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Sgobbo, Dominick Taken Prisoner
Dominick Sgobbo and his two fellow sergeants answered when the SS officer asked for the guys in charge. They were taken...
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...
Windisch, Lutz Taken Prisoner
Lutz Windisch and his tank crew knocked out two or three Russian tanks. His tank was armed with an 88 [Annotator's Note...
Lents, Robert Taken Prisoner
When the crew abandoned the USS Perch (SS-176), Robert Lents said some of the guys in the water turned on their...
Johnson, Malcolm Taken Prisoner
Malcolm Johnson went to hide with a Marine sergeant about 300 yards from the airstrip on Wake Island. The Japanese...
Griffith, Ralph Taken Prisoner and Shipped to China
When they heard news of the surrender, Ralph Griffith and his fellow soldiers destroyed their rifles and proceeded to...
Clift, Gilbert Taken Prisoner at the Bulge
Gilbert Clift was at Camp Maxey [Annotator's Note: in Paris, Texas] for weeks without any idea where they were headed...
Hanley, Fiske Taken Prisoner by the Kenpeitai
First, Fiske Hanley said, he prayed [Annotator's Note: after bailing out of his battle damaged Boeing B-29...
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...
DeMott, Joseph Taken Prisoner on Java
Stuck in a Dutch hospital in Malang, Java, Joseph DeMott was taken prisoner when the Japanese occupied the island on 8...
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...
Leibold, William Taken to Ofuna
[Annotator's Note: William Leibold served in the Navy as a Chief Boatswain's Mate and made all five war patrols aboard...
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,...
Frazier, Glenn Tanagawa and Kobe
Glenn Frazier was transferred to Tanagawa. The Japanese were digging into a mountain to create a dry-dock. The overhead...
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...
de Jonge, Wim Thai-Burma Railway
Wim de Jonge arrived at the beginning of the railroad through Thailand which was to be completed in Burma. It was...
McNeely, Marigold The Americans, London, and Big Events
Marigold McNeely went to London when she was afforded a long weekend leave. They liked the American canteens because...
Frazier, Glenn The Bataan Death March
Glenn Frazier started the Bataan Death March with the other Allied POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] late in...
Houseman, Donelson "Don" The Battle of the Bulge
[Annotator's Note: Donelson Houseman served in the Army as the 81mm mortar platoon leader in Company D, 1st Battalion,...
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 [...
Staymates, Arthur The Bulge then Germany and POWs
Arthur Staymates fought in the Battle of the Bulge. The Americans were constantly advancing through and fighting over...
Acevedo, Anthony The Diary, Faith, and Tunnels
Anthony Acevedo started his diary a little at a time. He entered information about what was happening in his area. They...
Bradley, Aubrey The Fate of Bradley’s Crew
Russian aircraft were strafing the area where Aubrey Bradley was being held, and he was given coffee and stale bread...
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...
Burns, Lloyd The Hammelburg Raid
[Annotator's Note: Lloyd Burns was a prisoner of war in Oflag XIII-B in Hammelburg, Germany.] One afternoon, Lloyd...
Love, John The Horrors of Camp O’Donnell
After the fifth day on the march in the Philippines [Annotator's Note: Bataan Death March, the forcible transfer by the...
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,...
Tangradi, Richard The Last Mission
Richard Tangradi’s last mission was to Frankfurt [Annotator’s Note: Frankfurt, Germany]. They had to abort the mission...
Carver, Jack The Movie "Fury" and Postwar
Jack Carver remembers shrapnel landing on his neck as being his most memorable experience of World War 2. [Annotator's...
Hurley, Wallace The Outpost
Wallace Hurley faced a division of white camouflaged German soldiers who approached the American lines. The Americans...
Leaming, Jack The Prisoner Experience
Before the war, Jack Leaming had a Japanese friend in the second grade, whose parents sold Japanese clothing on the...
Reese, Lloyd The Run on Ploesti
Lloyd Reese was the bombardier on a Consolidated B-24 Liberator taking part in Operation Tidal Wave over Ploiești,...
Whitcomb, Robert The Russians and Writing Home
No one tried to escape while Robert Whitcomb was a prisoner. After the Russians liberated the camp [Annotator's Note:...
Finder, Rena The Schindlerjuden and Steven Spielberg
Rena Finder considers herself extremely lucky to have survived alongside her mother as a Schindler Jew. She is...
Molen, Herman The Second Schweinfurt Raid
Herman Molen volunteered to go on the second Schweinfurt mission [Annotator’s Note: The Second Schweinfurt raid, also...

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