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Moran, John "Jack" Life and Thoughts
John Moran was home on leave when Japan surrendered [Annotator's Note: on 15 August 1945]. He had left Europe around 1...
Stovroff, Irwin Life as a POW
Irwin Stovroff reminds people that freedom is not free. The volunteers in the military who serve today often have to...
Reissig, Floyd J. Life at Sea
Floyd James Reissig arrived at the Harry Lee [Annotator's Note: USS Harry Lee (APA-10)] a week and a half before he...
Reese, Lloyd Life Back Home
Lloyd Reese had been liberated from a prisoner-of-war camp in Romania in September 1945 and returned to the United...
Smith, Bernard Life Changed and Changes
The war changed Bernard Smith's life like it changed everybody's. It is a different world. Up until 1945, and the...
Baham, Marietta Life During the War
Marietta Baham worked in the mail and communications department [Annotator's Note: at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans,...
Swinney, Lauren Life During the War and Losing Friends
Lauren Swinney always had at least three occupations at the same time. She wanted to learn everything and do everything...
Gross, Ernest Life in America and Sharing His Experiences
In 1947, after being liberated from Dachau [Annotator's Note: Dachau; first concentration camp; Dachau, Germany] just...
Lewter, Robert Life in Japan and Home
Robert Lewter would swap cigarettes for Japanese services. The Japanese used needles and sewed thread as straight as an...
Martin, Robert Life in New Orleans
Robert Martin got his tattoo when he was on a ship with three other guys. They were in Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston...
Neste, Norman A. Life in the Bulge
Norman Neste had no preconceived ideas of what the German military would be like. Once he had encountered them, he...
Komito, Joseph Life in the Camps
Joseph Komito was at Natzweiler [Annotator's Note: Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp near Natzweiler and Struthof...
Gerrits, Edward Life in the Field and War's End
Edward Gerrits was in Pratt, Kansas [Annotator's Note: Pratt Army Airfield, now Pratt Regional Airport, in Pratt,...
Harrison, William Life in the Service
William Jennings Bryan Harrison, Jr. went to Saint Petersburg, Florida for Merchant Marine basic training. It was not...
Cohen, Jack Life in the United States
Jack Cohen finished high school and his father wanted him to study cosmetic chemistry in order to take over the family...
Halberg, Norma Life of a WASP
Just before she went into the WASPs [Annotator's Note: Women Airforce Service Pilots], Norma Halberg and another girl,...
Hogan, Moses Life on Board at Pearl Harbor
Moses Hogan wasn't afraid. He didn't believe America would be attacked by the Japanese; after all, officials from that...
Rice, Darold Life Stateside
Darold Rice stated “I grew up,” when asked by the interviewer how the war changed his life. He came back with a renewed...
Quigley, Tom Life Stateside
Tom Quigley made his way home where he had to check in to a base camp back stateside. On the way home he stopped and...
Joyce, Josefine Life with John Joyce
Josefine “Piepsi” Joyce lived with him [Annotator’s Note: she is referring to her husband, John Joyce, whom she met in...
Reissig, Floyd J. Lingayen Gulf
Floyd James Reissig sailed around Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte, Philippines] towards Lingayen Gulf [Annotator's Note...
Heming, Barbara Living in America
Barbara Heming applied for a job with several different companies but heard nothing back from them. She did not have...
Taylor, Sharon Locating the Crash Site
Dr. Sharon Estill Taylor [Annotator's Note: who decided to search for her father's remains; he was US Army Air Forces...
MacCallum, Florence London Before, During, and After War
Florence MacCallum [Annotator’s Note: a citizen of England working for the U.S. Army Joint Chiefs of Staff in London,...
Fruge, Weldon Looking Back
Weldon Fruge can now speak four different languages, including sign language. He has mingled with people all his life,...
Heilbrun, Herbert Looking Back
Herbert Heilbrun is happy he made friends with John, the Tuskegee Airman. Heilbrun has yet to visit The National WWII...
Kinney, Gabriel Looking Back
When Gabriel Kinney first went overseas to join the 25th Infantry Division he was assigned to 1st Platoon, Company F,...
Scholes, George Looking Back
George Scholes went back to the United States and led a group of sailors on a troop train back to Great Lakes for...
Ferris, Robert Looking Through a Photo Album
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Robert J. Ferris to talk about the photo album that he has with him. He points...
Kaylor, Emmett Los Banos, Going Home and Postwar Life
[Annotator's Note: Emmett Keylor served in the Army as a fuze setter on a 105mm gun crew in the 472nd Airborne Field...
Topel, Fred Losing a Friend and Close Calls
Fred Topel was called in for the Korean War [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953] and was flown...
Rankart, Marie Losing a Loved One and Gaining a New One
Marie Rankart was at a dress shop in Elizabeth, New Jersey buying a dress when she heard the news that the war was over...
Mancuso, Frank Losing Faith, Crack &Thump, and Spitfire
Originally, when Frank Mancuso entered the army he was a Catholic. This changed when the Pope said they could not bomb...
Conter, Louis "Lou" Loss of the USS Arizona
Louis Conter left the USS Arizona (BB-39) via a liberty boat after her fatal bombing. He boarded the boat near number...
Werner, Jack Luck
Jack Werner often wonders if the younger generation could have done what his generation did. His story should be titled...
Meyer, Lois Major Martrese Thek Ferguson, Promoted to Captain and Meeting Her Future Husband
Lois Meyer's commanding officer in Arlington, Virginia was a member of the original few [Annotator's Note: the first...

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