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Meyer, Henry War's End and Postwar Life
Henry T. Meyer took boxing lessons under Jack Dempsey [Annotator's Note: William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey; American...
Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" War's End and Postwar Life
Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine and the other internees at Santo Tomas [Annotator's Note: Santo Tomas Internment Camp,...
Sussman, Marvin War's End and Returning Home
Following VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945], Marvin Sussman was stationed in the town of...
Bass, Leon War's End and Segregation
The war ended and the president [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States] died...
Brown, Charles War's End in Europe
Charles R. Brown [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters Company, 66th Armored Infantry Battalion, 12th Armored Division]...
Grimes, Vodioe War's End on Saipan
Voniedoe "Voni" or "Bus" Grimes [Annotator's Note: serving in the US Army's 246th Ordnance Ammunition Battalion] sewed...
Bostick, Thomas War's End, Returning Home and Racial Discrimination
The news [Annotator's Note: of the atomic bombs being dropped] reached Thomas J. Bostick's unit [Annotator's Note:...
Levy, Anne Warsaw Ghetto
Anne Levy and her sister were on a journey for two days before her sibling became ill and began running a fever. [...
Frydman, Louis Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Louis Frydman felt the Warsaw ghetto uprising was just a matter of choosing how to die. [Annotator's Note: Frydman...
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...
Strait, Perry Wartime Sea Duty
Perry Strait saw he had signed up for the USMS [Annotator's Note: United States Maritime Service] but was assured if he...
Cyr, Zeno Wartime Service
Zeno St. Cyr was secretary for the CDD Board [Annotator's Note: the Certificate of Discharge for Disability Board at...
Vargas, Jay War’s End and Welcoming the Troops Home
Jay R. Vargas remember discussing with neighbors what was going in Europe and the Pacific. Everyone in his town found...
Kawamoto, Yukio Watching a Battle and Reading Enemy Diaries
Yukio Kawamoto was able to witness the battle [Annotator's Note: the battle of Hill 700 on Bougainville]. The division...
Jackson, Earnest We Are Able
Ernest Jackson feels that his group [Annotator's Note: the African-American Marines at Montford Point Camp in...
Weber, Norman Weber's Reunion with His Father
Norman Weber’s father was drafted into the German Army in 1941. The family was with him in Poland during 1944. He was...
Radke Azvedo, Ingrid What Happened to the Jews?
Ingrid Radke-Azvedo was on extended leave from school during the Bombing of Berlin, Germany [Annotator's Note: Berlin...
McHardy, Helmi Wing Rivetting
Helmi McHardy met several people of different nationalities in Detroit [Annotator’s Note: Detroit, Michigan]. She had...
Elliott, Lucy Working at Higgins Industries
Lucy Elliot enjoyed the work at Higgins Industries. They had fun because they were doing something important for the...
Negrotto, Constance Working at Michoud
Constance Negrotto worked at the huge facility built by Andrew Jackson Higgins at Michoud [Annotator’s Note: near New...
Alexander, Samson Working During Segregation
Samson Alexander worked at the American Drugstore as a 12 year old boy. He could read, write and count so he got the...
Libby, Dolores Working for Consolidated Vultee
Dolores McInnis Libby applied to work [Annotator's Note: at Consolidated Aircraft Corporation] because she had a friend...
Soskin, Betty Working for Kaiser
Betty Soskin worked in a shipyard in a Jim Crow [Annotator's Note: Jim Crow laws; state and local laws that enforced...
White, Alexander Working for Survival
Going east to Auschwitz, Treblinka, Sobibor, Maidanek, or Belzec, Alexander White said, meant going to the gas chambers...
Howard, Taylor Working for the CCC
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks very slowly throughout this segment.] Taylor Howard lived in Gulfport [Annotator’...
Bronstein, Isador Working in Washington, D.C.
Isadore Bronstein started at the lowest government grade when he went to work [Annotator's Note: in Washington, D.C.]....
Francis, Norman Working with CORE
Dr. Norman Francis left the Army after two years. The men he was with were drafted after college. They were in from...
Davis, Jack Wrapping up the War
Jack Davis and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company D, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division]...
Weber, Norman Yellow Stars and Life in Berlin
As a child in Berlin [Annotator’s Note: Berlin, Germany in 1941], Norman Weber remembers seeing people walking on the...
423rd Engineer Company unit photograph, Camp Claiborne, 1942
Photograph, panoramic. Three rows of African American soldiers standing and sitting outside; four Caucasian officers...
423rd Engineer Company unit photograph, Camp Claiborne, 1942
Photograph, panoramic. Three rows of African American soldiers standing and sitting outside; four Caucasian officers...
858th Engineer Aviation Battalion riding mules, Burma, 1945
Photograph. African American servicemen of the 858th Engineer Aviation Battalion (Colored) riding mules behind several...
858th Engineer Aviation Battalion riding mules, Burma, 1945
Photograph. African American servicemen of the 858th Engineer Aviation Battalion (Colored) riding mules behind several...
870th Aviation Engineering Battalion building a log bridge, Hollandia, 1944
Photograph. African American soldiers in the 870th Aviation Engineering Battalion securing large, wooden logs above a...

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