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Lee, James USO Shows and Japanese Neighbors
During the war years, James Lee went to USO [Annotator's Note: United Services Organization] shows and saw guys like...
Lockhead, Harry USS Giansar (AKA-111) and USS Lenawee (APA-195)
Harry Lockhead was aboard USS Giansar (AKA-111) when it arrived at Pearl Harbor and picked up supplies bound for...
Whitten, Sumner Victories at Midway and Guadalcanal
The guys at Midway knew that the Navy was out there but not where they were. Sumner Whitten was at Midway when an SBD [...
Sparacino, Paul Vietnam War
Paul Sparacino was in the Philippines [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Princeton (LPH-5)] when Vietnam [Annotator's...
Gust, Darrell Wading in Shell Casings
[Annotator's Note: Darrell D. Gust served in the US Army Air Forces as a navigator aboard Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress...
Sparacino, Paul War History in High School
Paul Sparacino [Annotator's Note: Sparacino served aboard the USS Princeton (LPH-5) during Operation Dominic, series of...
Bluestein, Bernard "Bernie" War in Europe Ends
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Bernard B. "Bernie" Bluestein only remembers...
Franklin, Paul War Memories
Paul Franklin went to work for an oil company after he graduated high school. While at the water house, Franklin...
Jefferson, Alexander War News and Transfer to Stalag VII-A
Alexander Jefferson listened to the BBC [Annotator's Note: British Broadcasting Corporation] radio at the POW [...
Cohen, Benjamin War's End
Benjamin Wolf Cohen and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company A, 320th Engineer Combat Battalion, 95th Infantry Division...
Boehm, Robert War's End
Robert Kenneth “Bob” Boehm [Annotator’s Note: a navigational equipment technician assigned to the 415th AACS (Army...
Geiger, John War's End
John Geiger [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit, known as the Alamo Scouts] did...
Bronstein, Isador War's End
Isadore Bronstein advanced but his company [Annotator's Note: Company C, 1st Battalion, 386th Infantry Regiment, 97th...
McNeely, Walter War's End
During World War 2, Walter McNeely was working as a spy in Germany, collecting information to pass on to the French...
Reed, Carlos War's End and Occupation Duty
Carlos Reed had to search all the houses and disarm all the civilians in Korea. He had to find the enemy from within....
Van Matre, Russell War's End and Postwar Life
The Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16 December 1944...
Lomax, Charles "Charlie" War's End and Postwar Life
Charlie Lomax [Annotator's Note: a Naval officer in a special communications task force in the Naval Amphibious Forces...
Kruszewski, Z. Anthony Warsaw Uprising
Z. Anthony Kruszewski remembers the houses were collapsing. After two weeks they no longer had food for the Warsaw...
Kruszewski, Z. Anthony Warsaw Uprising Begins
Z. Anthony Kruszewski went to the west side of the bridge and joined the uprising [Annotator’s Note: The Warsaw...
Kirkpatrick, Teddy Wartime Reflections
Teddy Kirkpatrick reflects on the events in his life during World War 2, beginning with the attack on Pearl Harbor. He...
Bruce, John War’s End
[Annotator’s Note: various noises in the background throughout this segment.] John Bruce served in the army as a radio...
Kawamoto, Yukio Watching a Battle and Reading Enemy Diaries
Yukio Kawamoto was able to witness the battle [Annotator's Note: the battle of Hill 700 on Bougainville]. The division...
Pbert, Herman Watching the Soviets
When Herman Pbert was going back to Germany [Annotator's Note: in 1950], he said he would be so bad against them [...
Schilling, Ira West Loch Disaster
After the battle ended, Ira Schilling and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company L, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment,...
Stern, Guy What the War Means
Guy Stern served out of the conviction that the cancer of Nazism must be eliminated. His life was change by accident....
Hutchings, Robert Working in Headquarters
Robert J. Hutchings was assigned as a stenographer under the command of General Eisenhower [Annotator's Note: General...
Wiswell, George Working in Pakistan
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks George Wiswell about a job his company did after the war in Pakistan.] When...
St. Amant, Philemon Working in the OSS
Philemon Andrews Saint Amant [Annotator's Note: a member of the OSS, Office of Strategic Services; pre-runner to today'...
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...
Levee, Harris Working on the Atomic Bomb
Harris H. Levee reported to the University [Annotator's Note: Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago,...
Connelly, William Working with Counterintelligence
After serving as MP [Annotator's Note: Military Police in the Intelligence and Reconnaissance platoon, 116th Infantry...
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...
McNeely, Marigold WRENS
Marigold McNeely knew that she could be drafted into the service at age 18 whether she was married or not. That was the...
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...

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