Prisoner of war experience

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Rans, Robert Life at Timisu de Jos
Robert Rans was placed in a room with three other wounded prisoners of war at the Timisul de Jos prison camp in Timisu...
DeMott, Joseph Life in a Japanese Prison Camp and Blindness
Joseph DeMott and the other prisoners had to count off for role call in Japanese; otherwise they were kicked in the...
Colbert, Hugh Life in a POW Camp
After German forces captured Hugh Colbert and his unit from the 1st Battalion, 422nd Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry...
Gaj, Leonard Life in a POW Camp
Leonard Gaj describes his feelings towards Germans as a fruit tree. There is some good fruit and some bad fruit. He was...
Grunte, Leon Life in a Russian Prison Camp
Leon Grunte was locked up in a cattle truck going to prison in the Soviet Union. He went through parts of Latvia. He...
Hagans, Benjamin Life in Cabanatuan POW Camp
Benjamin Hagans remembers they were in the sea and the Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese]...
Rockforte, Joseph Life in Captivity
After they were captured, Joseph Rockforte and his fellow prisoners walked across France. When they stopped they were...
Smith, Rothacker Life in Captivity
Rothacker Smith, a medic in the 366th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division in Italy, was captured by German forces...
O'Rorke, James Life in Colorado
James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] labored at a Japanese port with an American prisoner named...
Kopp, Alois Life in POW Camps
Alois Kopp was aboard the USS Houston (CA-30) defending Java when the ship was sunk. He survived and was taken prisoner...
Bueker, Robert Life in Prison Camp
Robert Bueker [Annotator's Note: while a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft I in Barth, Germany] was treated quite well by...
O'Donnell, Joseph Life in Prison Camp
[Annotator's Note: Joseph O'Donnell was a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft IV near Gross Tychow, Pomerania, now Tychowo,...
Cristiano, Nick Life in Prison Camp
When Nick Cristiano got to the prison camp, he was given a paper to fill out. He only would put name, rank, serial...
Lents, Robert Life in Prison Camp
Robert Lents said that for a year and a half the prisoners did everything from building an underground radio station to...
Doolan, Robert Life in Stalag Luft III
Robert Doolan was in the oldest camp [Annotator's Note: Stalag Luft III in Zagań, Poland]. It had been abused by the...
Baum, Irving Life in Stalag Luft III
One of the more onerous jobs for Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: as a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft III in Sagan,...
Higgins, Malcom Life in Stalag Luft III and the Great Escape
They [Annotator's Note: Malcolm Higgins and his fellow prisoners being held in Stalag Luft III] got a chance to build...
Mock, John Life in Stalag XII-A
John Mock ended up at Stalag XII-A [Annotator's Note: in Limburg, Germany]. The latrine in the camp overflowed every...
Albright, William Life in Stalag XVII
[Annotator's Note: William Albright was interrogated in Frankfurt, Germany after being shot down in late November 1943...
Gibfried, Paul Life in the Navy
Paul Gibfried worked at the Executive Office of the Secretary of the Navy. It was a data center that informed him of...
Lehigh, David Life in the Pacific
David Lehigh was friendly with officers and enlisted men. One of his friends was flying over Saigon [Annotator's Note:...
VanDuzer, Raymond Life in the POW Camps
Raymond VanDuzer believed that he would not be a prisoner forever. Once in captivity in Germany, they were marched a...
Inge, Herndon Limberg to Hammelburg Prison Camp
To Herndon Inge, Junior, the German soldiers were just like American G.I.s [Annotator's Note: government issue; also a...
Tallon, Donald Living in Nazi Homes
Don Tallon [Annotator's Note: a liberated former prisoner of war in Magdeburg, Germany] and his fellow freed prisoners...
Burke, Dracos Living in Occupied Germany
While Dracos Burke was stationed in Erlangen, Germany [Annotator's Note: on occupation duty with the 40th Bombardment...
Siracuse, James Long March to Moosburg
[Annotator's Note: James Siracuse served in the USAAF as a pilot flying Douglas A-20 Havoc light bombers in the 669th...
St. Amant, Philemon Looking for a Prisoner
Philemon Andrews Saint Amant was one of the first to arrive at the German lines [Annotator's Note: as a member of the...
Damberg, Wanda Los Baños
Wanda Damberg was left behind when most of the camp was moved to Los Baños internment camp [Annotator’s Note: this...
Kuskie, Glen Losing the Battle of Bataan
Glen Kuskie was fighting with the 31st Infantry [Annotator's Note: Company I, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment,...
McLaurine, Luke Loss of Aircraft and Capture
Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. flew his final mission on 16 November 1944 [Annotator's Note: McLaurine was bombardier...
Kaslow, Solis "Sol" Loss of PT-509
It was while operating out of Cherbourg in August [Annotator’s Note: Cherbourg, France in August 1944] that Solis “Sol...
Leibold, William Loss of the USS Tang (SS-306) and Being Captured
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins mid sentence. William Leibold is apparently recommending places to eat in Escondido...
Garcia, Ray Louis Fraser
Ray Garcia's worst experience happened in January 1945 when he could not fly because he had a cold. His best buddy,...
Bollich, James Manchuria
James Bollich remained in Korea for about six weeks. From Korea, he took a train to Mukden, Manchuria [Annotator's Note...
Ernest, Malcolm Manchurian Saw Mill
In Mukden, Manchuria [Annotator's Note: Hoten Camp, Mukden, now Shenyang, China], Malcom Ernest learned how to...
Brister, Delano Maneuvers, POWs and Military Camps
Delano Brister's grandfather had a barn on his property that was used once during a military training operation by a...

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