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Guitard, Robert Overseeing Prisoners of War
Robert Guitard was in Florence [Annotator's Note: Florence, Italy] on Christmas Eve [Annotator's Note: 24 December 1945...
Harris, Oran Palawan Island
Oran Harris did not know the exact nature of his mission on Palawan Island until he reached the prison. A Navy ship in...
Tomkiewicz, Micha Palestine, Americans and His Odds of Survival
Micha Tomkiewicz was on a train from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp to Theresienstadt [Annotator's Note: a...
Thomas, Wilbur "Will" Paradise in the Philippines
Wilbur Thomas was assigned to supervise and maintain all the utilities including the pipeline, water, electricity, and...
Komito, Joseph Parents, Friends and Reflections
Joseph Komito saw his parents for the last time on a train. The Nazis gave everyone in Komito's camp a postcard to send...
Guzman, Nicanor Pearl Harbor to Japan's Surrender
On 7 December 1941, Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] was attacked by the Japanese and the...
Altmann, Judith Persecution at the Hands of the Hungarians
Judith Altmann was the last of the Bohrer children at home. Earlier, she might have left with the Kindertransport, but...
Jefferson, Alexander Ploesti, Down Time, and Being Interrogated
Alexander Jefferson flew a mission to Ploesti [Annotator's Note: Ploesti, Romania]. It was the first time Jefferson had...
Bowsher, Walter Post Korean War Career
After Korea, Walter Bowsher served as the San Diego brig warden. In 1953, he was in charge of the escort section of men...
Bradley, John Post Military Career
John Bradley returned from Korea [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953] and attended jump school...
Galbraith, Wendell Post Traumatic Stress and Russians
Wendell Galbraith did not suffer from any survivor's guilt. The only thing he experienced, not long before the...
Hood, George Postwar
George Hood returned home after the war. He flew in from the Pacific and then cross country. He had a little money and...
Lombardo, Samuel Postwar
Samuel Lombardo did not think much of the German people. He felt they were negligent in allowing Hitler's [Annotator's...
Kopp, Alois Postwar
Alois Kopp returned from the war in a mood to celebrate. He ate and drank far too much and was advised by his father to...
Pbert, Herman Postwar and Closing Thoughts
Herman Pbert did not talk much about his World War 2 experience with anyone until about ten years ago [Annotator's Note...
Rubin, Mark Postwar Life
Mark Rubin recently had a meeting in his house of 25 to 30 people for the Holocaust Museum [Annotator's Note: United...
Grabhorn, Edgar Postwar Life and Reflections
Before the war, Edgar A. Grabhorn had gone to Purdue [Annotator's Note: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana] to...
Bollich, James POW Experience Near the End of the War
There was no dentist in the camp and James Bollich had some teeth decaying. Anytime someone was sick and thought they...
Vater, Joseph POW Experiences in Manchuria
Joseph Vater believes Manchuria [Annotator's Note: Manchuria, China] was the coldest place on Earth. He was given a...
Creek, Roy POW Guilt
Roy Creek never met any French people until years after the invasion. Chef-du-Pont [Annotator's Note: Chef-du-Pont,...
Rinas, Bruno POW in the Philippines
Bruno Rinas thought Camp O’Donnell [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war camp] was a hell hole. There was no water for...
Houdek, Thomas POW Life and Liberation
After a short time at Stalag IV-A [Annotator's Note: in Moosburg, Germany], Thomas Houdek and other prisoners were sent...
Ledford, Robert POWs and Combat
When Robert Ledford was stationed in Italy [Annotator's Note: with the 3rd Infantry Division] he was issued a Thompson...
Massey, Joseph Prewar Life
Joseph Massey was born in September 1925 in Argo, Alabama. He had five brothers and he was the youngest. There were...
O'Donnell, Joseph Prewar Life to Gunnery
[Annotator's Note: This clip starts midsentence.] Joseph O'Donnell and some others were told that they will get them...
Tomkiewicz, Micha Prewar to Ghetto Life
Micha Tomkiewicz was born in May 1939 in Warsaw, Poland. He was an only child as his parents were young when he was...
Warne, Therese Prison Camp in Davao
When Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: was an American child living in the Philippines during World War 2]...
Johnson, Erwin Prison Camp Life
Erwin Johnson says that the guards at Camp O'Donnell [Annotator's Note: Capas in Tarlac, Luzon, Philippines; former...
Warne, Therese Prison Camp Life
Therese Wadsworth Warne's [Annotator's Note: was an American child prisoner in the Philippines during World War 2]...
Dolsen, Frank Prison Camp Life
Frank Dolsen, [Annotator's Note: with the 349th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] became a...
Sullivan, George Prison Camp Torture
[Annotator's Note: George Joseph Sullivan was captured by the Japanese during the Battle of Peleliu.] Normally, the...
Kuskie, Glen Prison Camps and Hell Ships
Glen Kuskie was transferred from Camp O’Donnell [Annotator's Note: Camp O’Donnell prisoner of war camp on Luzon Island...
O'Donnell, Joseph Prison Camps, Guards, Crewmembers
[Annotator's Note: Joseph O'Donnell was a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft IV near Gross Tychow, Pomerania, now Tychowo,...
Liberato, Louis Prison Farm Work
[Annotator's Note: In March 1945, Louis Liberato was moved from the Stalag XII-A prisoner of war camp in Limburg,...
Bussel, Norman Prison Rules, Jews, and Gentiles
Norman Bussel had to bail out of his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress over Berlin, Germany. He and 65 other prisoners...
O'Rorke, James Prison Slave Labor
James Richard O'Rorke worked in the factory [Annotator's Note: in a steel mill in Ōsaka, Japan as a prisoner of war]...

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