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Duffy, Gowan German Artillery
Gowan Duffy remembers that they would refer to one German plane as Bed Check Charlie [Annotator's Note: nickname given...
Bolster, Elisabeth German Farm Life
Elisabeth Bolster was on the farm for six years [Annotator's Note: Bolster and her mother found refuge on a farm 20 or...
Albright, William German Guards
[Annotator's Note: The tape cuts and then comes back to William Albright in midsentence.] In Wendover [Annotator's Note...
Siracuse, James German Guards, Flies, and a Honey Pot
[Annotator's Note: James Siracuse served in the USAAF as a pilot flying Douglas A-20 Havoc light bombers in the 669th...
Hicks, Ora Pierce German POW Camp
Ora Hicks entered the military at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. She then went to Fort Huachuca [Annotator's Note: in...
Holt, Thomas German versus Italian Camps
Thomas Michael Holt [Annotator's Note: a Second Lieutenant in the 1st Ranger Battalion who was taken prisoner by the...
Massey, Joseph Germans and Russians
Joseph Massey was discharged as a PFC [Annotator's Note: Private First Class]. There were no promotions. He was only a...
Doolan, Robert Gestapo Interrogation to Stalag Luft III
[Annotator's Note: Robert Doolan was captured and taken to Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands, along with his copilot...
Grunte, Leon Getting Out of the Camp
[Annotator's Note: Leon Grunte was a Latvian prisoner in a labor camp in the Soviet Union after World War 2.] He was...
Buschmeier, Frank Getting shot out of the sky
Frank Buschmeier and his crew had another pilot for a few missions because the pilot was on leave. Fitzroy [Annotator's...
Colbert, Hugh Going Home
After spending one day in Paris, France, Hugh Colbert boarded a train for Le Havre, France in Normandy. Upon arriving...
Jostad, Glen Going Home
Following their liberation, Glen Jostad and over 100,000 other POWs were gather together and eventually flown out for...
Dragich, Charles Going Home and Bataan
In Busan, South Korea, the USS Hulbert [Annotator’s Note: USS Hulbert (DD-342)] was waiting for Charles Dragich [...
O'Donnell, Joseph Going Home and Being Called a Coward
[Annotator's Note: Joseph O'Donnell was liberated by British troops and taken to Hamburg, Germany in 2 May 1945.] They...
LaPorta, Edward Going Home and Visiting A Fellow POW
Edward LaPorta and the other POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] did not hear them [Annotator's Note: the German...
Martello, Dominic Going Home, Kasserine Pass, and Being Lucky to Survive
One of the guys in the group with Dominic Martello went and got a scalp from one of the Germans that crashed in the...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Going to Dulag Luft
Olen Grant left Paris on a train which took him to a station in Frankfurt. Between the station and Dulag Luft they...
Langrehr, Henry Guns Jamming and Reaching His Limit
Henry Langrehr had times his guns jammed and by the grace of God, he never got shot. The Thompsons [Annotator's Note: ....
König, Karl Hard Fight then Captured
Karl Friedrich "Charley” König [Annotator's Note: or Koenig] and his regiment [Annotator's Note: Panzer-Regiment 5,...
Lents, Robert Health Issues
After liberation, Robert Lents was flown to Calcutta, India where he spent six weeks in a hospital. At the time he was...
Quinn, Harry Hedgerow Fighting
Harry Quinn and his buddy attempted to locate the paratroopers the day after the landing [Annotator’s Note: the date...
McMullen, Milton Hell Ship and Sabotage
Milton L. McMullen, Sr. and other men were crammed into a ship heading to Japan [Annotator's Note: as a Japanese...
Rinas, Bruno Hell Ship to Japan
In Japan, the men would have to kneel on round sticks for hours. Bruno S. Rinas did not have that happen to him. He met...
Dragich, Charles Hell Ship Tottori Maru
Charles Dragich was on a “hell ship” [Annotator’s Note: unmarked Japanese ships used to transport Allied prisoners of...
Rinas, Bruno Hell Ships
Bruno S. Rinas believes some of his unit [Annotator's Note: 3rd Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group] may have been on...
Crowley, Daniel Hell Ships and Copper Mines
The Japanese would push the prisoners down into the bottom of the ships and force them to sleep on wooden platforms....
Maduell, Audrey Helping at the Train Stations
Audrey Maduell found it sad to be at the train station where the families were watching their loved ones going off to...
Staymates, Arthur Hermann Göring's Intellect
Arthur Staymates had nearly daily conversations with Göring [Annotator's Note: German Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring...
Franzky, Gerhard Hitler's Germany Before the War
At the time, Gerhard Franzky thought Hitler was a great man. Franzky's father got another job and was later able to...
Skelton, Joy Holland then America
Joy Skelton returned to Holland and had a reunion with many of her relatives. Life there was difficult because the...
Livaudais, James Holland, Belgium and Germany
James Livaudais flew from England to Holland on 17 September 1944. Flying at about 500 feet at 150 miles per hour,...
Carver, Jack Holocaust Victims and Volksturm
Jack Carver had some rotten adventures during the war. There were two particularly bad ones. As he approached a...
McDermott, James Home and Retirement
James McDermott was at Moosburg [Annotator’s Note: Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany] when the Germans surrendered. He...
Rans, Robert Hospitalized in Brasov, Romania
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Robert Rans about what sounds he heard after being hit by enemy fire.] Robert...
Brooks, Leonard House Arrest and Contraband News
Leonard Brooks had Filipino friends who he continued to visit throughout his time on house arrest. One friend put on...
Manning, Sarah "Sally" Husband Captured
Sara "Sally" Manning's husband [Annotator's Note: William Henry Manning] was a POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war...

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