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Spangenberg, Nicole Living Through the Fall of France
Nicole Sabbag Spangenberg was born in Paris [Annotator's Note: Paris, France] on 18 January 1928. She remembers her...
Greenup, Rena Living Under German Occupation in Greece
Among the few childhood memories Rena Greenup has of her life in Athens was food rationing. Supplies were meager and of...
Fontana, Frank MASH Unit in Normandy
Frank Fontana was part of a MASH [Annotator's Note: Mobile Army Surgical Hospital] unit. They put up a ward tent that...
Bishop, Jacqueline Moving to Panama
Jacqueline Bishop was born in March 1930 in Baltimore, Maryland. Her father was an electrician. During the Depression [...
Weinthal, Siegfried New Life in America
Siegfried Weinthal was born in February 1929 in Esens, Germany, a small town in Northern Germany. His childhood did not...
Daniel, Lora News, Rationing, and Atomic Bombs
Lora E. Daniel knew what was going on with the war, but her life was so busy that she probably did not think about it...
Constant, Nelson No Real War News
Nelson Constant was just out there working. It was like being locked up in a room. The trees did not talk. They were...
Reitman, Seymour Occupation Duty
Seymour Reitman was near Regensburg, Austria, when Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd...
Kinsey, Norman Occupation Then Home
[Annotator's Note: Norman Kinsey worked with military intelligence units in World War 2.] He then had to take all of...
Scales, James Overseas Deployment
James Shelton Scales trained recruits until the middle of 1943, when he received orders to report to Camp Pendleton,...
Grugett, George Overseas to Africa and Italy
Everything was rationed during the war. George Grugett's dad told him to go to the ration board and get gas stamps. He...
Whiteside, Howard Overseas to the Pacific
[Annotator’s Note: There is a person assisting the interviewee with answering Interviewer’s questions throughout the...
Mabarac, Raymond Patriotic Motivation
Raymond Mabarac enlisted because he thought he could do more for the country by being in the military. Moreover, all...
Williams, Bernice Pearl Harbor and Military Training
Bernice Williams was in Milwaukee [Annotator's Note: Milwaukee, Wisconsin] and heard about the attack [Annotator's Note...
Carlson, Donald Pearl Harbor, the Air Force and B-24s
Donald Albert Carlson was in high school [Annotator's Note: when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7...
Aalders, Johannes Post Liberation and War
After his hometown [Annotator's Note: Apeldoorn, Netherlands] was liberated [Annotator's Note: on 17 April 1945],...
Hall, Meda Postwar
[Annotator's Note: Meda Royce Hall is difficult to understand throughout this segment.] At the end of World War 2, Hall...
Morgan, George Postwar
After the war, George Morgan was accepted into a college in Defiance, Ohio. During the war, many basic things had been...
Schilperoort, Clarence Postwar
Clarence Schilperoot returned home by train after reaching the United States. He had a reunion with his parents upon...
Butz, John Postwar and Closing Thoughts
After the war ended in Europe, it was a possibility that John B. Butz and his crew would be needed again to fight Japan...
Culpepper, George Postwar and Prewar Stories
Subic Bay [Annotator's Note: Subic Bay, Philippines] was a nice Naval establishment before it was all lost [Annotator's...
Joslin, Harold Postwar and Reflections
Following the end of the war, Harold Joslin remained in Japan briefly. The former captives were brought to a landing...
Loges, Richard Postwar and Reflections
After Richard "Dick" Loges was discharged from service, he did not take advantage of the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note:...
Strait, Perry Postwar and Reflections
Perry Strait received no benefits from his service in the Merchant Marines or the Maritime Service. It was difficult to...
Keulegan, Emma Postwar Life
Things were still hard at the end of the war. Rationing continued for about three months. Materials started coming back...
Doi, Jimmy Postwar Service, Visiting Family and Scaling Monte Carchio
Jimmy Doi stayed in the Army until 1949. He had reenlisted as a quartermaster because he did not want to be in the...
Wackerman, Clark Prewar and Military Training
Clark Wackerman was born in March 1926 in Brighton, New York, the oldest of three children. His father worked as a...
Ward, John Prewar and Rationing
John F. Ward was born in 1925 and raised in Pontiac, Michigan. He grew up with one brother and two sisters. His father...
Gooch, James Prewar Life
James Gooch was born in Gilmer, Texas in May 1939. He clearly recalls sitting with the family in front of their large...
Stewart, Frank Prewar Life
Frank B. Stewart, Jr. was born in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in September 1935. He is a...
Toole, Edward Prewar life
Edward Thomas Toole was born in 1925 in Millen, Georgia. He had four brothers and one sister. He was the youngest boy,...
Drucker, Lillian Prewar Life
Lillian Drucker was born in July 1925 in Biloxi, Mississippi. She grew up there, attended school, and got married. Her...
Trotter, Bernice Prewar Life
Bernice Trotter was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1924. She was in the fourth grade when they moved to Tulsa [...
Heinly, Robert Prewar Life
Robert Harvey Heinly was born in February 1924 in Reading, Pennsylvania. He remembers using ink wells in school. The...
Stables, Barbara Prewar Life
Barbara Stables was born in November 1926 in Mobile, Alabama. They were not affected too much by the Depression [...
O'Brien, Ryan Prewar Life
Ryan O'Brien was born in March 1922 in Los Angeles, California. The Great Depression started when he was seven. His dad...

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