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Campbell, John Journalist Lies
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks John Campbell about the journalists Walter Winchell and Westbrook Pegler]. They...
Gross, Ernest Journey to Auschwitz
In April 1944, the day after Passover, two Hungarian police officers woke the family of Ernest Gross, and told them...
Switzer, Ruth Journey to England
Ruth Switzer was born in July 1934 in Vienna, Austria. Her parents were Jews who moved there from Poland so her father...
Weber, Norman Journey to Germany
Norman Weber’s family returned to Germany despite his father wanting to stay in America forever. Weber’s parents had...
Skardon, Ben Journey to Mainland Japan
Ben Skardon thought the prisoners would be taken back to Bilibid Prison and that the American troops were nearby or...
Langrehr, Henry Jump School to England
Henry Langrehr had heard about the paratroopers. When he went to join, he told them that is what he wanted. At that...
Dahlberg, Melvin Jump School, Maneuvers, Overseas Deployment and WACS
Melvin Dahlberg went to paratrooper school in Georgia. It was very difficult training, running five to ten miles every...
Reilly, Joseph Jumping in Holland
After Normandy [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], Joseph Dean Reilly...
O'Connor, Robert Jumping into Normandy
Robert W. "Bob" O'Connor [Annotator's Note: a communications sergeant in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute...
Smith, Thomas Kakuji Kakuta
During the war there are individual units with individuals doing their jobs. On Tinian [Annotator's Note: Battle of...
Hibbard, Hershel Kamikaze Attack and Loss of a Friend
Hershel Hibbard recalled the process of refueling the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)]. Another ship...
George, Carroll Kamikaze Attacks
When alerts came in for kamikaze attacks, Carroll George had to be in the engineering room [Annotator's Note: aboard...
Celaya, Adolfo Kamikaze Damage then Repairs
After Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945; Iwo Jima, Japan], Adolfo V. Celaya...
Kolesa, Thomas Kamikazes
[Annotator's Note: Thomas Kolesa landed on Okinawa, Japan with the Searchlight Battery, 8th Antiaircraft Artillery...
Bee, Donald Kamikazes Attack on Intrepid
Donald H. "Don" Bee saw his first action [Annotator's Note: as a crewman aboard the USS Intrepid (CV-11)], when a...
Lee, Arthur Kamikazes on Okinawa
Returning to his service on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], Arthur Lee said he went ashore on Higgins boats...
Fayerman, Severin Kamionka and then Auschwitz
[Annotator's Note: Severin Fayerman left the defeated Polish Army to work in his family’s factory in Bedzin, Silesia,...
Gallichant, Normand Kanton Island and Postwar
Normand F. Gallichant was preparing to hit the beaches of Japan just before the war ended. Defenses in Japan would have...
Urice, Joe Kassel, Germany
Joel Urice was assigned to an apartment with another 100th Bombardment Group member in Germany. He had enough points to...
Gross, Ernest Kaufering and God
Ernest Gross, a prisoner at Kaufering [Annotator's Note: Kaufering; subcamp of Dachau; Landsberg am Lech, Germany],...
Trappey, Randolph Keeping the Food Dehydrators Running
While the family business was providing dehydrated sweet potatoes for the soldiers to eat, Randolph Trappey's family...
Negrotto, Constance Keeping up with the War
Constance Negrotto had cousins and friends who were all over the place during the war. They kept her informed of what...
McAuliffe, Edwin Kenneth McAuliffe and the War Effort
Kenneth [Annotators Note: Edwin McAuliffe's brother] was five years older than McAuliffe. Kenneth went to St....
Gallego, Anthony Kid in Los Angeles
Anthony “Tony” Gallego was born in November 1923 in Los Angeles, California. His father, a metalworker, made enough...
Wise, Curtis Killing a Tree
One of Curtis Winfred Wise's brothers was in the service. They did not talk much about it. He did talk to his parents...
Moskin, Alan Killing Germans and Losing Friends
Alan Moskin was a scout. Scouts go in ahead of the outfit to make sure the outfit does not get ambushed. Two men are...
Kawamoto, Yukio Known and Unknown Family
Yukio Kawamoto's parents did not have to divulge too much about how their time in the camp went. Kawamoto had gotten a...
Johnson, Alfred Korea
Alfred A. Johnson, Jr. joined the National Guard after he returned from World War 2. He worked as an aid for the...
Childs, Charles "Chuck" Korea, Vietnam, and Retirement
Three years after the Berlin Airlift [Annotator's Note: Western Allies' operation to supply the blockaded city of West...
Halloran, Walter Korean War
Walter Halloran was sent to Korea after the conflict started up there [Annotator’s Note: the Korean War started with...
Wells, Raymond Korean War
A year after Raymond Wells was shipped to Okinawa Joyce joined him there. At the time there was very little in terms of...
Britt, James Korean War
James Britt went back to Europe after the war. He was in a field observation battalion. He gathered intelligence about...
Gay, Ralph Korean War
Ralph Gay picked the Air Corps because it was easy to work. Once when flying by Shanghai [Annotator’s Note: Shanghai,...
Casebonne, Louis Korean War
Louis E. Casebonne was recalled to service during the Korean War [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 25 June 1950 to 27 July...
Snow, William Korean War
William L. Snow remained in the reserves until 1950 when he was recalled into active duty [Annotator's Note: for the...
Gillette, Thomas Korean War and Career
After Thomas W. Gillette completed college, the Korean War [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953...

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