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Cheever, Lawrence Combat in France and Return Home
[Annotator's Note: Larry Cheever can be difficult to understand at times.] Larry Cheever [Annotator's Note: with the...
McCool, William Combat in Germany
William McCool crossed the Rhine River. He and another soldier were sent forward as scouts. Hidden by grape vineyards,...
Clark, Russell Combat in Normandy and Postwar
Russell Clark and Company A [Annotator's Note: Company A, 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry...
Dahlberg, Melvin Combat in Sospel, France
After parachuting into France and landing in trees in the mountains, Melvin Dahlberg and other paratroopers from the...
Flanagan, Earl Combat into France and Germany
Earl Flanagan recalled his voyage overseas as enjoyable. It reminded him of rollercoasters which he loved. He did not...
League, Ray Combat Introduction and POWs
Ray League was introduced into combat when his colonel [Annotator's Note: US Army Colonel William E. Carraway,...
Hood, George Combat Missions and Going Home
George Hood's B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber] had its nose wheel strut struck by a...
Pocoroba, Joseph Combat Operations in France and Bronze Star Action
Joseph Pocoroba says you never know how you are going to react in battle despite your training. [Annotator's Note:...
Schultz, Philip Combat Photography Team
Philip Schultz was a combat cameraman and part of a team that filmed the wartime action [Annotator’s Note: Schultz was...
Kitts, James Combat to Race Car Driver
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks James Albert Kitts what it was like to be in combat for the first time.] It was...
Gatewood, Otis Combat, Being Wounded and Captured, then Going Home
Late in the war, Otis Gatewood said, there was a lot of propaganda circulating on the front lines. Hitler [Annotator's...
Nicholson, Elmer Combat, VE-Day, and Losing His Brother
Elmer Nicholson, Jr. remembers the Germans had patrols. Both sides knew they were not going anywhere. The Germans did...
Wells, Raymond Coming Home
Raymond Wells was moved to another hospital. While there his wisdom teeth were taken out and he contracted malaria...
Cart, William "Bill" Coming Home
William Cart returned to the United States in January 1946. If Cart was going to be in a dogfight, he would have...
Wieland, Kenneth Coming Home
There was no homecoming reception in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California], other than some high...
Sullivan, George Coming Home
[Annotator's Note: George Joseph Sullivan was a prisoner of war of the Japanese and was working as slave laborer on the...
Buckner, Jack Coming Home
After being promoted to captain and finishing his last bombing mission, Jack Buckner left his group [Annotator's Note:...
Kent, Edward Coming Home and Postwar
When Edward F. Kent went into combat in Europe, he carried a carbine [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic...
Angst, Lawrence Coming Home and Postwar Life
Lawrence Angst was very anxious to get back to school after the war. He got his degree on the G.I. Bill. He became a...
Hutcherson, Kenneth Coming Home and War's End
Albion Kenneth Hutcherson [Annotator's Note: a radioman on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber serving with the...
Clausen, Elfriede Coming to America
Living in West Germany was very different for Elfriede Clausen [Annotator's Note: from living in East Germany under the...
Grunte, Leon Coming to America
Leon Grunte ended up in London, England and started training to be a nurse. He wanted to stay there. London was fun. He...
Bloch, Itka Coming to America
Itka Bloch waited a long time to come to America. She likes America very much. She had a choice and picked America. You...
Bodis-Wollner, Ivan Coming to America
In 1961, Ivan Bodis-Wollner visited his girlfriend and applied to go to medical school in the United States. Cornell...
Nathanson, Eva Coming to America
Before Eva Nathanson arrived in the United States, she tried to read everything about the country. She also needed to...
Dahme, Maud Coming to America
Maud Dahme and her family traveled to America by ship [Annotator's Note: from the Netherlands]. She remembers seeing...
Kahn, Eric Coming to America
On 13 June 1945, when Eric Kahn was allowed to leave Theresienstadt [Annotator's Note: Terezín ghetto, concentration...
Crosby, Thomas Coming to America and Adjusting to Civilian Life
After they were liberated, Thomas Crosby's mother wanted to return to the United States. They were able to sail on a...
Hatala, Albert Coming to America and Wanting to Fight
Albert Hatala was born in 1923 in Czechoslovakia. When he was about six months old his father moved to the United...
Gresham, Ray Comparing German and Japanese POWs
Ray Gene Gresham digresses to mention that while he was at Camp Crowder, Missouri, he was serving in Company C, 2nd...
Piazzo, Lincoln Completing Training
Air Corps training for Lincoln Piazzo consisted of primary, basic and advanced programs, and was conducted in three...
Lazinger, Sol Comrades
Sol Lazinger remembers one of his officers was marked as missing in action in every official Army record. Sixty years...
Cristiano, Nick Con Man in the Prison Camp
Nick Cristiano was shot down on 15 April 1945. He was in prison for five and a half months [Annotator's Note: he was...
Geldner, Mala Concentration Camp and Liberation
Mala [Annotator's Note: née Gerstner] Geldner was sent to the Oberstadt working camp [Annotator's Note: Comthurey...
Cohn, Marthe Concentration Camps
While in Germany as a spy, Marthe Cohn was only in the south where there were no concentration camps. On the day of the...
Frydman, Louis Concentration Camps
Louis Frydman was removed from the Warsaw ghetto. A train took the surviving ghetto uprising participants to Majdanek...

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