Prisoner of war experience

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Billow, Harold Segment 5
Billow did not give an interview for the trials in Europe. He has been interviewed several times since the war. He...
Chuck, Harris Segment 5
Chuck recalls being stripped naked with his hands locked behind his head. The Japanese would hit them with a giant...
Loevsky, Louis Segment 5
When Loevsky opened the nose turret to free the bombardier, the bombardier attempted to put on his shoes; according to...
Onesi, Anthony "Tony" Segment 5
Onesi remembers the first prisoner of war (POW) camp he was in. It was an older camp that the Germans added barracks to...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 5
The 24th [Annotator's Note: 24 December 1941] was the same; no water and no food. They could barely talk. On the...
Brooks, Howard Segment 5
The first place Brooks was taken to was a building. The men were fed once a day by the natives who brought them soup....
Church, Ray Segment 5
The men were lined up waiting to be searched. A friend, Joe Perry, who later made full Commander devised a plan to get...
Tenney, Lester Segment 5
Tenney did not believe the photo he saw of the Japanese soldier in Hollywood star and started laughing at it. The...
Dennis, David Segment 5
[Annotators Note: David Dennis served as a radio operator in Company D, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st...
Baynham, James Segment 5
Baynham doesn't remember many details from his interrogation. He was accused of being a spy and was threatened with...
Myers, Leroy Segment 5
They got in to Yokohama and were put on a train to Fukuoka, or the island of Kyushu. They were put on trucks in Saebo [...
Milosevich, Risto Segment 5
The 88's [Annotator's Note: German 88 millimeter artillery] started coming in at them around 5:00am [Annotator's note:...
Galloway, Thomas Segment 5
Galloway was able to write back home which was nice. Galloway's parents found out that he was in a POW camp because of...
Hanna, Homer H. Segment 5
The American prisoners were rounded up on Monkey Point [Annotator’s Note: American servicemen captured by the Japanese...
Johnson, Oscar Segment 5
Oscar Johnson was in Moosburg until General Patton came in and rescued them. It was quite a day. They could see shells...
Gatewood, Joel Segment 5
They were interrogated in Frankfurt. They were only supposed to tell them name, rank, and serial number. A German...
Carrington, James Segment 5
James Carrington's war started on 7 December 1941. He was a prisoner for two years. On 3 February 1945 he moved into...
Chuck, Harris Segment 6
Chuck feels that a lot of veterans have embellished their prisoner of war experience. He felt as if it was not that bad...
Loevsky, Louis Segment 6
Loevsky was taken to a German headquarters and was marched through the streets of Berlin past angry crowds. He could...
Kalil, Louis Segment 6
Kalil recalls the events that took place on 16 December of 1944. They woke to artillery fire around 5:30 a.m. The...
Onesi, Anthony "Tony" Segment 6
As they traveled through Germany [Annotator's Note: during his time spent as a prisoner of war (POW), Onesi remembers...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 6
There was a small passageway that went all the way up the side of the ship to the front of the ship. It was lined with...
Brooks, Howard Segment 6
The Japanese kept the Americans and British in separate groups until they started working on the railroad.The food was...
Church, Ray Segment 6
The train station manager said that the tracks were blown up and that passage to Yokahama would be impossible. Church...
Dennis, David Segment 6
David Dennis was not there [Annotators Note: on a work detail from Stalag II-B] too long. He had a run in with one of...
Baynham, James Segment 6
Baynham recalls writing a couple of postcards per month. His folks wrote a lot but he only received a couple of letters...
Myers, Leroy Segment 6
The heat of our bodies is what saved their lives. They had charcoal heaters but were not given any charcoal. It was...
Galloway, Thomas Segment 6
Galloway was walking with his small band that was captured when they came to a hill. A German staff car pulled up and...
Candelaria, Richard Segment 6
Richard Candelaria went down the hill to a couple of cabins. He did not see anyone near the first one. When he went to...
Corbin, Robert "Bob" Segment 6
That night they ran out of trees [Annotator’s Note: after escaping a German prisoner of war camp and looking for...
Hanna, Homer H. Segment 6
The prisoners of war knew that there was a possibility that they would be attacked during the voyage to Japan.When they...
Gatewood, Joel Segment 6
Gatewood's area was comprised of American POWs. They maintained their ranks and their discipline. Gatewood remembers a...
Loevsky, Louis Segment 7
The Germans issued blankets to the POWs that were threadbare and worthless. Loevsky states that when the Germans knew...
Kalil, Louis Segment 7
Kalil did not think he was going to survive after seeing all the Germans in the town. All he remembers from getting hit...
Duchossois, Richard Segment 7
[Annotators Note: There is dead air at the beginning of this segment. The segment actually begins at 1:04:45:500.] For...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 7
One afternoon they were taken to a railroad station and put on a train but were not told where they were going. The...

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