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Beynon, Robert Prewar to Submarines
Dr. Robert Beynon was born in August 1924 in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1942 and enlisted in the Navy....
Fleischer, Dave Prewar, Deployment, and Postwar
Dave Fleischer was born in October 1922 in his mother's home in Dallas [Annotator's Note: Dallas, Texas] where he was...
Bender, Harry Prewar, Enlistment, and Postwar
[Annotator's Note: There is the sound of a lawnmower in the background during this clip.] Harry Bender was born and...
Hebert, Willie Roy Prewar, Marine, and Postwar Lives
Willie Roy Hebert qualified as expert on the M1 [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as...
Hymel, Clyde Prewar, the Pacific, and Postwar
Clyde Hymel was born in Garyville, Louisiana in April 1926, and had fun growing up there. His father was a supervisor...
Liberato, Louis Prison Farm Work
[Annotator's Note: In March 1945, Louis Liberato was moved from the Stalag XII-A prisoner of war camp in Limburg,...
Waldman, Norman Prisoner of War
Norman William Waldman [Annotator's Note: after being captured by the Germans after jumping on D-Day, the Allied...
Inscoe, Linwood S. Prisoner to War's End
On 19 March 1945, Linwood S. Inscoe was on a mission [Annotator's Note: with 22nd Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group...
Guitard, Robert Prisoners and Returning Home
[Annotator's Note: Robert Guitard was assigned to the Prisoner of War Enclosure 339, Prisoner of War Information Bureau...
Pathe, Barbara Privileged part of the war effort
The Red Cross had to raise 75,000 dollars for the statue [Annotator’s Note: for a Red Cross memorial]. It was made by...
Coleman, Jerry Professional Baseball Career
Gerald Francis "Jerry" Coleman [Annotator's Note: a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot with Marine Scout-Bomber...
Cowan, John Proud Germans and Eisenhower
The Germans were very proud people. They always managed to put on hats and some kind of gloves. Somehow or other, John...
Heming, Barbara Psychiatrists and Living in Madrid
Barbara Heming's story is similar to all of those Germans who came from the east during the bleak period in the 1940s...
Jostad, Glen PTSD
Glen Jostad reveals the terrors of dreams he suffered resulting from his years of being a prisoner of war held by the...
Casey, Donald PTSD
After being a prisoner of war in Germany, Donald E. Casey returned to the United States and suffered from post...
Bussel, Norman PTSD and Alcoholism
Norman Bussel knew he was not going to be very good company if he did not have some alcohol to drink. He would have to...
Roderick, David PTSD and Education after Homecoming
David Roderick was discharged as soon as the war was over. When he was home he had bad dreams and once he hit the...
Mugliston, Gwendolyn PTSD and Life Choices
[Annotator's Note: There is an odd tape break which makes it hard to know what is being discussed at first.] Gwendolyn...
Sparacino, Paul PTSD and Veteran Suicides
Paul Sparacino [Annotator's Note: Sparacino served aboard the USS Princeton (LPH-5) during Operation Dominic, series of...
Hatch, Norman Public Affairs
Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 5th Marine Division] felt that capturing combat on film was very...
Wells, Raymond Race Relations and Being Wounded
While Raymond Wells was in the hospital a driver picked him up and when he got back to his company [Annotator's Note:...
McKinnon, Lee Race Relations in the Navy
Lee O. McKinnon stayed in the Navy until 1947. The Navy made good progress. When he first enlisted, there was no Navy...
Smith, Rothacker Racial Identity
Rothacker Smith had no idea that war was in his future on the morning of 7 December 1941. Smith was working in a corn...
Kinzler, Robert Radar Schools and Post War Activities
Attending the Southern Signal Corps School at Camp Murphy in Jupiter, Florida, Robert Kinzler became a radar officer...
Kiefer, Keith Radiation Exposure
[Annotator's Note: Keith Kiefer was assigned to a Radiological Cleanup detail on Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands while...
Renstrom, Keith Rapid Promotions and Assaulting Kwajalein
In Iceland, Keith Renstrom took and passed the test for corporal. When he got back to San Diego, he took the test for...
Anthony, Ray Ray Anthony Orchestra
Ray Anthony returned to Cleveland after the war. He began to organize his own band recruiting former Navy bandmembers...
Cole, Edgar Reach for the Stars
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Edgar Cole if he felt serving in the Marine Corps prepared him for the rest of...
Forman, Edgar Reaction to Pearl Harbor
Edgar R. "Ross" Forman was at home when he learned about Pearl Harbor Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl...
Du Pre, Peter Reaction to Pearl Harbor
Peter Du Pre was riding in his friend's truck when he heard on the radio that the Japs [Annotator's Note: a period...
Kawamoto, Yukio Reaction to the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Yukio Kawamoto does not think he changed too much during the war. He was born in Berkeley [Annotator's Note: Berkley,...
Jordan, James Rebuilding Germany
James Jordan will never forget something that impressed him. Two bridges from Mainz [Annotator's Note: Mainz, Germany]...
Horton, Alan Recognition and the G.I. Bill
Allen Horton was called back to Navy headquarters in New York to pick up a Silver Star. The citation was for his work...
Max, Robert Recognitions
Robert Max does not believe he suffered any lasting effects from the war in terms of shell shock, but says it has been...
Schwarc, Laszlo "Leslie Schwartz" Recollections
When he got word that his dear friend was in New York, Laszlo Schwarc journeyed back east to meet him and stayed with...
Gallo, Peter Recollections
Peter Gallo never got hit, but while he was on Leyte, he contracted malaria. He ran a high fever and was throwing up,...

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