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Spint, Robert Work Camps and German Jets
The first time Robert Spint saw a work camp [Annotator's Note: while serving with the 92nd Cavalry Reconnaissance...
Deiglmayr, Erna Working Alongside the SS
When Erna Deiglmayr worked at the Belgian State Employment Office, an SS [Annotator's Note: Schutzstaffel; German...
Settles, Louise Working for MacArthur
Louise Settles put in for overseas duty in 1943. She did not necessarily want to go overseas. It was more to get out of...
Wehner, Elizabeth Working for the Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Elizabeth Bedson Wehner started out in the drafting department at the plant [Annotator's Note: Curtiss-Wright...
Ernest, Malcolm Working in Manchurian Camps
Malcolm Ernest was with about 100 American prisoners in Manchuria [Annotator's Note: Hoten Camp, Mukden, Manchuria;...
David, Chester Working in Occupied Germany
Chester David spent time after the war working as a truck driver in occupied Germany. He hauled firewood into Berlin [...
Gibfried, Paul Working in the War
Paul Gibfried was born in Park Ridge, Illinois in September 1924. When he joined the Navy, he was investigated by the...
Kiefer, Keith Working with Contaminated Soils
[Annotator's Note: Keith Kiefer was assigned to a Radiological Cleanup detail on Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands while...
Connelly, William Working with Counterintelligence
After serving as MP [Annotator's Note: Military Police in the Intelligence and Reconnaissance platoon, 116th Infantry...
Burnett, Marshall Working with the Local People
After Marshall Burnett was released from the hospital where he had been recovering from typhus [Annotator's Note: also...
Tamburello, George Wounded and Moving Through Italy
[Annotator’s Note: A dog barking and other noises are audible throughout the segment.] George Tamburello [Annotator’s...
Foster, Robert Wounded and Patton
In December [Annotator's Note: December 1945], the Germans made their last effort to break through the Allied lines in...
Parker, William Wounded and Redeployed
After the D-Day invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], William "...
Frodyma, Edmund Wounded and War’s End
Edmund Frodyma [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 3rd Armored Division],...
Yates, Herman Wounded by Mortars
Herman Yates was asked to go on reconnaissance with an officer and a driver to a little town where some Americans were...
Blatnik, Robert Wounded in Germany and Return Home
Robert Joseph Blatnik and his unit [Annotator's Note: 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division]...
Petrus, Andrew Wounded in Okinawa
On Easter morning, 1 April 1945, Andrew Petrus [Annotator's Note: with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment...
Schwarc, Laszlo "Leslie Schwartz" Wounded on the Threshold of Liberation
On 25 April 1945, Laszlo Schwarc was among 3,600 prisoners put on 80 cattle cars from the Muhldorf concentration camp...
Anschau, Martin Wounded, Recovery then War’s End
Martin J. Anschau and his outfit crossed an open field [Annotator’s Note: in Belgium with the 290th Infantry Regiment,...
Davis, Jack Wrapping up the War
Jack Davis and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company D, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division]...
Max, Robert Writing a Book and Eli Weisel
Robert Max thinks back with satisfaction on his life because he follows through on Eli Wiesel's mantra of "Never Forget...
Goodwin, Kenneth Writing His Unit's History
Kenneth Raymond Goodwin was a Private First Class [Annotator's Note: while serving with the I...
Lockhead, Harry Writing the Book for UDT Training
Harry Lockhead received his Naval Combat Demolition training at its base in Maui. The men learned and developed UDT [...
Trahan, Clifton Year Long Trip to Australia
While serving in the US Merchant Marine, Clifton Trahan signed up for the ATS [Annotator's Note: Army Transport Service...
Marcus, Bernard Zeiss Scientists and Nuremburg Judges
In February 1946, Bernard Marcus was responsible for a part of Bavaria when the zones of occupation by the Allies were...
"West African" military police, Africa, 1942-43
Black, African military soldiers. "West African M.P.s [Military Police]." Africa 1942-43
1st Marine Division marching through a crowd of Chinese civilians, China, 1945
Photograph. Members of the 1st Marine Division marching through a crowd of Chine civilians on a street near a harbor....
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Photograph. Indian woman carrying a basket on her head and walking past other Indian civilian; a a large clearing is...
2002.200.035_1
Photograph. Chinese man in a Western suit standing with a hand on the headlight of a Ford Model 40 automobile. Personal...
2002.200.036_1
Photograph. Young Indian girl dancing while several musicians play instruments behind her. Personal caption on reverse...
2002.200.041_1
Photograph. Three Indian men standing together outside of a thatched roof building; two of the men are wearing turbans...
2002.200.054_1
Photograph. American serviceman sitting on a tomb with two barefoot, Chinese children. Personal caption on reverse: "...
2nd Armored Division Roosevelt Bridge sign, Germany, 1945
Photograph. American serviceman and a German woman posing with a sign that reads "Roosevelt Bridge dedicated to our...
2nd Armored Division service center
Photograph. Facade of the 2nd Armored Division service center. Location unknown. No date
5th Armored Division in Germany in 1945
5th Armored Division in Germany. Civilians walking along road in 1945.
7th Infantry Division soldier speaking with native womanlon Kwajalein in January 1944
7th Infantry Division soldier speaking with native woman in Kwajalein Atoll. 'W-CPA-44-112-DJ. 1/31. Young. Pvt. John...

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