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Brown, Bernard Reflection of the War
Bernard Brown's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when he was called back from the front lines to be used as...
Warne, Therese Reflections
World War 2 made Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: an American child prisoner in the Philippines during World...
Steele, Ben Reflections
Ben Steele worked two miles underground in a Japanese coal mine. It was very tight because of the way the ground...
Brooks, Curtis Reflections, the Cold War and the Future
Curtis Brooks does not really think about the atomic bombs being dropped on Japan. That it hastened the end of the war...
Stefaniak, Joe Rejoining His Outfit
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer tells a story about another soldier talking about hand-to-hand combat.] Joseph...
Lewis, Karen Return Home and Postwar
After Karen K. Lewis and her parents were liberated from the Santo Tomas Internment Camp [Annotator’s Note: Santo Tomas...
Rans, Robert Returning Home
Robert Rans says that after being liberated from his prisoner of war camp in Romania, it was an unbelievable feeling to...
Scott, Donald Returning Home
Donald Scott and his fellow prisoners of war were told by the liberating British soldiers to sit and wait for someone...
Sapp, Walter Returning Home
Walter Sapp returned to the United States in April 1946. He tried to go to school. He selected four or five colleges he...
Casey, Donald Returning Home
Donald E. Casey [Annotator’s Note: liberated from Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany on 29 April l1945] had been a...
Dorsey, Mason Returning Home and Concentration Camps
When Mason Dorsey was returning to the United States, he says that if they would have said they were returning to...
Warne, Therese Returning to America
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: An American child prisoner in the Philippines during World War 2] was...
Shawn, Gilbert Returning to American Lines
Eventually, Gilbert S. Shawn was brought to the American lines [Annotator's Note: by the Belgian Resistance or...
Prince, Robert Returning to Camp
[Annotator's Note: Robert Prince helped liberate the Cabanatuan Prison Camp, Cabanatuan City, Luzon, Philippines on 30...
Lorenzen, Angus Reunited with His Brother
Angus Lorenzen, his sister and mother left Manila, Philippines aboard the SS John Lykes and were repatriated to San...
Dumas, Floyd Reuniting with Bill Robb After the War
After they got into Rome and were interrogated, Floyd Dumas and Bill Robb went their separate ways. They stayed in...
Bussel, Norman Roaming Moosburg
Norman Bussel was wandering around Moosburg, Germany after being liberated. He stayed with soldiers who were driving...
Liberato, Louis Saint-Lo to Hurtgen Forest
Louis Liberato arrived in Europe around 18 July 1943 [Annotator's Note: 1944]. The LSTs [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship...
Debrick, Arnold Saving Two Young Boys
In April 1945, Arnold Debrick and the 6th Armored Division went into Buchenwald [Annotator's Note: Buchenwald...
Engels, Emile Second Liberation
Emile Engles said that as long as his parents were calm under enemy fire, he was not very afraid. Sheltering in a...
Schleider Jr., Benjamin Seeing Buchenwald, Meeting the Russians and VE-Day
Benjamin Schleider and the 6th Armored Division took Mühlhausen, Germany with serious, but spotty, resistance. There...
Meisel, Judith Seeking Sanctuary
Judith Meisel and her sister were treated nicely at the convent [Annotator's Note: they had just escaped a death march...
Pisanos, Steve Segment 10
The thing Steve Pisanos thinks about the most from the war was when he crash landed in France. When he arrived at the...
Zager, Raymond Segment 6
Raymond Zager drove into the compound [Annotator's Note: Gunskirchen Lager Concentration Camp in Austria]. There were...
Milosevich, Risto Segment 7
Milosevich did not know of the plan to pull back.The Germans flanked the position and captured hole after hole. They...
Griffith, Leon Shooting the Enemy
One night, Leon Griffith was on patrol. The sergeant said they should all lay down and go to sleep. The moon came up...
Willette, Edward Special Services
Edward G. Willette was in Verviers, Belgium, and wrote home quite often. One of his letters described how, when the...
Davis, Jack Speeding Through France
In Normandy [Annotator's Note: Normandy, France], a friend of Jack Davis' [Annotator's Note: in Company D, 1st...
Baum, Irving Spremberg to Moosburg
After 27 hours, Irving Baum and the other prisoners [Annotator's Note: after evacuating from Stalag Luft III in Sagan,...
Angier, John Stalag Luft VII and Being Liberated by General Patton
John Angier was a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft VII-A [Annotator's Note: Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany] STalag VII...
Cohen, Jack Stories and Emotions
Jack Cohen does get emotional talking and thinking about what he went through. He also thinks about what happened in...
Tallon, Donald Surrounded and Captured
After liberating Rome, Italy, Don Tallon and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 142nd Infantry...
Cohen, Jack Survival to Liberation
Living in a monastery [Annotator's Note: Monastery of Saint George, Skyros, Greece], there was nothing for Jack Cohen...
Brooks, Curtis Taken Out of Manila to Leyte
A few days after being liberated from their internment in Santo Tomas in Manila, Curtis Brooks and his brother were...
McKay, Edgar Task Force Baum to Return Home
Edgar L. McKay and others received orders [Annotator's Note: from US Army Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr.] to...
Tweedt, Vernon T. The Abbey at Monte Cassino
[Annotator's Note: Vernon Tweedt was at the Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy and was present when the Allies bombed the...

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