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Radke Azvedo, Ingrid The American Response to the Berlin Blockade
Ingrid Radke-Azvedo was living in Berlin, Germany when the city was divided by the Allies. The Russians wanted all of...
Loring, Bud The Americans Arrive
[Annotator's Note: The audio was cut off and the tape restarts midsentence. When it does, Bud Loring is talking about...
Amram, Fred The Amram Name
Fred Amram talks about his family members' names starting with the letter M. In 1801, Napoleon [Annotator’s Note:...
Zygmuntowicz, Itka The Angel of Death
Itka Zygmuntowicz learned to appreciate life in Auschwitz because she could lose her life at any second. Even among the...
de Marcken, Christian The Arrival of the Allies
Towards the end of the war, Christian de Marcken recalled, the German air base nine miles from his home was bombed. The...
Davis, Arthur The Art of Deception
There were ways, Arthur Davis said, to make the ships appear to be going in the opposite direction from their heading....
Lovell, James The Astronaut Fraternity
Bringing to mind a long past event, James Lovell talked about when he was at the Naval Academy and attended the 1948...
Hecht, Lester The Atomic Bomb
When Lester Hecht was in Mindanao [Annotator's Note: Mindanao, Philippines], the aircraft he was in charge of always...
O'Hara, Richard The Atomic Bomb on Tinian
Richard O'Hara was on Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands] when the bomb [Annotator's Note:...
Karle, Isabella The Atomic Bombs and Reflections
Isabella Karle heard on the radio that the atom bomb had been dropped. At first she was amazed that it actually worked...
Purvis, Frank The Atomic Bombs and Reflections
[Annotator's Note: Frank Purvis had served in the Atlantic for nearly the entire war then transferred to the Pacific...
Shoemaker, James The Attack on Pearl Harbor
On 7 December 1941, James Shoemaker was reading the Sunday comics, when he heard explosions. He went outside to see...
Rans, Robert The B-24 and Flying to Benghazi
Robert Rans' first impression of the B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber] was that it was...
Brown, Louis The B-29 Superfortress and Reflections
Louis J. Brown, Jr. reflects on the B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber]. He first laid...
Dyson, Freeman The Battle of Britain
Freeman Dyson was in London in 1944 when German rockets fell on the population there. That effort was a last gasp for...
Hendrick, Robert The Battle of Iwo Jima
Robert Erskine Hendrick's [Annotator's Note: with Battery B, 6th Marine Defense Battalion] father [Annotator's Note:...
Carroll, Wesley The Beginning and the End of Service
The interviewer asks Wesley Carroll to discuss his recollections of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7...
Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" The Beginning of the War
Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine and the people in Manila [Annotator's Note: Manila, Luzon, Philippines] were very...
Halvorsen, Gail The Berlin Airlift
After World War 2 ended, Gail Halvorsen remained in the US Air Force. He had flown in the Berlin Airlift [Annotator's...
Radke Azvedo, Ingrid The Black Market
Ingrid Radke-Azvedo was a child in Berlin, Germany during the Berlin Blockade. [Annotator's Note: The Soviet Union...
Ream, John The Black Panther Party
John Ream’s wife traveled from place to place her whole life. He could pick between the police or the military for a...
Lesser, Benjamin The Bochnia Ghetto
Benjamin Lesser and his family entered the Bochnia ghetto. They had no choice. Lesser's brother-in-law, Michael,...
Amram, Fred The Bris Ceremony
Fred Amram was born in September 1933 in a Christian hospital. Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf Hitler]...
Deiglmayr, Erna The British Arrive
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Erna Deiglmayr when she knew the war was coming to an end.] The German military...
Bolin, George The Brown Family
George R. Bolin knew of the Browns [Annotator's Note: the founders of Brown and Root, now KBR, Incorporated, in Houston...
Stefaniak, Joe The Bulge to Postwar
[Annotator's Note: Joseph Stephaniak served in the Army as a paratrooper in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute...
Reilly, Joseph The Catholic Chaplain
Joseph Dean Reilly thinks it is important to have the museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum in New Orleans...
Kelley, Archie The Coming War
Archie Kelley had done very well in high school and had no academic problems at all [Annotator's Note: while attending...
Libby, Dolores The Consolidated PBY
Dolores McInnis Libby [Annotator's Note:a riveter for Consolidated Aircraft Corporation] worked on the PBY [Annotator's...
Bussel, Norman The Crew
Norman Bussel went to Florida to be assigned to a B-17 [Annotator’s Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress] crew. The pilot...
Thomas, Wilbur "Will" The Depression and Attending College
Wilbur Thomas was born in March 1923 and grew up in Swissvale, Pennsylvania with two older brothers. During the Great...
Oldberg, Nils The Depression to the Navy
[Annotator’s Note: There is someone in the background that is assisting the interviewee in answering the interviewer’s...
Maymon, Paul The Depression to Wartime
Paul Maymon was born in June 1920 and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. His father worked with a fabric company until it...
Hurd, Francis The Depression, Being Drafted and Deploying to England
Francis Hurd was born in Woodhall, New York to parents who were farmers. When he was 16 years old he was forced to quit...
Fisher, Clayton The Doolittle Raid
Clayton Fisher volunteered to fly an SB2A Brewster [Annotator's Note: Brewster SB2A Buccaneer scout bomber] and lead...
Barnes, Walter The End of the War
When Walter Barnes got back to the United States they had to get to their homes on their own. A guy he served with had...

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