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Armstrong, Henry Horrors of Combat
It was not Henry Armstrong's first time in combat [Annotator's Note: when his Battery B, 607th Field Artillery...
Wisnia, David Horrors of the Ghetto
David S. Wisnia was born in August 1926 in the suburb Sochaczew, outside of Warsaw, Poland. His father was a carpenter...
Pena, William Hospital Experiences
William Pena arrived at the aid station. The medic that had been attached to him and his men joked that they had...
Mikus, John Hospital on Guam
John Mikus, Jr. was never attacked from the air [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26...
Fraser, Rodney Hospital Recuperation
Rodney Charles Fraser used to have wheelchair races down the hospital hallways [Annotator’s Note: he laughs]. The young...
Manning, Sarah "Sally" Hospital Service
Sara "Sally" Manning met her husband while he was a hospital patient [Annotator's Note: Manning worked at Naval...
Lemme, Thomas Hospital Stay and Postwar
Thomas Joseph Lemme remained in recovery in the hospital until the end of the war [Annotator's Note: he had been...
Slomka, Edwin Hospital Stay and Postwar Life
Edwin Slomka was in the hospital until June [Annotator's Note: June 1945], when he was shipped down to the George...
Nannini, James Hospital Stay in England
James Nannini says it was freezing in Europe. They never went inside and had to endure the frigid weather. [Annotator's...
Richards, Richard Hospital Stays
Richard Richards [Annotator’s Note: fighting in Europe with the 395th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division]...
Dendy, Lloyd Hospitalization and Going Home
Lloyd Dendy was in the hospital with malaria and did not return to Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Peleliu, Palau]. He had...
Zarger, Edward Hospitalized
One day, Edward Zarger's outfit [Annotator's Note: Company A, 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry...
Scheerer, Richard Hospitalized
The following day, Richard Scheerer was sent to a hospital on shore. One day Scheerer had to have his lungs aspirated....
Alaniz, George Hospitals Back Home
[Annotator's Note: George Alaniz arrived in San Diego, California after being severely wounded on Attu Island, Alaska...
Szafran, Daniel How Life Changed and Reflections
Daniel Szafran survived the Holocaust and combat in Israel after the war. He felt good being in Palestine after...
Sarosi, George Hungarian Revolution and Escape
George A. Sarosi was a freshman in medical school at the commencement of the Hungarian Revolution [Annotator's Note:...
Nathanson, Eva Hungarian Revolution and Immigration
In 1956, the Hungarian Revolution [Annotator’s Note: 23 October to 10 November 1956] started. Eva Nathanson was told to...
Gross, Ernest Hunger and Liberation
Ernest Gross, a prisoner at Kaufering [Annotator’s Note: Kaufering; subcamp of Dachau; Landsberg am Lech, Germany] says...
Hogan, Moses Hunting Submarines
Moses Hogan doesn't think movies about Pearl Harbor are authentic. After Pearl Harbor, Hogan was on a destroyer [...
Bowling, Don Hürtgen Forest to Home
The Hurtgen Forest [Annotator's Note: Battle of Hürtgen Forest, 19 September 1944 to 10 February 1945, Hürtgen (Hurtgen...
Pena, William Hurtgen Part 1
William Pena remembers how his battalion commander was a gung-ho, brave, and tall man who refused to stay at the rear...
Manning, Sarah "Sally" Husband Captured
Sara "Sally" Manning's husband [Annotator's Note: William Henry Manning] was a POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war...
Talley, Chester Idaho to Casablanca
Chester L. Talley was born in Idaho in 1921. He grew up with one older brother and one older sister. His father was a...
Kahn, Eric Identity and Segregation
As a result of the Wannsee Conference, deportation of Jews began in early in 1942 and Eric Kahn's school was closed....
McAuliffe, Edwin Immigrant Parents and Living in America
Edwin McAuliffe's father was born in Ireland and was wounded during World War 1 at Gallipoli. His mother was born in...
Braitman, Simon Immigrating to the United States
Simon Braitman says that the Jews were marched from Zwoleń to Garbatka [Annotator's Note: both in Poland] by foot and...
Polonski, Bluma Immigrating to the United States
Bluma Polonski does not find it hard to talk about her experience of the Holocaust [Annotator's Note: also called the...
Knobler, Paula Immigration
Paula Knobler and her group of fellow Holocaust survivors found out from Russian soldiers that help was available for...
Kibort, Reva Immigration to America
Reva Kibort was in school at a new DP [Annotator's Note: displaced person] camp called Neu Freiman near Munich when an...
Winslow, Lawson Impacts of Middle East Conflicts
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Lawson T. Winslow, Junior, an engineer working for Standard Oil Company (later...
Jackson, Earnest Importance of Teaching
Ernest Jackson feels it is important for children to learn about World War 2. Each war is different. World War 2 was...
Raquepau, John Importance of the War
John "Jack" Raquepau guesses that outside of the Revolution [Annotator's Note: American Revolutionary War, or, American...
Vater, Joseph Imprisonment
Joseph Vater did not know what would happen to him after he had to surrender. He felt helpless and stuck. He knew...
Walsh, Violet In and Out of the Navy
There was a young man with whom Violet Walsh corresponded throughout the war. He was her high school pen pal from...
Penick, Ed In the Air Force
Edward Moore Penick Sr. was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in January 1922. Penick graduated from Little Rock High...
Hutchings, Robert In the Air Force to Army
[Annotator’s Note: There is a clock ticking in the background throughout this segment.] Robert J. Hutchings was born in...

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