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Disanza, William Segment 12
William Disanza worked in the office for Falcon Buick. His job was to be the follow up guy. He would contact the...
Compton, Lynn "Buck" Segment 12
Lynn Compton does not remember when he went back to Normandy for the first time but realized war is fought on normal...
Baum, Abraham "Abe" Segment 12
The end of the war was approaching. Baum went to the command platoon, to Abrams, to get permission to rejoin the troops...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 12
When they landed in England, Charles Scheffel had been shuffled around as an officer in the regiment. He was all over...
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...
Hairston, Joseph Segment 12
During the last few days of the war there was very little action. Most of the Germans were figuring out a way to...
Baptiste, Wallace Segment 12
Baptiste would be watchful. There are countries and people who want to see this country go under so he believes that we...
Bailey, Herman Segment 12
Bailey feels that war should be over with. His division fought the Chinese in North Korea. Young men are fighting today...
Deen, Braswell Segment 12
Deen remembers the fear that was prevalent among the replacements, yet they responded when it was time to fight. He...
Crump, Ralph Segment 12
One of Crump’s friends was on watch on a ship that was torpedoed. Crump’s convoy had about 35 percent casualties. The...
Smith,James "Horse Collar" Segment 13
After the war, James Smith had a hard time adjusting to civilian life. He got a job before he was even discharged from...
Luckadoo, John Segment 13
The war changed John Luckadoo’s life pretty drastically. He matured rapidly when faced with going out every day and...
Ford, Richard Segment 13
Richard Ford had 180 men in his company with six officers in his LCI [Annotators Note: Landing Craft Infantry] on D Day...
Church, Ray Segment 13
Church was able to keep his wits about him during his prisoner experience because every man he was with was in the same...
Disanza, William Segment 13
William Disanza's business lasted over 30 years. The war did not change Disanza drastically. He was in the Civilian...
Mann, Karl Segment 13
To Mann, Dachau was a major example of man's inhumanity to man.Maybe future generations can handle more effectively,...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 13
There was 1 company of tanks, 1 company of infantry and a company for support. Kanaya is not sure how they did it, but...
Hairston, Joseph Segment 13
Recently Hairston went to artillery OCS [Annotator’s Note: Officer Candidate School] to learn how today's generations...
Deen, Braswell Segment 13
The discipline in the Marine Corps helped to make Deen’s life successful. He is glad that he went through it and the...
Smith,James "Horse Collar" Segment 14
James Smith feels there are parts of World War 2 that can be pretty instructive to the future. He believes that with...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 14
There were two black soldiers at the door yelling that the Germans were coming. Lyle Bouck and Kriz [Annotators Note:...
Ford, Richard Segment 14
Richard Ford recalls one time when they got a bunch of replacements. He thought those guys were something else. Four or...
Church, Ray Segment 14
Church recently made a trip back to Guam and laid a wreath down at the monument for the soldiers killed there during...
Disanza, William Segment 14
William Disanza is not positive about everything but he thinks the Great Depression could never repeat itself. Disanza...
Baum, Abraham "Abe" Segment 14
Baum recalls the POWs at Hammelburg and the concentration camps victims they encountered. They brought their...
Hairston, Joseph Segment 14
People in combat are people in combat. Hairston does not believe in women in combat. He is the father of 4 daughters...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 15
The project by John Eisenhower kick started Lyle Bouck's initiative to contact his former comrades. Bouck has been...
Baker, Vernon Segment 15
Vernon Baker got out of the army on 28 August 1968, 35 years before the interview. He was 83 years old during this...
Ford, Richard Segment 15
Richard Ford is able to watch World War 2 movies. Most of the movies in his opinion are a bunch of BS. They do things...
Noack, John Segment 15
John Noack was able to keep a fair distribution system set up in his barracks to ensure everybody got a decent share....
Myers, Leroy Segment 15
Myers was discharged from the Navy as a Seamen Last-Class [Annotator's Note: either apprentice seaman or seaman 2nd...
Baum, Abraham "Abe" Segment 15
Baum goes on to discuss his career after the war. In 1948, he worked with the Israelis during that war. He advised them...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 15
During that period, the Russian prisoners got along with the American prisoners. One of them made a cigarette case for...
Ford, Richard Segment 16
Richard Ford believes that is important for people to know what happened during the war. A lot of people complain about...
Noack, John Segment 16
John Noack was flown out of Barth, Germany and taken to a camp in France. They stayed there for about three or four...

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