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Komito, Joseph Treatment by the Germans
Joseph Komito knew most of the people working in his first camp in Mielec [Annotator's Note: his hometown of Mielec,...
Hirabayashi, Grant Tule Lake Internment Camp
[Annotator's Note: Grant Jiro Hirabayashi was selected to attend the Military Intelligence Service Language School at...
Harrison, John Tuskegee Airmen
John Langston Harrison, Jr. experienced racial prejudice throughout all of his 23 years in the service. A weaker man...
Jefferson, Alexander Tuskegee Army Air Field and Racism
Alexander Jefferson volunteered for service in order to avoid the draft. If he had been drafted he would have been a...
Arrow, Kenneth University
Dr. Kenneth Arrow applied for Columbia University at 15 years old. The minimum age of acceptance was 16 years old....
Zeringer, Harold USS SC-1011
Harold Zeringer had a great ship with the Submarine Chaser 1011 [Annotator's Note: USS SC-1011 was a SC-497 class...
Bucksell, Norris V-E Day and Postwar Life
Norris Bucksell fired a gun for the first time on 8 May 1945, V-E Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day], and...
Hillenbrand, Bernard VE-Day
Bernard Hillenbrand did not have difficulty adjusting to civilian life and never had bad dreams, battlefield fatigue,...
Simpson, Alan Visiting Heart Mountain Relocation Center and Friendship with Norman Mineta
Alan K. Simpson was in a Boy Scout troop during World War 2. His Scout leader wanted to go to the Heart Mountain...
Amrod, Paul VJ-Day and Occupation Duty in Korea
Aside from sporadic sniper fire, Paul Amrod's prayers were answered and he had no really close calls. He attributes his...
Kinzler, Robert Volunteering at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial
Robert Kinzler said he really enjoys his volunteer work at the Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...
Flanagan, Earl Volunteering for a Top Secret Outfit
Earl Flanagan recalls listening to the radio when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...
Mayeur, Russell Voyaging as a Merchant Mariner
Russell Mayeur sailed on the Reaper [Annotator's Note: vessel name not verified] bound for South America with ports...
Hicks, Ora Pierce Walter Reed Hospital
Ora Hicks was one of the nurses to attend Yale University [Annotator's Note: Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut...
Sakato, George Wanting to Fly and the Use of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team
George Sakato discusses a Vietnam veteran that edits and tapes oral histories. He recalls that before the attack on...
Parra, Pedro War and Discrimination
Pedro Parra feels that most veterans of the war did not talk too much about it. The young people have no idea what it...
Fisch, Robert War Comes to Hungary
Robert Fisch observed that after the war began, Jewish men 18 years of age were called to duty to support the military...
Chandler, Howard War Crimes Trial Testimonies
Howard Chandler went to Germany twice. He was a witness at war crimes trials. Most of the concentration camp guards...
Billingsley, James War is Confusion
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks James Billingsley to talk about a soldier who committed suicide.] A guy told...
Barrett, Elizabeth War Years and After
Elizabeth Barrett and her mother waited and waited, she said, and propped each other up during the time their husbands...
Howard, Taylor War's End
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks very slowly throughout this segment.] Taylor Howard was sent overseas [Annotation...
Cole, Edward War's End
Edward C. Cole [Annotator's Note: serving with the 370th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division] took every...
Lewis, Burton War's End
Burton Lewis entered Germany and helped set up a factory to manufacture netting in preparation for the crossing of the...
Winestone, Ted War's End
During World War 2, Ted Winestone joined the partisans [Annotator's note: after escaping from the ghetto in Dworzec,...
Becker, Irving War's End
Irving Becker had left Anzio [Annotator's Note: Anzio, Italy] and was headed for Rome [Annotator's Note: Rome, Italy]...
Kafka, T. War's End
T. Toby Kafka does not remember interacting with African Americans [Annotator's Note: while enlisted in the Women's...
Sedran, Edwin War's End
[Annotator’s Note: The sound is choppy in this segment.] Edwin Sedran was assigned to Tinian [Annotator’s Note: Tinian...
Mineta, Norman War's End
Norman Mineta, his mother, father, and two sisters moved to Evanston, Illinois rather than living in Chicago where his...
Kern, Frank War's End
Frank Kern, [Annotator's Note: with A Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division] was on the...
Weber, Norman War's End
Norman Weber has a significant and raw memory of how the war ended. The family had to flee their home. It was the end...
Ridyard, Herbert War's End
Herbert W. Ridyard joined the 94th Division [Annotator's Note: Ridyard served on a heavy machine gun crew in Company H...
Frankel, Art War's End
[Annotator's Note: A dog can be heard whining in the background throughout this segment.] The Army Air Forces assigned...
Feldman, Henry War's End
Henry Feldman had no problems with his feet during the cold and harsh winter [Annotator's Note: winter of 1944 to 1945...
O'Rorke, James War's End and Liberation
James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] became sick with diarrhea [Annotator's Note: loose, watery...
Miller, Sam War's End and Postwar
Sam L. Miller was discharged from the Navy as a Yeoman 3rd Class [Annotator's Note: at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard...
Currier, Al War's End and Postwar
Al Currier returned [Annotator's Note: from Attu Island, Alaska as a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 159th Infantry...

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