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Ruiz, Nolan Life in England
[Annotator's Note: Nolan Ruiz was from Louisiana and he had joined the Army Air Corps, where he was trained as a ball...
Nickerson, Edward Life in England
[Annotator's Note: Edward Nickerson flew across the Atlantic and landed in Scotland in early 1944.] Edward Nickerson...
Swarts, John Life in England
John Stanley Lee Swarts and his crew received orders to fly overseas to England, making one stop in Iceland. They...
Dullnig, Roland Life in England
Roland Dullnig [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 668th Bombardment Squadron, 416th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force...
Tindal, Sullivan Life in Europe to Postwar Life
Sullivan Tindal recalls an instance when his superior officer would not give him enough K rations [Annotator's Note:...
Lombardo, Samuel Life in Fascist Italy
Samuel Lombardo saw that life was getting tougher and tougher under Mussolini [Annotator's Note: Italian Fascist...
Jaffe, Stanley Life In France
Dr. Stanley Jaffe had a lot of fun as a bachelor [Annotator's Note: while serving on a mobile surgical team with the...
Traina, Joseph Life in Greenland
Joseph Traina trained in Algiers on the Navy base [Annotator's Note: Naval Station Algiers in New Orleans, Louisiana]....
Baron, Judith Life in Hungary
Judith Baron and her family lived in a nice apartment in a mixed neighbor in Hungary. The landlady was not Jewish, but...
McGuire, Joseph Life in India
The food started getting better during Joseph McGuire's time in India. People would get packages from their families....
Winslow, Lawson Life In Iran in the 1970s
When Lawson T. Winslow, Junior [Annotator's Note: an engineer on loan to the government of Iran from Standard Oil...
Cauble, Raymond Life in Italy
The little country towns in Italy were all dirty to Raymond Cauble. The big cities, like Foggia, were good cities. He...
Mahoney, Timothy Life in Italy
Timothy Mahoney was in the 449th Bombardment Group. During the invasion of Southern France [Annotator’s Note: Operation...
Lewter, Robert Life in Japan and Home
Robert Lewter would swap cigarettes for Japanese services. The Japanese used needles and sewed thread as straight as an...
Weil, Roswell Life in Liverpool
[Annotator's Note: Roswell Weil was assigned to the 68th Quartermaster Depot near Liverpool, England to prepare for the...
Gagel, Helen "Cosgrove" Life in Manila
In New Guinea, Helen Gagel lived in a tent with a cot. In the Philippines, she had a tent until she was over at the...
Yudenfriend, Herbert Life in Occupied Manila
Herbert Yudenfriend took classes [Annotator's Note: from the United States Armed Forces Institute or USAFI]. The...
Zygmuntowicz, Itka Life in Sweden
After being liberated from Malchow [Annotator's Note: the Malchow concentration camp in Malchow, Germany, a sub-camp of...
Kern, Blaine Life in the 6th Infantry
Blaine Kern remembers listening to a boxing match when he came home on leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence...
Currier, Al Life in the Aleutians
Al Currier had many boring days [Annotator's Note: on Attu Island, Alaska as a member of Company B, 1st Battalion,...
White, Dee Life in the Army
Dee Wayne White served in Germany during his three-year deployment overseas. Shortly before being sent back to the...
Lorenzen, Angus Life in the Camp
Angus Lorenzen and his sister and mother were placed in the Japanese internment camp at Santo Tomas University, Manila...
Keller, Luba Life in the Camp Barracks
Luba Keller was sent to camp Work A in Skarżysko, Poland [Annotator's Note: now Skarżysko-Kamienna, Poland]. They lived...
Komito, Joseph Life in the Camps
Joseph Komito was at Natzweiler [Annotator's Note: Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp near Natzweiler and Struthof...
Peters, Bernard Life in the Field
On his 49th mission in Italy, Bernard Peters dropped leaflets. They were written in German on one side and Italian on...
Anderson, Howard Life in the Field
The base's runway had been lengthened by the locals. It was not quite long enough, but was adequate. Howard Anderson...
Moxon, Milton Life in the Field
For Milton Moxon and the 94th Infantry Division, weather and terrain conditions were horrible on the front. Some men...
Carawan, Chris Life in the Field and Three Days in Paris
Chris Carawan said the Americans were not prepared for what happened in Belgium. They didn't have food, they lived on K...
Matsumoto, Roy Life in the Internment Camp
Roy H. Matsumoto was first forced into an assembly center which was a racetrack [Annotator's Note: Santa Anita...
Woodham, Greg Life in the Philippines
Greg Woodham was born in Baguio, the Philippines in September 1937. In 1931, his mother had accepted a position to...
Frydman, Louis Life in the Polish Ghettos
Louis Frydman was called Lolak [Annotator's Note: unsure of spelling] during the war. It was a nickname his brother had...
Fitzmorris, James Life in Wartime New Orleans
James Fitzmorris was stationed at Camp Plauche [Annotator's Note: also known as Camp Harahan, Jefferson Parish,...
Butcher, Chester Life on a British Air Base
Chester J. Butcher was sent overseas to England [Annotator's Note: with the 357th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group...
Adams, Lynward Life on a Merchant Ship
Lynward Joseph "Buddy" or "Bud" Adams was a Navy Armed Guard and guarded US Merchant Marine ships during World War 2....
McLaurine, Luke Life on an Airfield and Bomb Runs
Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. was based in Italy in 1944. Card playing consumed a big part of the idle time spent on base...
Buckner, Jack Life on Base
Jack Buckner says the biggest problem with Army life is the boredom. They played baseball and card games. On a day off...

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