commission and received a 10-day leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a...
Raner, Norman Hill 609
Norman Raner and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 3rd Platoon, Company I, 3rd Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th...
Radford, Charles Hill 609 and Fondouk Pass
[Annotator's Note: Charles Radford served in the Army as an infantryman in Company I, 3rd Battalion, 133rd Infantry...
Becker, Clarence Hiroshima and Nagasaki
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks if Clarence Becker had received word that flights were not supposed to go out...
Fayerman, Severin His Family Reunites
[Annotator's Note: After liberation from a concentration camp, Severin Fayerman went to a United Nations displaced...
Lorenzen, Angus His Father’s Liberation and Being Repatriated
More tanks came in on 4 February [Annotator's Note: 4 February 1945], and they placed guards all around as there were...
Kaiser, Raymond His Proudest Missions
[Annotator's Note: Raymond Kaiser returned to the United States after flying 116 missions in China.] Kaiser was in the...
Cauble, Raymond Hit Over Austria
The day Raymond Cauble was hit [Annotator's Note: 29 May 1944], they were over Vienna [Annotator's Note: Vienna,...
Gehlen, Wilhelm Hitler Youth to Jungvolk and Military Training
[Annotator's Note: Wilhelm Gehlen was a boy growing up in Viersen, Germany during World War 2. He was in the Jungvolk...
Scherer, Monroe Holidays in Korea
Some weeks after Monroe Scherer arrived in Korea, some of the older members went back to the United States. Scherer...
Luce, Dwain Holland
[Annotator's Note: On 13 July 1944, Dwain Luce and the 320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division...
Heffron, Edward "Babe" Holland
Edward "Babe" Heffron jumped into Holland and spent over 78 days there. The jump into the drop zone meant kill or be...
Riddle, Clinton "Clint" Holland and the Battle of the Bulge
During the invasion of Normandy, Clinton Riddle and most of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment landed in British Horsa...
Pierce, Wayne Holland to VE-Day
Wayne Pierce returned to England after Normandy. The regiment stayed there until September when the paratroopers...
Liberato, Louis Home
Louis Liberato came home to Norfolk, Virginia on the USNS General Simon B. Buckner. He stayed a couple of days there...
Loring, Bud Home and Bomber Crews
[Annotator's Note: Bud Loring was in London, England after being rescued in France.] Loring was asked where he wanted...
McDermott, James Home and Retirement
James McDermott was at Moosburg [Annotator’s Note: Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany] when the Germans surrendered. He...
Aldous, Robert Home and Then Korea
Robert G. Aldous and his crew were on Ie-Shima [Annotator's Note: Ie-Shima, Japan] at the time [Annotator's Note: of...
Wilson, James Honoring Friends
James Wilson's good friend John Oliveri [Annotator's Note: US Marine Corps Sergeant John James Oliveri] was intelligent...

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