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Richard, Martin Captured in France
[Annotator's Note: Martin Richard's Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber was hit by antiaircraft fire near Caen,...
Bosworth, Paul Captured in Trier
[Annotator's Note: Paul Bosworth served in the USAAF as a tail gunner on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber in...
Guzman, Nicanor Captured then Liberated
After Japan captured the Philippines [Annotator's Note: Fall of the Philippines, invasion by the Empire of Japan, 8...
Hughes, Lowell Capturing Germans
Lowell Hughes had not come into contact with many German prisoners of war until he got into France. He captured two or...
Schafer, Leon Casualties and Prisoners
[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer was aboard USS LST-502 for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944.] USS...
Burrus, William Champagne with a German General
William Burrus became a technical sergeant when he returned to the United States after the war ended [Annotator's Note...
Noe, Leanne Childhood in the Philippines
Leanne Blinzler Noe was born in June 1933 in San Francisco, California, but grew up in the Philippines. Her parents met...
Galbraith, Wendell Closing Thoughts
Wendell Galbraith was discharged at Fort Sheridan, Illinois as a Tech Sergeant [Annotator's Note: Technical Sergeant;...
Bouton, Helen Closing Thoughts
[Annotator's Note: Helene Bouton still dreams of her Holocaust experiences every night.] She dreams now that it is her...
Fayerman, Severin Closing Thoughts
[Annotator's Note: Severin Fayerman survived concentration camps in Europe. The interviewer asks if the pendulum swings...
Fienup, Victor Closing Thoughts
Victor Fienup does not think about the war and has not had bad thoughts about it. Even from his days as a POW [...
Klein, Gerda Closing Thoughts
[Annotator's Note: Holocaust survivor Gerda Klein can be very difficult to understand at points throughout this clip.]...
Houdek, Thomas Combat and Capture
After arriving in Southern France, Thomas Houdek and the rest of his unit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion,...
Pocoroba, Joseph Combat Decision and Prisoners Shot
[Annotator's Note: Pocoroba asks the interviewer to repeat himself several times throughout the interviewer.] Joseph...
McCool, William Combat in Germany
William McCool crossed the Rhine River. He and another soldier were sent forward as scouts. Hidden by grape vineyards,...
Velfling, Jacob Combat in Germany
Jacob Velfling, Jr. and his unit set out for New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] to board a ship for Europe...
Jefferson, Alexander Combat, Shot Down, Stalags and Liberation
Alexander Jefferson's plane name was "Bubble Blue Subsoil." [Annotator's Note: Jefferson became quiet and was lost in...
Sullivan, George Coming Home
[Annotator's Note: George Joseph Sullivan was a prisoner of war of the Japanese and was working as slave laborer on the...
Bloch, Itka Coming to America
Itka Bloch waited a long time to come to America. She likes America very much. She had a choice and picked America. You...
Cristiano, Nick Con Man in the Prison Camp
Nick Cristiano was shot down on 15 April 1945. He was in prison for five and a half months [Annotator's Note: he was...
Hartzell, Frank Concentration Camp Victims
Frank Hartzell felt animosity toward the enemy when he encountered a column of concentration camp survivors. He had...
Kaufman, Luna Concentration Camps in Germany
Luna Kaufman was shipped to Germany to work for the same factory who owned them before [Annotator's Note: Kaufman was...
Rinas, Bruno Conditions in the POW Camps
Bruno S. Rinas was able to complete the work he was given because he was being fed. He never saw the Japanese shoot...
Kenney, Clyde Crossing the Rhine
A lot of the small towns along Clyde Kenney's march were "butchered," and Germany was "pulverized" during that period...
Ernest, Malcolm Cut-off Completely
Malcom Ernest was at Bataan [Annotator's Note: Bataan Peninsula, Luzon, Philippines] about four months [Annotator's...
Tweedt, Vernon T. Dachau and War’s End
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Vernon Tweedt to tell him about when he got to the Dachau concentration camp in...
Aigner, Leslie Dachau followed by Liberation
Leslie Aigner and the other inmates were weak when they entered the camp [Annotator's Note: Dachau concentration camp...
Alexander, Joseph Dachau to Liberation and DP Camps
Joseph Alexander arrived in Dachau [Annotator's Note: Dachau concentration camp complex near Dachau, Germany] and about...
Treen, John Daily Duties and Reflections
While serving as an officer aboard the USS Doyle C. Barnes (DE-353), John Treen would correspond with his family and...
Fili, William Daring Rescues and Betraying Romania
[Annotator's Note: William Fili was liberated from a prisoner of war camp in Bucharest, Romania on 23 August 1944.]...
Taffel, Nathan Death March and LIberation
Nathan Taffel and his brother were forced by the Germans to leave their labor camp and begin a death march. The weather...
Altmann, Judith Death March to Bergen Belsen and Liberation by the British
Judith Altmann recalled that it took three weeks, mostly traveling on foot, to move from Essen to Bergen-Belsen. The...
Kuskie, Glen Death March to Camp O’Donnell
[Annotator's Note: Glen Kuskie was a rifleman in Company I, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, Philippine Division...
Tallon, Donald Death March to Escape to 5th Armored
Don Tallon [[Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war in Stalag II-B in Hammerstein, Pomerania, now Czarne, Poland] and his...
Morehead, James B. Delayed Deployment
In April 1941, James Morehead started training at Hamilton Field [Annotator's Notes: Hamilton Army Airfield Field,...
Chandler, Howard Deportation
On 27 October 1942, Howard Chandler was on his way to work when he observed more soldiers in town than usual. [...

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