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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...
Lazinger, Sol Comrades
Sol Lazinger remembers one of his officers was marked as missing in action in every official Army record. Sixty years...
Paege, Harry Concentration Camp and Home
The place [Annotator's Note: Nordhausen sub-camp of Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp, Nordhausen, Germany, 11 April...
Geldner, Mala Concentration Camp and Liberation
Mala [Annotator's Note: née Gerstner] Geldner was sent to the Oberstadt working camp [Annotator's Note: Comthurey...
Rinas, Bruno Conditions in the POW Camps
Bruno S. Rinas was able to complete the work he was given because he was being fed. He never saw the Japanese shoot...
Hayashi, Shizuya Congressional Medal of Honor
Shiyuza Hayashi was informed in 1999 that he was being awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor [Annotator's Note: the...
Ragazzi, Frank Considerations
Frank Ragazzi didn't like the way the Japanese acted or the way they treated prisoners, and he didn't like the Nazi...
Tindal, Sullivan Construction Work
After serving in World War 2, Sullivan Tindal worked in construction for several years. He divorced his wife. He worked...
Henry, Frederick Cook Training and Service
Frederick Henry [Annotator's Note: a Military Police officer in the US Army, stationed in Tuskegee, Alabama] was born...
Stumpfa, James Costa Rica
Jim Stumpfa had two four-hour watches a day [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Bangor (PF-16)]. They were on four hours...
Matsumoto, Roy Counter Intelligence Corps
Roy H. Matsumoto saw the city of Hiroshima [Annotator's Note: Hiroshima, Japan] after the war. It was flattened and...
Rooney, Andrew Covering D-Day and Cherbourg
Andrew A. Rooney was covering the 8th Air Force [Annotator's Note: for the Stars and Stripes, American military...
Henry, Margaret Covering MacArthur and Eisenhower
Margaret Brewer Henry attended college from 1945 through 1949. She felt like she was well prepared because her...
Martin, William Crashing on Take-off
William Martin waited on a troop ship home. All of the airplanes were torn up. He flew a C-46 [Annotator's Note:...
Carlson, Donald Crew Makeup and Training Mission
The theater of conflict he was going to be assigned to after training made no difference to Donald Albert Carlson. You...
Adams, J. Crewmates and Equipment
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer and Jones Quincy Adams, Jr. converse about a non-related World War 2 experience.]...
Alaniz, George Critically Wounded and Evacuated from Attu
George Alaniz landed on the beach at Attu. [Annotator's Note: Alaniz was a rifleman in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 32nd...
Arst, Paul Crossing the Rhine River
Paul Arst belonged to a rotary club in Baton Rouge [Annotator's Note: Baton Rouge, Louisiana]. One year, the club did a...
Gooch, James Cuban Missile Crisis
James Gooch graduated from school and was sent to Florida to replace a Warrant Officer [Annotator's Note: after...
Dunne, Edward D-Day Invasion
Edward Dunne and the men [Annotator's Note: the crew of the USS LST-53] were told what was going to happen [Annotator's...
Floravante, Emile D-Day Invasion
Alfred Anthony Alvarez ended up on a LCVP [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel or LCVP; also known as...
Weil, Roswell D-Day Invasion Normandy
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Roswell Weil about the weeks leading up to the D-Day invasion of Normandy,...
Sichler, George Dachau
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks if George Sichler saw anything while approaching the Dachau concentration camp...
Rugeley, Robert Dachau and a Good Friend
Robert S. Rugeley had some exposure to Germans. After the war was over, his company [Annotator's Note: 285th Signal...
Frydman, Louis Dachau and Liberation
Louis Frydman ended up in Allach, which was a sub-camp in the Dachau complex of camps. The prisoners were being sent...
Tweedt, Vernon T. Dachau and War’s End
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Vernon Tweedt to tell him about when he got to the Dachau concentration camp in...
Maduell, Audrey Dancing for Soldiers
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with Audrey Maduell already in conversation.] The Victory Belles was a personal...
de la Vergne, Cyril Dating Walter Winchell
Cyril de la Vergne was in the Marine Corps about for two and a half years. It was office work and did not change after...
Lafferty, Ralph Dealing with Death
While in a troop car going across the country, Ralph F. Lafferty shared a car with his friends Ralph and Duke. Lafferty...
Dietrick, Alfred Death from Friendly Fire
During Alfred Dietrick's month off the front lines, something happened he has never spoken of. After they went back...
Robinson, Stewart Death of Friends
Stewart W. Robinson recalls the time the flight deck of the USS Hornet (CV-12) was strafed by Japanese fighters and his...
Charles, Howard Deaths, Labor, and Liberation
Howard Robert Charles [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] and the other prisoners soon found their clothes were...
Moskin, Alan Deciding To Talk About the War
Alan Moskin always says he is one of the lucky ones. He got emotional some time ago speaking and some of the guilt...
Kiefer, Keith Defining an Atomic Veteran
[Annotator's Note: Keith Kiefer was assigned to a Radiological Cleanup detail on Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands while...
Kerner, John Delivering a Baby During Battle
John Kerner was around the city of Mortain, France in heavy battle [Annotator's Note: Operation Lüttich, German...
Jordan, James Deployed for Occupation Duty
James Jordan deployed overseas right after OCS [Annotator's Note: officer candidate school] at the end of 1945 or first...

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