Interactions with Allied troops

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O'Donnell, Joseph Prewar Life to Gunnery
[Annotator's Note: This clip starts midsentence.] Joseph O'Donnell and some others were told that they will get them...
Smith, Thomas Prewar Life to Marshall Islands
Thomas J. Smith, Junior was born in June 1924 in Schenectady, New York. He was a senior in high school and had just...
Vandervort, Jack Prewar Life to Merchant Marine
Jack Vandervort was born in Bigheart, Oklahoma in December 1921. During the Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great...
Armentaro, Louis Prewar Life to Mindanao
Louis J. Armentaro was born a twin in September 1924 in Livingston, Montana. He has lived there his whole life. His...
Compagno, Nicholas Prewar Life to North Africa
[Annotator's Note: This clip starts with a black screen.] Nicholas John Compagno was born in 1916 and grew up in New...
Foster, Robert Prewar Life to Officer
Robert E. Foster was born on a farm in northeastern Iowa. He walked a mile to a one room school through the eighth...
Inscoe, Linwood S. Prewar Life to Overseas Deployment
Linwood S. Inscoe was born in Nashville, North Carolina in January 1924. During the Great Depression [Annotator's Note...
Light, Carl Prewar Life to Rifleman
Carl Light was born in a small town in southern Missouri and was inducted at Fort Leonard Wood [Annotator's Note: Fort...
Jaffe, Stanley Prewar Life to War's End
Dr. Stanley Jaffe was born in Cleveland, Ohio in February 1925. He grew up in Cleveland and did his college work there...
Rippin, Elsie Prewar Life to WAVES
Elsie Marie "Kitty" Rippin was born in Ellinger, Texas in January 1924. She moved around a lot with her family during...
Romano, Joseph Prewar to Africa
Joseph Romano was born in May 1923 in Marrero [Annotator's Note: Marrero, Louisiana]. Growing up, there were poor...
Klenoski, Richard Prewar to Bomber Navigator
Richard Klenoski was born in Saginaw, Michigan in June 1924. He had three brothers and two sisters and was number two....
Payne, Robert Prewar to Commission
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins mid-conversation.] Robert Payne was born in February 1924 in Wichita Falls,...
Symons, John Prewar to India
John Symons was born in Calumet, Michigan in July 1915. He graduated from Calumet High School. He moved to Detroit [...
Beynon, Robert Prewar to Submarines
Dr. Robert Beynon was born in August 1924 in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1942 and enlisted in the Navy....
Hoover, Lillian Prewar to WAVES
Lillian Hoover was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in August 1924. She grew up there. Her father was a contractor. She...
Perdue, Cawthon "C.B. Perdue" Prison Camp and Liberation
Cawthon “C.B.” Perdue Jr. bailed out of his B-17 [Annotator's Note: a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber named “...
Johnson, Erwin Prison Camp Life
Erwin Johnson says that the guards at Camp O'Donnell [Annotator's Note: Capas in Tarlac, Luzon, Philippines; former...
Sullivan, George Prison Camp Torture
[Annotator's Note: George Joseph Sullivan was captured by the Japanese during the Battle of Peleliu.] Normally, the...
DeMott, Joseph Prison Camps on Java
There were only a couple of hundred other American prisoners with Joseph DeMott on the island of Java, mostly off the...
O'Donnell, Joseph Prison Camps, Guards, Crewmembers
[Annotator's Note: Joseph O'Donnell was a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft IV near Gross Tychow, Pomerania, now Tychowo,...
O'Rorke, James Prison Slave Labor
James Richard O'Rorke worked in the factory [Annotator's Note: in a steel mill in Ōsaka, Japan as a prisoner of war]...
Grabhorn, Edgar Prisoner in Germany
Edgar A. Grabhorn [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] was moved to Frankfurt [Annotator's Note: Frankfurt, Germany]...
Bahlinger, Marion Prisoner in Zschaitz, Germany
Marion Bahlinger was order to march again [Annotator's Note: the train he was put on after he was captured was strafed...
O'Rorke, James Prisoner Mistreatment
Stationed in the Philippines before the war, James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a member of Signal Corps Aircraft...
Leaming, Jack Prisoner of the Japanese
When Jack Leaming [Annotator's Note: with Scouting Squadron Six (VS-6) aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6)] saw the wing...
Carder, Theodore Prisoner of War
Theodore Noel Carder and his platoon [Annotator's Note: in the 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division]...
Fitts, Charles Prisoner of War
Charles Fitts, Jr. and the other prisoners were taken to a bunker. There, they realized just how many of the men had...
DeMott, Joseph Prisoner of War
After the Japanese captured the field hospital where Joseph DeMott was being treated [Annotator's Note: he was wounded...
Reese, Lloyd Prisoner of War
Lloyd Reese was the bombardier on a Consolidated B-24 Liberator that was shot down over Ploiești, Romania. He says...
Waldman, Norman Prisoner of War
Norman William Waldman [Annotator's Note: after being captured by the Germans after jumping on D-Day, the Allied...
Finesmith, Max Prisoner of War
Max Finesmith did not have time to think after his bomber had been fatally damaged. Everything was happening so fast...
Paul, John Prisoner of War
[Annotator's Note: John Paul served in the US Army Air Forces as a pilot flying Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy...
Hirschmann, Peter Prisoner of War and Liberation
Peter Hirschmann [Annotator's Note: a member of Company F, 2nd battalion, 310th Infantry Regiment, 78th Infantry...
Liberato, Louis Prisoner of War Camps
Louis Liberato had never experienced death before he went to Europe. He was loaded into a boxcar [Annotator's Note:...
Roxandich, George Prisoner of War Experience
George H. Roxandich [Annotator's Note: wounded and captured by Germans while serving with Company B, 415th Infantry...

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