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Wells, Kenneth Returning Home and Postwar
After being wounded in Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] Kenneth Dwight Wells was taken to an airfield and...
Cook, Edward Returning Home and Postwar
Edward J. Cook was transferred to a Red Cross hospital ship somewhere in France. His arm was amputated because shrapnel...
Engel, Robert Returning Home and Postwar Life
The day the war ended, Robert Engel was in a town in Germany. The manure and urine from cows were kept in the town for...
Tallon, Donald Returning Home and Reflecting on the War
Don Tallon [Annotator's Note: a liberated former prisoner of war in Magdeburg, Germany] saw of couple of his former...
Snyder, Kenneth Roosevelt and Truman
Everything Kenneth T. Snyder, Sr. learned as an officer in the Marine Corps prepared him for the rest of his life. [...
Livaudais, James Screw Ups
James Livaudais remembers some of the men in his company who were not exactly the best soldiers. One was named James...
Rosenbaum, James Securing Peleliu and Rest on Pavuvu
In early September 1944, James Stewart Rosenbaum shipped out for the Pacific from San Diego [Annotator's Note: San...
Reynolds, Holly Seeing Famous People and Writing Letters for Servicemen
In Warrenpoint, Ireland, Holly Reynolds always had more than one date. Reynolds saw a show in Washington DC called Back...
Inouye, Daniel Segment 1
Interview begins with the interviewer stating that Senator Inouye is and always will be the most influential Japanese-...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 10
They [Annotator's Note: the Japanese] let some of the Red Cross packages go to pot. They would put them in store house...
Dennis, David Segment 10
They [Annotators Note: David Dennis and his fellow POWs] had been given their parcels [Annotators Note: Red Cross...
Dennis, David Segment 11
Finally a jeep showed up with a lieutenant in it who told them [Annotators Note: David Dennis and his fellow POWs] when...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 11
Leonard Spivey notes that the Germans managed to get all of the prisoners out before the Russians came. All of the...
Noack, John Segment 11
John Noack got the emergency radio set up. Noack had a little difficulty getting everything set up. Noack got seasick...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 12
Leonard Spivey was at the airfield for a few days. They were at the airfield on V-E Day. All hell was breaking loose on...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 12
They also knew through a radio set that they had that the Rhine River was under siege. They were aware that the...
Noack, John Segment 14
John Noack’s navigator wrote a letter home in code. Noack was allowed to write two letters home per month. They were...
Sabol, Emil Segment 3
Stalag Luft was for airmen only. Luft is the German word for air. There were 8000 or 10000 of them there. There were...
Woods, Edward Segment 3
When Woods would go into Times Square young servicemen would give them trouble about why they weren't in the service....
Jefferson, Alexander Segment 3
Alexander Jefferson’s plane name was “Bubble Blue Subsoil” [Annotator’s Note: Jefferson became quiet and was lost in...
Leisey, Alvin Segment 3
Leisey was sent to Pearl Harbor [Annotator’s Note: Hawaii] for surgery. They operated on his hand and back. It was a...
Tenney, Lester Segment 4
Tenney didn't feel that three rations of rice a day, at about four and a half ounces a ration, was good. He felt it was...
Doi, Michael Segment 4
While Michael Doi was overseas his family and everyone he knew from Oxnard [Annotators Note: Oxnard, California] was...
Corbin, Robert "Bob" Segment 4
They were told that they had to march about 60 miles [Annotator’s Note: as American prisoners of war in Poland]. Corbin...
Jefferson, Alexander Segment 4
Alexander Jefferson came in the middle of the Tuskegee program. The first program was March 1942 and the last class was...
Dennis, David Segment 5
[Annotators Note: David Dennis served as a radio operator in Company D, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st...
Galloway, Thomas Segment 5
Galloway was able to write back home which was nice. Galloway's parents found out that he was in a POW camp because of...
McKee, Ralph Segment 5
They were warned by the American attaché to not attempt an escape from the jail [Annotator’s Note: in Spain] as he...
Gatewood, Joel Segment 5
They were interrogated in Frankfurt. They were only supposed to tell them name, rank, and serial number. A German...
Jackson, Donald Segment 6
They had a point system [Annotator's Note: in regards to how soon 1 was discharged] depending on various factors like...
Dennis, David Segment 6
David Dennis was not there [Annotators Note: on a work detail from Stalag II-B] too long. He had a run in with one of...
Galloway, Thomas Segment 6
Galloway was walking with his small band that was captured when they came to a hill. A German staff car pulled up and...
Loevsky, Louis Segment 7
The Germans issued blankets to the POWs that were threadbare and worthless. Loevsky states that when the Germans knew...
Corbin, Robert "Bob" Segment 7
After they got away Corbin was told by his adjutant about Colonel Waters [Annotator's Note: US Army General John K....
Brooks, Howard Segment 8
Brooks never once had any contact with the Red Cross. At 1 point they were each issued 1 item out of a Red Cross parcel...
Candelaria, Richard Segment 8
A Red Cross truck passed the area where Candelaria and his fellow prisoners were being held. He spoke with the man in...

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