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Elisabeth Bolster went to New York to be with her in-laws at Jackson Heights [Annotator's Note: she left Fillmore, Utah...
To Jack Brukman, the most memorable incident of World War 2 was when his hearing saved him from being injured by a bomb...
Edward Field had his most memorable experience with the crash of his plane [Annotator's Note: after his plane was shot...
Noah Lewis thinks the white servicemen were promoted to better positions than their black counterparts. He knows in the...
Judith Meisel does not fear speaking her mind as a result of her experiences in World War 2. She has nightmares as a...
James Pringle is proud to have been one of the first Civil Rights pioneers [Annotator's Note: by being a Montford Point...
James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a former prisoner of war in Japan] was a product of the Depression [Annotator'...
Lee O. McKinnon's most memorable experience of World War 2 was his first invasion [Annotator's Note: Operation Torch;...
Hana Zoltz has always had a difficult life. Even in American, life was tough. She saved her money by not eating or...
Judah Samet does not hate the Germans but at the same time he cannot forgive them for the six million dead Jews. Anti-...
James E. Haynes Sr. remembers before overseas deployment being in a PX [Annotator's Note: post exchange] in...
The South [Annotator's Note: the Southern states in the United States] was poor and the Northern states were better off...
Leona Kleiner reflects on her liberation. The American soldiers were kind to them and took care of them. She was in the...
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Carrel Reavis where he thinks the Montford Point Marines fit into the Civil...
Helene Minehira [Annotator's Note: a person of Japanese descent in Hawaii] worked at Fort Shafter [Annotator's Note: in...
Marion Meredith Beal believes that he and his peers [Annotator's Note: Montford Point Marines] were the beginnings of...
Betty Soskin saw her work as being part of the war effort in some way, but it carried little significance. She was...
Ray League and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company C, 1st Battalion, 261st Infantry Regiment, 65th Infantry Division...
F.M. Richard Simons only regrets losing good friends. He is an only child. His parents divorced. His mother got rid of...
Sergeant Carter [Annotator's Note: UNited States Marine Corps Sergeant James "Rudy" Carter] was a stickler for the...
Surrounded by books, the environment of Peter Paret's childhood amplified his aptitude for scholarship and informed his...
Nathan Taffel began to speak for concentration camp survivors. He has continued to do so across the country for 15...
Masaji Inoshita asked the man [Annotator's Note: the man who helped Inoshita's family when they were being interned]...
When Astley Blackwell got in the water he realized that his life belt had a hole in it. He grabbed a keg which had come...
When Pearl Harbor was attacked, Ralph Crump said there was "tremendous panic" in the Los Angeles area. They immediately...
Samson Alexander had it made in the Air Force. In Japan, he had clothes made for him by Japanese women and he...
Joseph Haines was glad to get back home. Nobody was happier to see him than his mother. He arrived back in the United...
Edward "Babe" Heffron was looking forward to reuniting with a couple of broads [Annotator's Note: females] upon his...
Calvin Moore expected things to be different at home after the war. He went to Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine...
Dabney Montgomery returned home and learned quickly about the persistence of segregation in his homeland. The G.I. Bill...
Enrique Cervantes flew two additional missions in Europe after the German fighter crashed into his B-17 [Annotator's...
Earl Williams used to play baseball and softball with his unit [Annotator's Note: 318th Port Company, 512th Port...
Noah Lewis could not believe how many people were killed by the atomic bomb. He was shown a before and after picture of...
After the war ended, Thomas J. Smith, Junior and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine...
Isaac Edward returned to the same segregation at home, regardless of his uniform and service. After the war he went...
Lloyd Guillory returned to the United States on a Matson cruise ship. There were 800 officers and nurses as passengers...

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