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Craig, James Preparing for D-Day
James Craig remembers when Eisenhower [Annotator's Note: General of the Army Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, Supreme...
Schultz, Philip Preparing for D-Day
Philip Schultz went through basic training like any other new recruit. Subsequently, he sailed to England and was there...
Lockhead, Harry Preparing for Japan and Occupation Duty
Harry Lockhead knew he would leave Maui bound for the invasion of Japan. Fort Pierce, Florida was set up for UDT [...
Smith, Merlin Preparing for their First Combat
Merlin Smith left Oakland on a shakedown cruise on his new ship [Annotator's Note: USS Goshen (APA-108)]. Afterward,...
Aalders, Johannes Preparing for Wartime
Johannes Aalders was born in February in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. He grew up with two younger sisters. His father...
Durio, Aristide Preparing to Invade Japan
After basic training, Aristide "A.D." Durio was sent to Fort Meade, Maryland [Annotator's Note: Fort George G. Meade in...
Campbell, John Preparing to Invade Japan
John Campbell stopped in Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] for orders. From there they went to a holding area...
Colson, Earl Preparing to Invade Japan
Earl Colson [Annotator's Note: with the 86th Infantry Division] did not have more than skirmishes in the Philippines...
Bradley, John Prewar and Postwar Philippines
John Bradley [Annotator's Note: born in Manila, Philippines to an American father and Australian mother in 1936]...
Cale, Sterling Prewar Hawaii
Sterling Cale was born in Macomb, Illinois in 1921. Shortly after birth, he went into an orphanage for four years....
Warne, Therese Prewar in the Philippines
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: an American child living in the Philippines during World War 2] associated...
Siverts, Hans Prewar Life
Hans Siverts was born in March 1918 in Marshall, North Dakota and lived on a ranch until he was five. He had six...
Sacks, Abraham Prewar Life and Drafted
Abraham Sacks was born in September 1919 in London, England with one younger sister. He arrived in New York [Annotator'...
Cohn, Marthe Prewar Life and Fleeing Metz
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer tells Marthe Cohn that she is going to switch to asking the American Spirit Award...
Zingheim, John Prewar Life and Overseas Deployment
Dr. John Julien Zingheim was born in July 1923 in San Jose [Annotator's Note: San Jose, California]. [Annotator's Note...
Ellenberg, Bernard Prewar Life and Postwar Reflections
When Bernard Ellenberg went into the service, he enlisted in the Army because he was told they would send him to school...
Lewis, Donald Prewar Life and Scotland
Donald Lewis was born in April 1934. In 1939, Lewis was five and on a ship in the middle of the Atlantic. His mother...
Bourgeois, Emiline Prewar Life to Army Nurse Corps
Emiline Ann Bourgeois went to nurses' school [Annotator's Note: Hotel Dieu School of Nursing in New Orleans, Louisiana...
Grugett, George Prewar Life to Aviation Cadet
George Grugett was born in McConnell, Tennessee which no longer exists. His father worked for the railroad. He moved...
Reluga, Matthew Prewar Life to Drafted
Matthew A. Reluga was playing football and got the notice that Pearl Harbor was attacked [Annotator's Note: the...
London, James Prewar Life to England
James Harvard London was born in Cordell, Oklahoma in June 1925. London does not remember growing up. His father worked...
King, William Prewar Life to Enlistment
William King was born October 1925 in Brooklyn, New York. It was a nice community that was rather mixed, Italians and...
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...
Compton, Bryan Prewar Life to Overseas Deployment
Bryan Compton was born in Watonga, Oklahoma in 1919. He has lived around Watonga all his life and got to see the world...
Howland, Gilbert Prewar Life to Panama Canal Duty
[Annotator's Note: There is audio feedback noise throughout this clip.] Gilbert H. Howland was born in April 1923 in...
Henry, Frederick Prewar Life to Tuskegee Institute
Frederick Henry was born in January 1923 in Chattanooga, Tennessee and raised in Detroit [Annotator's Note: Detroit,...
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...
MCarthy, John Prewar to Coast Guard
John McCarthy was born in December 1918 in Seattle, Washington. He lived on a little farm and he attended Highline High...
Pringle, James Prewar to Montford Point Marine
James Pringle was born in Sumter, South Carolina in November 1925. Life growing up was rough. He worked in grocery...
Johnson, Erwin Prison Camp Life
Erwin Johnson says that the guards at Camp O'Donnell [Annotator's Note: Capas in Tarlac, Luzon, Philippines; former...
O'Rorke, James Prisoner Coup d'état
James Richard O'Rorke was a prisoner of war in a work camp in Yodogawa [Annotator's Note: Yodogawa-ku in Osaka, Japan]...
Grabhorn, Edgar Prisoner in Germany
Edgar A. Grabhorn [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] was moved to Frankfurt [Annotator's Note: Frankfurt, Germany]...
Roxandich, George Prisoner in Germany
George H. Roxandich [Annotator's Note: a German prisoner of war] heard news about how the war was going, and that...
Roslensky, Marvin Prisoner in Japan
Marvin A. Roslansky [Annotator's Note: a US Marine captured by the Japanese at Guam, Mariana Islands] was taken [...
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...

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