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Willett, Richard Handling Combat
Different people handle combat in different ways. Richard Willett had a cousin who was a deeply religious family man...
Bradley, John Hanging Out With the Soldiers
After liberation [Annotator's Note: 3 February 1945 at the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila Internment Camp,...
Auld, Lorene Happy to Have Served
Lorene Auld and her sister were not aware of anything they could join for the war effort where they were in Oklahoma....
Adam, Adolf Hardship and Hitler
Before and during to World War 2, Adolf Adam's father worked as a mechanic in a neighboring town and was able to...
Scales, James Hawaii and the War's End
Returning to Maui [Annotator's Note: returning to Maui, Hawaii from Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands] was the first...
Richard, Joseph He Could Not Save Them All
Joseph Richard was a welder assigned to the USS Rigel (AR-11) when it was attacked at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. He...
Pringle, James He Wanted to Fight
James Pringle signed up to fight in the war. The majority of them [Annotator's Note: Black Americans] had. It was not...
Purvis, Frank Heading to Japan and the Korean War
[Annotator's Note: The interview starts at tape break and the conversation is mid-sentence about Frank Purvis' new baby...
Trahan, Clifton Healing, War's End and Going Home
Clifton Trahan was hospitalized in Africa after being burned in a submarine attack while serving aboard the merchant...
Kiefer, Keith Health Effects from Enewetak
Keith Kiefer saw that his orders said "Enewetak Atoll Radiological Cleanup". He was concerned but told he would get no...
Taylor, Robert Hearing of Pearl Harbor
On 7 December 1941 [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941], Robert Taylor...
Alter, Joseph Hedgerow Combat
The hedgerows were maybe 1,000 years old and enclosed every acre or two. Joseph Alter says some of them were eight feet...
Rinas, Bruno Hell Ship to Japan
In Japan, the men would have to kneel on round sticks for hours. Bruno S. Rinas did not have that happen to him. He met...
Armstrong, Henry Helping Gunskirchen Inmates
[Annotator's Note: Henry Armstrong served in the Army on a forward observer team in Battery B, 607th Field Artillery...
Gilmore, Selwyn Henry Erwin and Beer
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Selwyn Gilmore about a Medal of Honor recipient he knew.] Henry Erwin [...
Landry, Coleen Her Brothers After the War
Coleen Landry's brother Reed was married right after getting home from the war in the Pacific. He and his fiance had...
Bridgforth, Carolyn Her Husband is Home
Carolyn Bridgforth met her husband at Camp Shelby [Annotator's Note: Camp Shelby near Hattiesburg, Mississippi] when he...
Kushnir, Helen "Helen Preiss" Her Work Mattered
Helen Kushnir is just beginning to realize that it mattered [Annotator's Note: being a woman working in a factory for...
Dietrick, Alfred Heroic Germans
On 5 December [Annotator's Note: 5 December 1943], Alfred Dietrick and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st...
Davis, Jack Heroics and Post Traumatic Stress
Jack Davis and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company D, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division]...
LaBure, John HIggins Vessels, Personnel and Workplace Problems
John LeBure began working with the Higgins company while the 37 foot boats with a bow [Annotator’s Note: the Higgins...
Braitman, Simon High School and US Army
Simon Braitman went to Rochester [Annotator's Note: Rochester, New York] and entered high school right away. He...
Lomell, Leonard "Bud" Hill 400, Rangers Past and Present and British Commandos
The Rangers de-trucked in Kleinhaus at about two in the morning of 7 December 1944 then marched a couple of miles to...
Becker, Clarence Hiroshima and Nagasaki
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks if Clarence Becker had received word that flights were not supposed to go out...
Fayerman, Severin His Family Reunites
[Annotator's Note: After liberation from a concentration camp, Severin Fayerman went to a United Nations displaced...
Bolin, George His Father's Life
George R. Bolin's father was born in Galveston [Annotator's Note: Galveston, Texas]. His name was Lodwick Timothy Bolin...
Tomkiewicz, Micha His Mother and Thoughts on the Holocaust
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Micha Tomkiewicz how his mother coped with her experiences in the concentration...
Hecht, Lester His Wife and Her Experience
Lester Hecht's wife [Annotator's Note: Lillian] did not mind moving back in with her parents, when Hecht went to war....
Boeke, Robert Hitler's Hideout
Robert Boeke [Annotator's Note: with the 341st Infantry Regiment, 86th Infantry Division] was promoted to Corporal...
Luce, Dwain Holland
[Annotator's Note: On 13 July 1944, Dwain Luce and the 320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division...
Blakey, Thomas Holland and a Reunion
[Annotator's Note: An interviewer asks Thomas J. Blakey what he knew prior to jumping into Holland for Operation Market...
Bebko, Robert Hollywood Stars and Postwar Life
Robert Stephen Bebko used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was...
League, Ray Holocaust and Postwar Career
Ray League never heard about the Holocaust prior to entering the Army. He did not want to know, but the Germans knew....
Gross, Ernest Holocaust Deniers and Talking about the Holocaust
Holocaust survivor, Ernest Gross does not give a thought to Holocaust deniers because he feels there is no way they can...
Chandler, Howard Holocaust Personal Impacts
Howard Chandler continues to feel the personal effects of the Holocaust. He learned to be kind and helpful to less...
Liberato, Louis Home
Louis Liberato came home to Norfolk, Virginia on the USNS General Simon B. Buckner. He stayed a couple of days there...

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