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Hopkins, Ralph Kamikaze Attack
Ralph Hopkins had a relief man named Ronald Lucas. They worked well with each other. They alternated watches to best...
Dendrinelis, Socrates Kamikaze Attacks
Socrates Dendrinelis would always get the worst details. He was in a boxing match with some of the other guys on the...
Rosenzweig, Rollins Kamikaze Attacks on the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)
Rollins Rosenzweig continued to fly missions over Okinawa after the attack on the Japanese battleship Yamato. Missions...
Anderson, William Kamikazes Sink the USS Reid (DD-369)
As a torpedoman on the USS Conyngham (DD-371), William Anderson's general quarters station was the starboard torpedo...
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...
Polito, Felix Kiska and Sicily
Felix Polito was with the Force [Annotator's Note: 1st Special Service Force] when it was deployed to retake Kiska in...
Barnes, Walter Knowing Judo
Walter Barnes did not see much of a change in New Orleans when he returned after the war. Before the war he and his...
Reeder, John Korea, Continued
John Reeder was unhappy with the way the reserve officers were being treated; he had overheard his commanding officer...
Aigner, Leslie Landsberg and Kaufering Camps
Leslie Aigner walked through the outskirts of Landsberg. A fellow prisoner pointed out the prison where Hitler [...
Rozett, Walter Last Mission and Home
Walter Rozett's last mission [Annotator's Note: with the 369th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group, 8th Air...
Howie, Alice Last Thoughts
[Annotator's Note: Alice Howie's husband was killed in an aerial dogfight in Europe.] Howie was very sad when the war...
Moskin, Alan Last Thoughts
Alan Moskin had difficulty sleeping during his occupation duty [Annotator's Note: in Europe from 8 May 1945 to 1 March...
Sullivan, George Last Thoughts and Reflections
George Joseph Sullivan says a lot of amusing things happened outside of stealing from the Japanese. [Annotator's Note:...
Alter, Joseph Lead Up to D-Day
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Joseph Alter what the trip overseas aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth was like.]...
Livaudais, James Leadership
James Livaudais knew he had really seen combat after the battle at La Fiere and the Merderet crossing. He thought at...
Baranek, Martin Leaving a Legacy
It wasn't easy for Martin Baranek to fit into society after the war because his formative years were bereft of...
Trindal, Wesley Lessons of the Hurtgen Forest
Wesley Trindal had dreams about the war. He would dream that he was in it again and would keep the barracks awake while...
Hahn, Clifford Leyte
Clifford Albert Hahn landed at Baybay on Leyte Island in the Philippines. He saw MacArthur [Annotator's Note: General...
Mugliston, Gwendolyn Liberated in Life
After returning to the United States, Gwendolyn Mugliston's father decided to return as a family to the Philippines. He...
Bielec, William Liberating a Concentration Camp
Towards the end of the war, Germans were surrendering by the thousands to William F. Bielec and his unit [Annotator's...
Bauer, Wynn Liberating American Prisoners
[Annotator's Note: Wynn Bauer served in the Army as an assistant driver on an M4 Sherman medium tank in the 36th...
Brooks, Morton Liberation
When he arrived at Berga, Morton Brooks was shocked to find that it wasn't a POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war]...
Faust, Virgil Liberation
A month before Virgil Faust was liberated, the prisoners in the camp began hearing the artillery getting closer. Rumors...
Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" Liberation
Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine and other internees [Annotator's Note: in the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila...
Skelton, Joy Liberation
Joy Skelton witnessed pamphlets being dropped on her prison camp. They told of the war being over. She always feared...
Devoe, Susan Liberation and Postwar
Susan Magnuson Devoe remembers being liberated [Annotator's Note: from the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila...
DeMott, Joseph Liberation and Recovery
Batavia [Annotator's Note: now Jakarta, Indonesia] was the last camp Joseph DeMott [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war...
Vater, Joseph Liberation and Reflections
On 20 August 1945, Joseph Vater was liberated by Russian soldiers. He remembered them dropping in by parachute. At...
Clift, Gilbert Liberation and Return Home
Three days into a march [Annotator's Note: from their prisoner of war camp], Gilbert Clift and the rest of the...
Steele, Ben Liberation and Returning Home
Ben Steele was told the war was over by a Japanese officer. At first, the Americans did not believe him, but American B...
Browning, Earl Life Aboard Transport Ships
Earl Dean Browning had no problems becoming a civilian. You have to make up your mind. His was that he was going to go...
Johnston, Roy Life After the War and Reflections
When Roy Johnston returned to his wife's home place, he took a job at the International Paper Company where his spouse...
Angst, Lawrence Life After War
Being picked up by his dad at the train station after the war is the most memorable experience of World War 2 for...
Fisch, Robert LIfe Decisions
Robert Fisch continued to have food consumption as a first priority following his father's reinterment. [Annotator's...
Komito, Joseph Life in the Camps
Joseph Komito was at Natzweiler [Annotator's Note: Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp near Natzweiler and Struthof...
Moxon, Milton Life in the Field
For Milton Moxon and the 94th Infantry Division, weather and terrain conditions were horrible on the front. Some men...

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