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Leisey, Alvin Segment 4
The picture of Leisey is on half a dozen things that he can think of. He has copies of the picture that go back to 1944...
Billow, Harold Segment 5
Billow did not give an interview for the trials in Europe. He has been interviewed several times since the war. He...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 5
Lyle Bouck and Slape [Annotator's Note: US Army Sgt. William Slape] went back and got the platoon members who were to...
Chuck, Harris Segment 5
Chuck recalls being stripped naked with his hands locked behind his head. The Japanese would hit them with a giant...
Malarkey, Donald Segment 5
On the 3rd of January 1945 the 101st [Annotator's note: 101st Airborne Division] attacked through the Bois Jacques...
Connick Sr., Harry Segment 5
Connick recalls having great respect for the Marines they picked up at Iwo Jima. He watched them fight, seeing the...
Inouye, Daniel Segment 5
Inouye helped liberate a village as well. One of the churches in the village had a high steeple. He asked the priest if...
Flournoy, Maxine Segment 5
Flournoy believes that World War II changed the world. She also believes that any current war will change the world....
Stinson, Handy Segment 5
It was a wonderful experience. Stinson would not trade a million dollars for his experience in World War II. On average...
Gravois, Francois "F.D." Segment 5
The Americal [Annotator's Note: the US Army Americal Division] came in in October [Annotator's Note: October 1942] and...
Blanchard, Robert C. Segment 5
Blanchard was still feeling the effects of the smoke inhalation when he was in Honolulu. He dealt with this injury for...
Paluch, Theodore "Ted" Segment 5
Paluch has pictures of the Malmedy Memorial. He does not think about the massacre that much anymore. He has other...
Snapp, Helen Segment 5
The only benefits they were eligible for was housing and medical benefits. The WASP [Women’s Airforce Service Program]...
Tenney, Lester Segment 5
Tenney did not believe the photo he saw of the Japanese soldier in Hollywood star and started laughing at it. The...
Bishop, Charles Segment 5
Charles Bishop stayed with the Piranha [Annotators Note: USS Piranha (SS-389)] to put her out of commission since he...
Christie, Robert Segment 5
Robert Christie notes that the armored tank units worked with the armored infantry. One of the residents at Christie's...
McNeil, Esther Segment 5
The patients McNeil treated were good and were grateful for every little thing the nurses did.The nurses would sit and...
James, C.W. "Tex" Segment 5
James witnessed one of the atomic bomb blasts at Bikini Atoll after the war. That is how he realized how the war really...
Scheffel, Charles Segment 5
The French Foreign Legion decided to fight with the Allies. Charles Scheffel stayed in the tunnel in Algiers that night...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 5
Kanaya felt that living during the Depression years and learning to live under those conditions, working and living on...
Erickson, Martha Segment 5
Erickson had supportive parents. They were worried about her, especially after Claudia passed away. They were happy...
Cokinos, Michael Segment 5
Michael Cokinos was only in charge of Russian prisoners for a short amount of time. The Russians were prisoners of the...
Bacon, Giles Segment 5
Giles Bacon visited the military cemetery at Honolulu years after the war. It is a beautiful memorial. One of the men...
McClellan, James Segment 5
McClellan did not keep in touch with any of the men he served with after the war. He never attended any reunions. He...
Wicker, Benjamin Segment 5
When they got to the Marshall Islands they had to go over the side of the ship; that was a hard thing to do. He did not...
Hopkins, Lewis Segment 5
The most significant thing to occur during the Battle of Midway that allowed for American victory is up for debate....
Starnes, James Segment 5
When the ceremony was over [Annotator’s Note: the Japanese surrender ceremony on 2 September 1945] the sky was filled...
Johnson, Oscar Segment 5
Oscar Johnson was in Moosburg until General Patton came in and rescued them. It was quite a day. They could see shells...
Gatewood, Joel Segment 5
They were interrogated in Frankfurt. They were only supposed to tell them name, rank, and serial number. A German...
Standifer, Leon Segment 5
One could fire automatically from the hip. The M-1 could get muddy, wet, and whatever else and it would fire. The...
Leisey, Alvin Segment 5
Leisey recalls having to do sponge ball therapy so he could build up the strength up in his hand. He has problems...
Kuroki, Ben Segment 5
Miller Lampell, who had written a radio program, was assigned by the New York Herald Tribune to write Ben Kuroki's...
Wagner, Helen Segment 6
The Wagner's hosted a student from Egypt and learned a lot about his religion.She feels that many people don't like...
Chuck, Harris Segment 6
Chuck feels that a lot of veterans have embellished their prisoner of war experience. He felt as if it was not that bad...
Malarkey, Donald Segment 6
Malarkey went to Normandy, France to meet with the family who owned the farm where he had fought on D-Day. The family...
Leahr, John Segment 6
Leahr believes that young people should be taught about what men like him went through. The racism and segregation he...

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