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Love, John War's End and Liberation
John Edward Love and hundreds of other POWs' [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] continued to mine [Annotator's Note:...
Dolsen, Frank War's End and Liberation
Frank Dolsen, [Annotator's Note: with the 349th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] became a...
Ginrich, Ralph War's End and Postwar
Ralph “Bud” Ginrich was not changed by his POW [Annotator’s Note: prisoner of war] experiences. Some Germans were...
Leaming, Jack War's End and Postwar Life
Towards the end of the war, Jack Leaming's prisoner of war camp at Osaka [Annotator's Note: Osaka, Japan] had burned...
Gimbut, Raymond War's End and Reflections
After Eniwetok [Annotator's Note: Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands], Raymond Gimbut sailed to California, then to the...
McCarthy, George War's End and Reflections
George W. McCarthy had lost 57 pounds when he was liberated from a prisoner of war camp. It did not take him very long...
Danegger, Alfred War's End in Europe
When the war in Europe ended, Alfred "Al" Danegger believes he was in Koblenz [Annotator’s Note: Koblenz, Germany]....
Malec, Henry War's End, an Emergency and a German General
Henry Malec was atop a hill when the war ended. He was with several other men and Lieutenant Lewis [Annotator's Note:...
Derrington, Clarence "Earl" Wartime Experiences and Command Decisions
Clarence Derrington was to deploy to France [Annotator's Note: with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 310th Infantry Regiment,...
Joyce, Josefine Wartime Germany
Josefine "Piepsi" Joyce went to work outside Vienna, Austria for the Luftwaffe [Annotator's Note: German Air Force]....
Weber, Norman Wartime Impact on Weber's Father
Norman Weber recognized changes in his father when he returned on leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a...
Schilperoort, Clarence Wartime Service on the USS Houston (CA-30)
Clarence Schilperoot and the USS Houston (CA-30) were in the southern Philippines at the start of the war. They ran...
Easterling, Lewis "Tom" War’s End and Liberation
[Annotator’s Notes: Lewis Thomas Easterling, a fighter pilot in the 365th Fighter Squadron, 358th Fighter Group, 9th...
Johnson, Malcolm War’s End and the Atomic Bombs
Malcolm Johnson had been a civilian contractor on Wake Island when he was wounded and taken prisoner by the Japanese....
Siracuse, James Welcome Home Party
They were released [Annotator's Note: from the Army Air Forces]. As soon as that happened, James Siracuse phoned his...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Witnessing an execution
The barracks were isolated from each other and separated by fences. Adjacent to Grant’s barracks were barracks from...
Hever, John Wonderful News
John Hever never saw any Japanese soldiers until after the war was over. They had no weapons, and were walking around...
Johnson, Malcolm Woosung Prison Camp
Malcolm Johnson had been a civilian contractor on Wake Island when he was wounded and taken prisoner by the Japanese....
Leaming, Jack Work Details
Jack Leaming and other Allied prisoners of war, POWs, were forced to work by the Japanese after capture. Work details...
Frazier, Glenn Work Details
Glenn Frazier was selected for the Tayabas road detail in the Tayabas area of southeast Luzon [Annotator's Note: in the...
Langrehr, Henry Working in a Coal Mine
Henry Langrehr was working in the mine the first day and he was sent work with an old Czech [Annotator's Note:...
Ernest, Malcolm Working in Manchurian Camps
Malcolm Ernest was with about 100 American prisoners in Manchuria [Annotator's Note: Hoten Camp, Mukden, Manchuria;...
Kopp, Alois Working on the Railroad of Death
Alois Kopp was a pharmacist's mate aboard the USS Houston (CA-30) prior to its sinking. He was captured by the Japanese...
Willhour, Dick Wounded in Action
Richard "Dick" Willhour returned from a rest camp as the outfit [Annotator's Note: 100th Infantry Division] was moving...
Anschau, Martin Wounded, Recovery then War’s End
Martin J. Anschau and his outfit crossed an open field [Annotator’s Note: in Belgium with the 290th Infantry Regiment,...
A captured German soldier operating former German Army equipment
Photograph. German POW recording news broadcast for later use in the camp newspaper. Official Caption: "A captured...
A German prisoner of war camp in Verona, Italy in 1944 or 1945
Slide. German prisoner of war camp in Verona, Italy; US watchtower in background. “Verona P.O.W. camp.” From box...
A German prisoner of war camp in Verona, Italy in 1944 or 1945
Slide. View looking down onto huts, shacks and tents created by German prisoners of war in Verona camp. “Verona P.O.W....
A German prisoner of war mess hall including an outdoor German bakery with ovens in Verona, Italy in 1944 or 1945
Slide. German prisoner of war mess hall including outdoor German bakery with ovens. “Ger. bakery co and P.O.W. mess,...
A group of German POWs line up
Photograph. A group of German POWs waiting in line. Europe. No date
A Japanese prisoner of war digs a foxhole on Tarawa, 1943-1944
Japanese prisoners of war; one is digging a foxhole. "Jap prisoners dig fox holes on Tarawa." Tarawa, Gilbert Islands....
A Japanese prisoner sweeps a deck alongside Coast Guardsmen, Cape Gloucester
Photograph. sweeps a deck alongside Coast Guardsmen on the deck of an LST. Official caption on reverse: "3205. From:...
Allied POWs celebrating their liberation, Aomori, 1945
Photograph. Allied prisoners of war cheering and waving the Union Jack as well as the flags of the United States and...
Allied POWs clinging to ship debris, Luzon Strait, 1944
Photograph. Two Allied prisoners of war clinging to ship debris after the after the sinking of the SS Rakuyō Maru....
Allied POWs waving at a plane, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Allied prisoners of war standing in a prison compound and waving at an airplane. Official caption...
Allied troops in a Japanese POW compound, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Allied prisoners of war standing on the roofs of barracks in a POW compound; "Candy / "Food / "Home...

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