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Gross, Eva Reunion and Return Home
Eva Gross was reunited with her very ill mother in Bergen-Belsen [Annotator's Note: after the British liberated the...
Ricks, Howard Saipan
Howard Ricks and the 4th Marine Division [Annotator's Note: Ricks was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 20th Marine...
DuBose, John Serving aboard the Tanker SS Frenchtown
John DuBose signed on the SS Frenchtown as a messman. The ship was a T-2 tanker that was welded during construction and...
Kibort, Reva Slave Labor Camp
Reva Kibort and her surviving family members were jammed into crowded box cars to be sent to an unnamed destination....
Fontana, Frank Supply Sergeant and V-E Day
Frank Fontana was a supply sergeant [Annotator's Note: in the 93rd Medical Gas Treatment Battalion]. He had access to...
Dunford, Philip The Avenger
Philip Dunford was an aerial gunner on the Avenger [Annotator's Note: Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber aircraft]. One...
Halvorsen, Gail The Berlin Airlift
After World War 2 ended, Gail Halvorsen remained in the US Air Force. He had flown in the Berlin Airlift [Annotator's...
Meisel, Judith The Massacre
Judith Meisel saw someone in the ghetto [Annotator’s Note: Kovno ghetto] when she was 13 years of age. Her hair was...
Frazier, Glenn The Philippines
Glenn Frazier sailed the Pacific on the USS Cleveland troopship [Annotator's Note: the passenger liner SS President...
Raaen, John Through the Hedgerows
After exiting the beach at Normandy, John Raaen and his men followed the hedgerows in case they would be fired upon....
Kaufman, Luna To Israel and then America
Luna Kaufman and the Jews of Poland were allowed to immigrate to newly created Israel in 1950 if they gave up their...
Kibort, Reva Transition to American LIfe
Reva Kibort arrived at a large orphanage which housed about 200 children of multiple faiths. She arrived at Marks...
Nossbaum, Anneliese Transported from Bonn
Annaliese Nossbaum was moved into a former nun’s cloister in Bonn, Germany when she was 12 years old. The Jews in Bonn...
Grapes, Opal Treating Combat Wounded
Opal Grapes saw the first patients arriving by midmorning or noon [Annotator’s Note: on D-Day, 6 June 1944]. The...
Sgobbo, Dominick Under Siege and Being Captured
While the division [Annotator's Note: 94th Infantry Division] was in Luxemburg, Dominick Sgobbo was charged with taking...
Burke, Murphy V-J Day, POWs and Out of the Navy
Murphy Burke had a lot of respect for the Japanese; he thought they were good soldiers, and did their job with the few...
Zamperini, Louis Visiting Sagumo Prison and the Atomic Bombs
Louis Zamperini was converted in 1949. In 1951, he returned to Japan, particularly to visit Sugamo Prison because he...
Stern, Herbert VT Fuses and the Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or Ardennes Counteroffensive, 16 December 1944 to 25...
Hegerty, Ghislaine War Comes to Belgium
Ghislaine Hegerty and her family took shelter from the war in a religious building next to their home [Annotator's Note...
Damberg, Wanda War Crimes Trials
Wanda Damberg testified against Tōjō [Annotator’s Note: Hideki Tōjō was Prime Minister of Japan for much of the Second...
Barrett, Elizabeth War Years and After
Elizabeth Barrett and her mother waited and waited, she said, and propped each other up during the time their husbands...
Mineta, Norman War's End
Norman Mineta, his mother, father, and two sisters moved to Evanston, Illinois rather than living in Chicago where his...
Patti, Frank War’s End and Occupation Duty in Germany
When the Russians arrived, Frank Patti said the Americans had no orders, and just watched. He and two other G.I.s went...

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