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Standifer, Leon Segment 8
The Germans that Standifer met were as good as the American soldiers. The Germans may have been better earlier in the...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 9
The prisoners had their own doctors they had to rely on. They had a Japanese doctor assigned to them but he was not 1...
Dennis, David Segment 9
David Dennis feels that he and his unit were well prepared for the fighting in North Africa. He believes that the only...
Greer, Richard Segment 9
Richard Greer saw a few Red Cross things and the show Bob Hope was in on Pavuvu. He only watched for a little while...
Jefferson, Alexander Segment 9
Alexander Jefferson listened to the BBC radio at the POW camp, but had no idea about the landings in Southern France....
Standifer, Leon Segment 9
Munich was a big city, larger then New Orleans. The area around the railroad depots in Munich were absolutely destroyed...
Bourg, Alton Service at Fort Meade
Alton Bourg entered service in the Army at Fort Meade, Maryland [Annotator's Note: Fort George Meade, Maryland] and was...
Jarvis, Robert Service in Brisbane
In February 1944, Robert Jarvis’ regiment [Annotator’s Note: 534th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment, 4th Engineer...
Terrebonne, Leo Service in Europe
Leo Terrebonne was assigned to the 1302nd Engineer General Service Regiment, 1st Battalion, Company C, and he endured a...
Harned, Harley Service in Europe
Harley Harned boarded a converted luxury liner for transport to Europe. [Annotator’s Note: Someone comes into the...
Yancey, Spencer Service Overview
Spencer Yancey was born in Hunnewell, Missouri in 1910. He is 106 years old. He was born and raised on a farm. He...
Pathe, Barbara Serving GIs overseas
When Barbara Pathe landed [Annotator’s Note: in La Havre, France] there was a congressional delegation overseas that...
DeSalvo, Vincent Serving in India and Being Hospitalized
Vincent DeSalvo was with the 3rd Air Force and was sent to Calcutta, India. They served them chicken for Sunday dinner...
Beverstein, Jack Serving on Samar
Jack Beverstein was deployed to Samar in the Philippines. He was bivouacked in a tent in a cemetery. He liked the...
Butler, Barbara Serving Overseas with the Red Cross
Barbara Butler's first installation was on Leyte. Her living quarters were very close to the beach where General...
Garbo, William Several Weeks in a Hospital
After over a week in combat on a mountain ridge, William Garbo and the men of G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 112th Cavalry...
Johnson, Malcolm Shanghai Jimmy James
Malcolm Johnson had been a civilian contractor on Wake Island when he was wounded and taken prisoner by the Japanese....
Rolfson, Jack Shellshock and Life on the Air Base
Jack Rolfson saw shellshock [Annotator's Note: also known as post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD] in some of the...
Skare, Theodore Shipped to the Pacific
[Annotator's Note: There was an odd tape break and the conversation starts mid-sentence]. Theodore Skare was aboard the...
Brown, Bernard Siegfried Line Fighting
From Camp Howze [Annotator's Note: Camp Howze in Gainesville, Texas; now Gainesville municipal airport], Bernard Brown...
Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" Sleep and Food in the Camp
During Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine's early days in the internment camp [Annotator's Note: Santo Tomas Internment...
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-...
Bell, Harry Stalag IX-B in Bad Orb
Harry Bell ended up in IX-B [Annotator's Note: Stalag IX-B in Bad Orb, Germany]. In the camp was a man who Bell...
Strunk, Chester Stalag Life
Chester Strunk received only half the Red Cross parcels allocated to the prisoners. The Germans supplemented that food...
Sacks, John Stalag Luft I
John Sacks was in a camp [Annotator's Note: Stalag Luft I in Barth, Germany] with four compounds that housed about 9,...
Strunk, Chester Stalag Luft III
Chester Strunk was transported by train from an interrogation center in Budapest to Stalag Luft III at Zagan near...
McLaurine, Luke Stalag Luft III
Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. was transported by passenger train to Stalag Luft III [Annotator's Note: Stalag Luft III in...
Angier, John Stalag Luft III-A
John Angier was taken to Stalag Luft III-A [Annotator's Note: in Sagan, Poland] after being captured near Cologne,...
Angier, John Stalag Luft III-A to Stalag VII-A
John Angier never personally interacted with his German guards at Stalag Luft III-A [Annotator's Note: in Sagan, Poland...
O'Donnell, Joseph Stalag Luft IV
[Annotator's Note: Joseph O'Donnell was a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft IV near Gross Tychow, Pomerania, now Tychowo,...
Jostad, Glen Stalag Luft IV and Stalag VI
Glen Jostad thought life at Stalag VI was much better than Stalag IV. [Annotator's Note: Jostad was initially held at...
Angier, John Stalag Luft VII and Being Liberated by General Patton
John Angier was a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft VII-A [Annotator's Note: Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany] STalag VII...
Jostad, Glen Stalag VII A and Liberation
Late in the war, Glen Jostad was relocated to a German prisoner of war camp near Moosberg, Germany [Annotator's Note:...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Stalag XVIIB
While Olen Grant was at Stalag XVIIB he preferred to stay in the barracks [Annotator’s Note: as opposed to staying in...
Godbold, Bryghte Support for the POWs
Bryghte Davis Godbold received several Red Cross shipments while incarcerated by the Japanese. The packages were most...

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