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Sharp, Chester Cadet in Training
[Annotator's Note: There is a sound of a clock ticking in the background]. Chester Sharp was born in March 1925 in...
Butcher, Chester Cajun Life to West Point Life
Chester J. Butcher was born in Pinhook, Louisiana [Annotator's Note: an area in Lafayette, Louisiana] in December 1922...
Boutwell, George California and Overseas Deployment
[Annotator’s Note: Can hear ringing from interviewee’s hearing aid throughout segment.] George N. Boutwell reenlisted...
Ignatius, Paul California Childhood
Paul Ignatius was born in Glendale, California in November 1920. He is very proud of his hometown because many famous...
Poston, Charles Call to Active Duty
After Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941], Charles Poston...
Whitman, Philip Camaraderie Among Pilots
Philip Whitman flew a mission to Blechhammer, Germany and they hit bad weather. They got into the clear and a pilot...
Bradley, John Camp and Friendships
Some of John Bradley's most vivid memories of his time in the internment camp [Annotator's Note: Santo Tomas Internment...
Holt, Thomas Camp and Postwar
Thomas Michael Holt was a POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] in the same camp [Annotator's Note: Oflag XIII-B near...
Brantley, Vernon Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky and Duties in Combat
Vernon Brantley was at Camp Polk, Louisiana [Annotator's Note: now Fort Polk, Vernon Parish, Louisiana] for maneuvers...
Ream, John Camp Holmes
John Ream remembers as kids they could run up the mountainside. [Annotator’s Note: Ream is referring to being interned...
Lorenzen, Angus Camp Kids and Identity
The Japanese were friendly towards children, so Angus Lorenzen did not fear them. He talked with them until about four...
Imahara, Walter Camp Life and Family
Walter Imahara thinks that future generations can learn from the internment of Japanese-Americans. There is a lot of...
Tomkiewicz, Micha Camp Life and Liberation
Micha Tomkiewicz was about three years old when he was put in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp with his mother and...
Trotter, Bernice Camp Pendleton
Bernice Trotter was assigned to Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego County...
Stewart, Roy Camp Pendleton
Roy Stewart went to Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego County, California...
Jeter, James Camp Polk
James Jeter was drafted in 1944 but did not pass the physical examination at Fort Humbug [Annotator’s Note: in...
Stern, Debra Camp Shanks
Debra Stern [Annotator's Note: in the Women's Army Corps; women's branch of the US Army, 1942-1978] was at Camp Shanks...
Chandler, Howard Canada
After two years in England and periodically being required to report to the police as a refugee, Howard Chandler heard...
Richard, Joseph Cannot Forget Pearl Harbor
Joseph Richard tries to forget the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese but he cannot. He can see it as plain as day...
Taylor, Robert Cape Gloucester Then Home
Robert Taylor made the landing [Annotator's Note: on Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Papua New Guinea] on LSTs [Annotator...
Beard, Norma "Norma Ford" Captain Eugene Ford
Norma Jean Ford Beard lost her father in the war. His remains were only recovered recently. [Annotator’s Note: Beard's...
Houseman, Donelson "Don" Captivity, Freedom, and Reflections
As Donelson Houseman was marched off to captivity, he passed long lines of German vehicles. He could not believe it. He...
Greenup, Rena Capture and Confinement in Moudros
In Lavrion, Rena Greenup's family, two Christians and a few crewmembers boarded their hired boat. It was December 1943...
Sullivan, George Captured and Interrogated
[Annotator's Note: George Joseph Sullivan was captured by the Japanese during the Battle of Peleliu.] There was nothing...
Liberato, Louis Captured and Interrogated
Louis Liberato went into Wiltz [Annotator's Note: Wiltz, Luxembourg] to rest and recuperate. On 16 December [Annotator'...
Bosworth, Paul Captured in Trier
[Annotator's Note: Paul Bosworth served in the USAAF as a tail gunner on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber in...
Stern, Guy Capturing Hitler’s Latrine Orderly
Guy Stern was given the duty of editing the interrogation reports they produced as investigators of war criminals after...
Landwehr, Carl Care Packages, Fresh Cookies and Going Home
Carl Landwehr was able to get a letter to his mother telling her of his being wounded, before the Army went to tell her...
LaPorta, Edward Care Packages, Red Cross Parcels, Food and the Guards at Stalag III-B
To Edward LaPorta, everything in the camp [Annotator's Note: Stalag III-B in Fürstenberg, Germany] was in sad shape but...
Tipper, Edward Carentan
Edward Tipper credits paratrooper training with assisting in making the attack on Carentan a success. The decision was...
Dillon, Gerard Causeway to Cauquigny
[Annotator's Note: Gerard Dillon had been sent to deliver a message to US Army Lieutenant Colonel Charles J. Timmes to...
Capron, Ed CCC Camp
Edward C. Capron Jr. was born in November 1920 in New Orleans, Louisiana. During the Great Depression [Annotator's Note...
Honea, Chafer Celebrations in Paris and London
Chafer Honea was on his way to Nuremberg, Germany with C Battery, 433rd Antiaircraft Battalion, 939th Field Artillery...
Burrus, William Champagne with a German General
William Burrus became a technical sergeant when he returned to the United States after the war ended [Annotator's Note...
Noll, Eilleen Changes for Women in the Military
In the 1950s, Eileen Noll recognized the changes for women in the military. She felt more respected and leaned upon by...
Huval, Rudy Changes in Society
Rudy Huval and his four brothers went into the service. Ivan was the oldest brother [Annotator’s Note: Ivan was killed...

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