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Auerbach, Herbert Service in Burma
Herbert Auerbach arrived in Bombay, India in October 1943 then went by train to northern Burma, nearly to Assam. From...
Cole, Edgar Service In the Pacific
Edgar Cole went to communications school and finished at the head of his class. He was automatically assigned to...
Hicks, Ora Pierce Service Integration and Europe
After returning to the camp [Annotator's Note: Fort Huachuca, Arizona], Ora Hicks was transferred to a German POW [...
Tarrant, Eugene Settling Differences and Anything Can Happen
When asked about a general message about his service and war, Eugene Tarrant references Civil War General Sherman's [...
Imahara, Walter Shikata ga nai
Walter Imahara explains the meaning of the Japanese term shikata ga nai. He heard the word some in the camp because his...
Hartman, Joseph Shipped to Norway
Joseph Hartmann went back to England and was sent to Southampton [Annotator's Note: Southampton, England]. He was put...
Croft, Katherine Sirens, Rationing and Chinese Community
As a young child during the war, Katherine Croft distinctly remember the sirens that would go off. She knew that her...
Nossbaum, Anneliese Sixteenth Birthday and Dresden
Annaliese Nossbaum was moved from Theresienstadt [Annotator’s Note: Theresienstadt; transit camp and ghetto; Terezin,...
Chandler, Howard Slave Labor
Howard Chandler was a forced laborer for the Germans in an ammunition factory and lumber mill. [Annotator's Note:...
Goldstein, Elizabeth Slave Labor at Ammunition Factory
Elizabeth Goldstein and her sister [Annotator's Note: Ibolya] were transferred back to the Auschwitz concentration camp...
Kibort, Reva Slave Labor Camp
Reva Kibort and her surviving family members were jammed into crowded box cars to be sent to an unnamed destination....
Aigner, Leslie Slave Laborer and Survivor
Leslie Aigner was working on a six foot thick concrete roof when a man fell in the steel reinforcement structure while...
Miller, Irving Southern France, the Bulge and Frostbite
Irving Miller landed in the French Riviera near Saint-Maxime [Annotator's Note: Saint-Maxime, France]. The equipment...
Brown, Roscoe Staff Duties, Gun Camera Footage, Ben Davis and the P-51 Mustang
The first plane Dr. Roscoe Brown shot down was a Me-262 [Annotator's Note: German Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter...
Lichtenfeld, Seymour Stalag III-B
Seymour "Sy" Lichtenfeld arrived at Stalag III-B [Annotator's Note: near Fürstenberg, Germany] about 30 miles south of...
Lichtenfeld, Seymour Stalag IV-B
Seymour "Sy" Lichtenfeld and his fellow prisoners reached Mühlberg [Annotator's Note: Mühlberg, Germany] and Stalag IV-...
Smith, Rothacker Stalag VII-A and Liberation
Before they boarded the train, Rothacker Smith and his fellow prisoners were strip searched. Then, 52 men were loaded...
Derrington, Clarence "Earl" Stalag XII-A
Clarence Derrington and other POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] arrived at Stalag XII-A in Limburg. [Annotator's...
Mineta, Norman Starting Internment
Norman Mineta's father wanted to work as an ASTP, Army Specialized Training Program, instructor in Chicago, Illinois....
Spera, George Stateside Duty
George Spera went through basic training and then to the ASTP, Army Specialized Training Program. With the ASTP he...
Brown, Roscoe Strafing a Train, Higher Education and Civil Rights
Dr. Roscoe Brown was attacking a train one time. He was leading the squadron [Annotator's Note: 100th Fighter Squadron...
Barnes, Alvin Strange and Funny Incidents
Alvin Barnes had coincidental meetings with a childhood friend during the war. He had a friend named Paul [Annotator's...
Fagot, Rosemary G. Submarines, Family, a Wedding Dress and Postwar Career
Rosemary Fagot would not go into the u-boat [Annotator's Note: German submarine] because she is claustrophobic. [...
Francis, Norman Summer of 1963
[Annotator's Note: Dr. Norman Francis worked with the Congress of Racial Equality or CORE, an African-American civil...
Whitworth, Vaughan Supply Man to Combat Marine
Vaughn Whitworth, like most segregated Marines, was in a Depot Company [Annotator's Note: 19th Depot Company, 7th Field...
Finkelstein, Jacob Survival and Liberation
Jacob Finkelstein was desperate after fleeing the Ukrainians attempting to denounce him. He found an abandoned house...
Kibort, Reva Surviving after the Nazi Camps
Reva Kibort was liberated in a hostile country with no one to protect them [Annotator's Note: she had been an inmate at...
Kleiner, Leona Surviving Auschwitz
Leona Kleiner reflects on the individuals who survived [Annotator's Note: Kleiner spent over three years in the...
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...
White, Charles Tank Warfare
Charles White remembers traveling at night was bad. They could only proceed based on the exhaust from the tank in front...
Kaufman, Luna Teaching Benevolence
During the 1960s, Luna Kaufman was very comfortable in her home in America. Her children were among the few Jews in...
Goldstein, Rosette Telling the Story of Survival
Rosette Goldstein decided to begin speaking in public of her experiences during the Holocaust as a result of her trip...
Zoltz, Hana Ten Years in Palestine
Hana Zoltz witnessed the continuing prejudice against the Jews when she returned to Poland after the war. She and other...
Mather, James Texas Boy to V-5 Program
James Mather was born in February 1923 in Caddo, Texas. His father was in the oil business by maintaining the oil wells...
Schaller, Henry Thanking the Tuskegee Airmen
Henry Schaller got discharged. He flew home in a new plane that nothing worked in. He flew from Italy to Africa and...
Shima, Terry The 442nd Regimental Combat Team
The performance of the 100th Infantry Battalion [Annotator's Note: an all Japanese-American unit from Hawaii] helped in...

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