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Hecht, Lester Stealing Beer in Leyte
Lester Hecht says there a couple of stories he cannot tell. [Annotator's Note: Hecht laughs.] When his ship pulled into...
Flannigan, James Storming Normandy, A Bronze Star, and Fighting On
When he landed in Normandy with Battery A, 29th Field Artillery Battalion [Annotator's Note: Battery A, 29th Field...
Johnson, Erwin Strafed in Manila
[Annotator's Note: It appears that a question was asked during the tape break regarding what supplies were received in...
Wold, Vernon Struth and Dachau
[Annotator's Note: Vernon Wold fought in the Battle of Struth, Thuringia, Germany on 7 April 1945.] When the German...
Rinas, Bruno Surrender
Bruno S. Rinas believes that had the Americans been given better training and equipment, they would have held out...
Rinas, Bruno Surrender and Cabanatuan
During the surrender, Bruno S. Rinas was sick, or he would have run into the hills. He discussed it with some comrades...
Serna, Fernando Surrender of Corregidor
Fernando Serna was treated harshly by the Japanese immediately after the surrender of Corregidor. He saluted a Japanese...
Johnson, Erwin Surrender of Mariveles
Erwin Johnson was an aircraft mechanic [Annotator's Note: assigned to the 48th Material Squadron, 27th Bombardment...
Johnson, Malcolm Surrender to the Japanese
Malcolm Johnson was a civilian contractor working on the airfield at Wake Island when the Japanese attacked them. He...
Ernest, Malcolm Surrendered
[Annotator's Note: Malcolm Ernest was among the Americans who were surrendered to the Japanese in Bataan, Philippines...
Warne, Therese Surrendering to the Japanese
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: was an American child living in the Philippines during World War 2] and her...
Johnson, Erwin Surrendering to the Japanese
Erwin Johnson was involved in the defense of Bataan, Philippines and thought that the Japanese were just going to push...
Pbert, Herman Surrendering to the SS
Day-to-day, Herman Pbert just tried to stay alive, find food, and get ammunition. C4s [Annotator's Note: Composition C-...
Tallon, Donald Surrounded and Captured
After liberating Rome, Italy, Don Tallon and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 142nd Infantry...
Burns, Lloyd Surviving an Air Raid on Nuremberg and Reflections
Lloyd Burns was on a prisoner march and had gone through the town of Nuremberg [Annotator's Note: Nuremberg, Germany]...
Bollich, James Surviving the Bataan Death March
Going through a barrier, James Bollich and a friend ran into Japanese troops after getting separated from the group....
Hazard, Mark Take No Prisoners
[Annotator's Note: This segment begins with the interviewer asking Mark Gordon Hazard, Jr. about the type of weapon he...
Brooks, Curtis Taken Out of Manila to Leyte
A few days after being liberated from their internment in Santo Tomas in Manila, Curtis Brooks and his brother were...
Evans, Donald Taken Prisoner
Now the guys [Annotator's Note: 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division] were gone, and Donald Evans was in a ditch...
Edwards, Randall Taken Prisoner
After Corregidor fell to the Japanese, Randall Edwards was held there for about a month, during which time the Japanese...
Bussel, Norman Taken Prisoner
Norman Bussel had to bail out of his B-17 over Berlin, Germany on 29 April 1944. He had been struck by shrapnel in the...
Johnson, Malcolm Taken Prisoner
Malcolm Johnson went to hide with a Marine sergeant about 300 yards from the airstrip on Wake Island. The Japanese...
Faust, Virgil Taken Prisoner in Germany
Taken captive, Virgil Faust went with the farmer to his house, and an older girl went off on a bicycle to alert the...
Loring, Bud Taken to London
Bud Loring ended up at a POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] camp after making it back to the front lines. When...
Whitman, Philip Taken to Nuremberg
[Annotator's Note: Philip Whitman was captured after bailing out of his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber and...
Baum, Irving Taken to Stalag Luft III
Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] left the camp [Annotator's Note: after being interrogated at Dulag...
Fienup, Victor Taken to Stalag Luft III
Instead of taking Victor Fienup [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group,...
Raby, Glynn Taking German Prisoners of War
Glynn G. Raby, Jr. says that in the area of the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German...
McKay, Edgar Task Force Baum to Return Home
Edgar L. McKay and others received orders [Annotator's Note: from US Army Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr.] to...
Ream, John The Americans Arrive
John Ream remembers when people looked over the wall, they could see the 1st Cavalry [Annotator’s Note: 1st Cavalry...
Zygmuntowicz, Itka The Angel of Death
Itka Zygmuntowicz learned to appreciate life in Auschwitz because she could lose her life at any second. Even among the...
Hamilton, Richard The Black March
On 6 February 1945, the prison guards marched Richard Henry Hamilton and the rest of the prisoners out of the camp [...
Smith, Bernard The Draft and Jewish Warriors
The attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941] did not...
McDermott, James The Great Escape Compound
James McDermott was being held in the British, North, compound at Stalag Luft III in Zagań, Poland. That is where The...
Lents, Robert The Guards and the Guarded
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Robert Lents if he and the other prisoners of war had nicknames for their...
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,...

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