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Thomas, Wilbur "Will" The Depression and Attending College
Wilbur Thomas was born in March 1923 and grew up in Swissvale, Pennsylvania with two older brothers. During the Great...
Guitard, Robert The Draft and Atomic Bombs
Robert Guitard was drafted after graduating from high school [Annotator's Note: in 1945]. He went to Fort Williams [...
Parra, Pedro The End of the War and Postwar Service
Pedro Parra was getting ready to get to go to Japan when the bomb [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...
Kelley, Archie The First Nuclear Reactors
Nuclear reactors were very crude things [Annotator's Note: when Archie Kelley started studying nuclear physics at the...
Leopold, Vernon The First Reunion
Vernon Leopold provides a description of his fellow soldiers, the commander and non-commissioned officer in his I...
Asbury, Richard The Four Musketeers
Richard Asbury does not know how he came up with the name "Queenie" [Annotator's Note: North American P-51B Mustang...
Rooney, Andrew The French and The Germans
Andrew A. Rooney went into Belgium [Annotator's Note: as a correspondent for the Stars and Stripes, American military...
Burrus, William The G.I. Bill
William Burrus used the G.I. Bill to attend the University of Alabama [Annotator's Note: in Tuscaloosa, Alabama]. The G...
Linett, Joseph The G.I. Bill and Post War Career
The skills he mastered during World War 2 were helpful to Joseph Linett in his engineering career. The world was...
Taylor, Claude The G.I. Bill and Service During the Korean War
Claude Taylor returned from China and disembarked in San Francisco. He returned to Louisiana where he was discharged...
Tweedt, Vernon T. The Great Depression
Vernon Tweedt was born in July 1921 in Estherville, Iowa. He grew up there on a farm. [Annotator's Note: The...
Norberg, Willard "Bill" The Great Depression
In 1929, Bill Norberg's father lost his job due to the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great Depression was a...
Wainwright, James The Green Project
James Eyre Wainwright [Annotator's Note: a second lieutenant in the 326th Bombardment Squadron, 92nd Bombardment Group...
Nussenbaum, Seymour The Holocaust and War's End
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Seymour Nussenbaum heard about the Holocaust [...
Love, John The Horrors of Camp O’Donnell
After the fifth day on the march in the Philippines [Annotator's Note: Bataan Death March, the forcible transfer by the...
Hatch, Norman The Importance of Oral Histories
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Norman Hatch in conversation with the interviewer.] Hatch used to show...
Sullivan, George The Japanese Leave the Camp
[Annotator's Note: George Joseph Sullivan was a prisoner of war held at the Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp in Sandakan,...
Lafleur, Richard The Japanese People
Richard Lafleur [Annotator's Note: on occupation duty with 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division] got acquainted...
Lee, James The Korean War
James Lee could not fight in World War 2, but when the Korean War [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 25 June 1950 to 27...
Cox, Neil "Jack" The Korean War
Neil Cox remembers the Germans would take hostages from the school his wife went to. They would take all the Jewish...
Dendy, Lloyd The Korean War and Parting Thoughts
Lloyd Dendy met the toughest guy ever in Korea. He had been hit in the cheek by shrapnel and lost a lot of his teeth....
Carter, Alex The Mediterranean to the Pacific
Alex Carter Sr. went to Southern France. They used 50-cycle electricity. Carter met a girl that spoke perfect English....
Campbell, John The Merchant Marine and Admiral King
John Campbell says that President Truman [Annotator's Note: Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States] had...
Epstein, Ben The Moral of the Story
Ben Epstein reiterated that his mother's influence, and her mantra "Don't ever give up," saved his life the night the...
Carver, Jack The Movie "Fury" and Postwar
Jack Carver remembers shrapnel landing on his neck as being his most memorable experience of World War 2. [Annotator's...
Tso, Samuel The Navajo Code
[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom answer questions...
Little, Keith The Navajo Code on the Battlefield
[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom answer questions...
Bayuk, Rose The Pacific and War's End
Backing up to the time when Rose Bayuk first arrived in London [Annotator's Note: London, England], she relates how the...
Baker, Sterling The Pacific and Discharge
Sterling Baker was transferred out in the country to a Navy ammunition dump as a guard [Annotator's Note: near...
Sklar, Martin "Marty" The Passing of Walt Disney
Martin Sklar was in the 1401 Building when he heard that Walt Disney passed. Sklar was paged and told to call Card...
Russo, James The Philippines, Being Injured, Going Home and College
James Russo deployed to the Philippines as a forward observer pilot. [Annotator's Note: Russo deployed with the 596th...
Smith, Arthur The PT-Boat
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Arthur Smith to talk about the PT-Boat.] Smith got a ride on Elco [Annotator's...
Reitmeier, George The Sinking of the SS Léopoldville
Reitmeier was aboard a troopship [Annotator’s Note: the SS Léopoldville with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 264th Infantry...
Hagans, Benjamin The United States
Benjamin Hagans remembers the officers’ mess had a menu. Hagans was with his brother, Bill, for three weeks. Then they...
Tarkington, Frank The USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
Frank V. Tarkington was fortunate to have a mild and unexcitable experience in the war. He got a break by having...
Martin, Robert The USS Vulcan (AR-5)
Robert Martin was taught to march and thought it was stupid [Annotator's Note: in US Navy basic training]. They went to...

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