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Roslensky, Marvin Guam Before the War
Marvin A. Roslansky [Annotator's Note: a US Marine] was assigned to Insular Patrol [Annotator's Note: with the Guam...
Ollar, Vernon Hard Life as a Young Boy
Vernon Ollar was born in July 1926 in Moline, Illinois and grew up in nearby Rock Island, Illinois as an only child....
Kafka, T. Hard Life in New York
T. Toby Kafka was born in Kingston, New York in October 1924 and grew up in Manhattan [Annotator's Note: Manhattan is...
Cruise, Leslie Hard-Knock Life
[Annotator's Note: The video is out of focus.] Leslie Cruise was born in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note: Philadelphia,...
Reavis, Carrel Healthy Marine Now
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Carrel Reavis why he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, or CCC, as a...
Curran, Philip Hearing About Pearl Harbor
Philip Curran and his family talked about the impending war developments all the time. His grandfather was an avid...
Schicker, Tom High School to Marine Corps
[Annotator's Note: The interview opens with Thomas Francis Schicker already in conversation with the interviewer.] When...
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...
Windisch, Lutz Hitler Youth
Lutz Windisch was born in 1925 in Königssee in Berchtesgaden [Annotator's Note: Königssee, Berchtesgaden, Germany],...
König, Karl Hitler Youth to German Tanks
Karl Friedrich "Charley” König [Annotator's Note: or Koenig] went from Annaburg Annotator's Note: Annaburg, Germany] to...
Mervosh, Michael "Iron Mike" Ho Chi Minh, Jane Fonda and the Sacrifice of American Servicemembers
[Annotator's Note: Michael Mervosh served in the USMC in Company C, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...
Wisnia, David Horrors of the Ghetto
David S. Wisnia was born in August 1926 in the suburb Sochaczew, outside of Warsaw, Poland. His father was a carpenter...
Talley, Chester Idaho to Casablanca
Chester L. Talley was born in Idaho in 1921. He grew up with one older brother and one older sister. His father was a...
Reitmeier, George In and Out of the ASTP
After completing high school, George Reitmeier applied, was accepted, and joined the Army Specialized Training Program...
Penick, Ed In the Air Force
Edward Moore Penick Sr. was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in January 1922. Penick graduated from Little Rock High...
Hutchings, Robert In the Air Force to Army
[Annotator’s Note: There is a clock ticking in the background throughout this segment.] Robert J. Hutchings was born in...
Osterhoudt, Ralph In the Army
[Annotator’s Note: At the beginning of the segment, the interviewer explains to interviewee how the interview will run...
Kitching, Charles In the Army
Charles Kitching was born in October 1925 in Sanford, Maine. He had one sister that is 10 years younger than him. Due...
Fitzpatrick, Thomas In the Army Air Corps
Dr. Thomas Fitzpatrick was born in September 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His family lived in a rural area...
Balabanow, William In the Merchant Marines
William Balabanow was born in February 1926 in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania. His stepfather was a miner. During the...
Robinson, Stewart In the Navy
Stewart W. Robinson was born in March 1925 in Liverpool, Pennsylvania. One of 16 children, he grew up on a farm. Times...
Williams, Stanley In the Navy
Stanley Richard Williams was born in May 1926 in Wheeling, West Virginia. He grew up on Wheeling Island with his...
Chatterton, Charles In the Navy
Charles Chatterton was born in Somerville, Massachusetts in November 1925. and grew up in the nearby town of Quincy. He...
Johnson, Raleigh In the Navy
Raleigh W. Johnson Jr. was born in October 1926 in Houston, Texas. He attended public school from primary to high...
Thompson, Judge In the Navy
Judge Gordon Thompson was born in June 1926 in Perry County, Alabama. He grew up with two sisters on a hundred-acre...
Lewter, Robert Induction and Japan
Robert Lewter was inducted in Georgia. From there he got on a train to Camp Polk, Louisiana [Annotator's Note: now Fort...
Madden, Paul Induction into the Army
Paul Hilton Madden Jr. was born in Homer, Louisiana in June 1925 and grew up in Shreveport [Annotator’s Note:...
Schraub, Jesse Interest in Chemistry
Jesse Schraub was born in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs in New York, New...
Halberg, Norma Interviewed for the WASPs
When the WASPs [Annotator's Note: Women Airforce Service Pilots] first started out, they had to have 200 hours [...
Andriano, Louis Into the Navy
Louis Andriano graduated high school at 17 [Annotator's Note: January 1944]. His father wanted him to work but he could...
Power, James Introduction
James Moore Power was born in Red Banks, Mississippi in May 1925. Power’s father was the head of the Mississippi Civil...
Winestone, Ted Invasion of Poland
Ted Winestone was born in September 1929 in Baranowicze, Poland [Annotator's Note: now Baranovichi, Belarus]. His...
Sullivan, George Invasion of Saipan
George Joseph Sullivan was on a ship gun crew. When he would be sitting off the beach, he would ask to go ashore. Once...
Lewis, Karen Invasion of the Philippines
Karen K. Lewis was born in 1932 in Glendale, California. During the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great...
Ronson, Harold Iwo Jima
When Harold Ronson got onto the beach at Iwo [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945, Iwo...
Drucker, Lillian Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor and Brothers in the Service
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Lillian Drucker if she remembers what she was doing when she heard about the...

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