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Kiefer, Keith Learning About Wars
Keith Kiefer was born in January 1957 in Longview, Texas. In school, he did not get taught about World War 2 until...
Dearman, Alfred Learning Japanese from Mamoru Shigemitsu
When Alfred Dearman would come on duty for the morning shift as a jailer, the midnight shift would have had the...
Spielberg, Arnold Learning New Technologies
Arnold Spielberg worked for RCA [Annotator's Note: Radio Corporation of America] and was in charge of designing the...
Wiswell, George Learning to Dive
George Wiswell learned how to dive in the Navy. Wiswell was given a sheet of commands for line pulls under water as...
Martin, William Learning to Fly
[Annotator's Note: The interview starts mid conversation.] William Martin was drafted in January 1943. He was lucky he...
Paynter, Don Learning to Smoke
Donald Dean Paynter came back, finished school with an engineering degree, and went to work for Shell Oil Company. He...
Wiswell, George Learning to Think
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks George Wiswell what it was like when the war ended.] Thank goodness it was over...
Paynter, Don Leave and Marriage
Donald Dean Paynter always had problems with his heated suit and would be freezing. He would have to go on oxygen at 12...
Wicker, Thomas Leave and Postwar life
Thomas Wicker recalled the day before the Japanese surrender, they had to fuel the USS Missouri (BB-63). The ship had a...
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...
Ernest, Malcolm Leaving Manchuria
[Annotator's Note: Malcolm Ernest was a prisoner of war at Camp O'Donnell on Luzon, Philippines.] Ernest was among a...
Nesser, William Leaving the Merchant Marine
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks William Nesser about why he was not part of the Murmansk run PQ-17, an Atlantic...
Surratt, Carey Leaving the Navy and Reflections
Carey Suratt left the Navy when his enlistment time was completed. In 1950, someone recommended Suratt join a new Army...
Cohn, Marthe Leaving Vietnam
Marthe Cohn was the chief of a hospital at the DMZ [Annotator's Note: the Demilitarized Zone, Vietnam; then French...
Clark, Earl Legacy of the 10th Mountain Division
Earl Ervin Clark and the 10th Mountain Division were returning by sea when they heard about the United States dropping...
Cowan, John Lessons and Family
A lot of people learned a lot of important lessons from World War 2. If we did not think about it, analyze it, and...
Gross, Ernest Lessons Learned at Kaufering
[Annotator's Note: There is an odd cut in video here.] Ernest Gross was sent from Auschwitz [Annotator's Note:...
Smith, Perry Lessons Learned from World War 2
Perry Smith saw the Second World War as a turning point for the United States. No longer could the nation back out of...
Nossbaum, Anneliese Liberated
Annaliese Nossbaum came across letters she and her mother had written after their liberation from Mauthausen [Annotator...
Bodis-Wollner, Ivan Liberated by Americans
Ivan Bodis-Wollner was put on trains and taken from Bergen-Belsen [Annotator's Note: Bergen-Belsen concentration camp...
Galbraith, Wendell Liberated by Russians
On 9 April [Annotator's Note: 9 April 1945], Russian shock troops burst into the hospital where Wendell Galbraith was a...
Ernest, Malcolm Liberated by Russians
The Russians [Annotator's Note: 262nd Rifle Division, 113 Infantry Corps] liberated Malcolm Ernest [Annotator's Note:...
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...
Redmond, Leroy Liberating Moosburg
Word from intelligence was that Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf Hitler] would make a stand in Bavaria [...
Wolff, Robert Liberation
Robert Wolff was liberated in January 1945. They could hear Berlin [Annotator’s Note: Berlin, Germany] being bombed....
Bloch, Itka Liberation
Itka Bloch remembers the first tank coming in [Annotator's Note: to liberate the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near...
Lichtenfeld, Seymour Liberation
Seymour "Sy" Lichtenfeld was liberated by Russian soldiers [Annotator's Note: he was a prisoner of war in Stalag III-B...
Peardon, Eveline Liberation
Eveline Peardon and her siblings visited the young soldiers every day after D-Day [Annotator’s Note: the 6 June 1944...
Noe, Leanne Liberation
Leanne Blinzler Noe [Annotator's note: a child internee at Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila Internment Camp,...
Samet, Judah Liberation
Judah Samet left by train and remembers passing through Berlin [Annotator's Note: Berlin, Germany] where ruins were...
Komito, Joseph Liberation and America
Joseph Komito traveled many days on a train not knowing where he was bound [Annotator's Note: the Germans were...
Klein, Gerda Liberation and Feelings Towards Germans
[Annotator's Note: Gerda Klein, who was liberated from a slave labor camp can be very difficult to understand at points...
Levy, Anne Liberation and Postwar
Anne Levy initially thought the Russian liberators were going to be better than the German oppressors. She would...
Devoe, Susan Liberation and Postwar
Susan Magnuson Devoe remembers being liberated [Annotator's Note: from the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila...
Giamberardino, Anna Maria Liberation and Postwar Life
One night, Anna Maria Giamberardino and a friend decided to go see where the couples would hang out. They saw some men...
McLaurine, Luke Liberation and Postwar Service
Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. was liberated on 29 April [Annotator's Note: 29 April 1945]. A pitched battle was fought...

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