Interactions with Allied troops

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Saik, Ogden Recollections
Retracing his steps, Ogden Saik recalls that he was in high school and hanging around with the guys in the neighborhood...
Ellenberg, Bernard Recollections of England and Postwar
When Bernard Ellenberg [Annotator's Note: assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division as a typist for the Stars and Stripes,...
Hanson, Wilfred Recuperating on Pavuvu
Wilfred Hanson [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] was shipped...
Gangwere, Blanche "Blanche Gregory" Red Cross Service in England
Blanche Gangwere would leave each morning in a Clubmobile [Annotator's Note: she was billeted with an English family in...
Gangwere, Blanche "Blanche Gregory" Red Cross Service in France
Blanche Gangwere was sent to France in February 1945. The Army had advanced far enough along that Red Cross girls could...
Gangwere, Blanche "Blanche Gregory" Red Cross Service in Germany
Blanche Gangwere and two other Red Cross girls served coffee and donuts to a tank group. The tankers offered to let the...
Wolf Guts, Clarence Reflections
Clarence Wolf Guts [Annotator's Note: a code-talker – a person employed by the military to use a little-known language...
Zeringer, Harold Reflections
Harold Zeringer could not keep up with the European War because he devoted his attention to the war in the Pacific. The...
Martinez, Benigno Reflections
Benigno Martinez's point of embarkation was through New York. He returned to the United States aboard the aircraft...
Graddy, J. Reflections
[Annotator's Note: The video and sound are out of sync in this clip.] J.D. Graddy's most memorable experience of World...
Koenigsberg, John Reflections
John Koenigsberg speaks at schools so people do not forget. He wants people to remember what happened and hopes it...
Roy, William Reflections
William G. Roy is proud of his role in the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway. He thinks that the...
Wells, Kenneth Reflections
For Kenneth Dwight Wells, the most difficult part of fighting against the Japanese on Okinawa [Annotator's Note:...
Burke, Dracos Reflections
Dracos Burke said he always wanted to be in the military, war or no war. Beginning when he was 17, he participated...
Epperson, William Reflections
William Epperson matured during the war. Many men showed the effects upon them after they returned home. It was not as...
Baker, Bernard Reflections
After returning to Jefferson Barracks [Annotator's Note: Saint Louis, Missouri], the military wanted to keep Bernard...
DeMott, Joseph Reflections
Joseph DeMott [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war of the Japanese] left the war feeling that we are all human beings...
Marich, Robert Reflections
Robert Marich first entered the service in February 1941. In April 1941, at Camp Mackall, North Carolina [Annotator's...
Stern, Debra Reflections
Debra Stern's most memorable experience of World War 2 was being busy all the time at Camp Shanks [Annotator's Note: in...
Albertson, Arthur Reflections
Arthur Albertson remembers meeting the Russians after crossing a river into Germany. The war was still in full blast....
Lippman, Robert Reflections
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Robert Lippman what he thinks of the time he spent with the 1st Battalion,...
Compagno, Nicholas Reflections
The Italian campaigns were the toughest part of Nicholas John Compagno's World War 2 experience. Being part of the 36th...
Shirkey, Robert Reflections
Robert Leroy Shirkey would lead about five men when he was on a mission with the Alamo Scouts [Annotator's Note: 6th...
Peardon, Eveline Reflections
Eveline Peardon and the Normandy population felt they could live again after the liberation of their region by the...
Hazard, Mark Reflections
After returning home, it was easy for Mark Gordon Hazard, Jr. to adjust back to civilian life. [Annotator's Note:...
Livaudais, James Reflections
James Livaudais saw that the German troops in Ludwigslust, Germany tried their best not to be taken prisoner by the...
Davis, Arthur Reflections
Arthur Davis left the Pacific in July 1944 and returned to the Bureau of Ships in Washington D.C., but there was less...
Rudloff, George Reflections
George Rudloff felt like the Japanese had to be killed. The atrocities committed by the Japanese military were very bad...
Currier, William Reflections
William Currier's most memorable experience of World War 2 was his first day at boot camp. He grew up in one day. He...
Tarantelli, Armand Reflections
[Annotator's Note: There is another person in the room off screen that interjects to help interviewee with the...
Boeke, Robert Reflections
Robert Boeke remembers Dachau [Annotator's Note: Dachau concentration camp complex near Dachau, Germany] as the most...
Chandler, Howard Reflections
Howard Chandler feels it is important to teach the Holocaust so it is not repeated. It is necessary to know the history...
Penwell, Richard Reflections
Richard F. Penwell participated in the famous Raid on Los Banos [Annotator's Note: liberation of Los Baños Internment...
Vancheri, Edith Reflections
Edith Vancheri's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when a soldier died in her arms [Annotator's Note: as a...
Hanley, Fiske Reflections
Fiske Hanley talks about the close calls he experienced during his first six missions over the Japanese home islands....
Tyler, Vernon Reflections
Vernon Leo Tyler occupied Stuttgart [Annotator's Note: Stuttgart, Germany] for several months before he came home. He...

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