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Boeke, Robert Visiting his Brother
On 6 May 1945, Robert Boeke was told to stay in Mörsdorf [Annotator's Note: Mörsdorf, Germany]. They [Annotator's Note...
Wolf, Robert Visiting Hitler's House
[Annotator's Note: Robert Wolf was gearing up to go to Japan after returning from combat in Europe.] All he knew was...
Carruth, John VJ-Day to the Philippines
Towards the end of World War 2, John Carruth, serving in the Navy, was sent to Jacksonville [Annotator's Note:...
Kushnir, Helen "Helen Preiss" Volunteering at the VA
When the war was over, a lot of women stayed on in the factories. Helen Kushnir went to work for Western Union as a...
Goyette, Donald Volunteering for Service on Iwo Jima
Donald F. Goyette spent time on Iwo Jima [Annotator's note: Iwo Jima, Japan]. When the Marines were preparing to invade...
Cresswell, Constance Volunteering with the American Red Cross
People in England came out of their shelters to help sort things out after a bombing raid, according to Constance...
Tweedt, Vernon T. Von Rundstedt, Patton, and Normandy
What Vernon Tweedt saw of the Italian people was that they were willing to be helpful if necessary, but they pretty...
Stern, Herbert VT Fuses and the Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or Ardennes Counteroffensive, 16 December 1944 to 25...
Ebersole, William Waiting Off Iwo Jima
William Ebersole went to a staging area in Tallahassee, Florida for about a month after finishing his pilot training....
Freeman, Leslie "Vincent" Waiting to Go Home
When the war was over, Leslie V. Freeman was pulled back to a rest area. They came up with the point system [Annotator'...
Hicks, Ora Pierce Walter Reed Hospital
Ora Hicks was one of the nurses to attend Yale University [Annotator's Note: Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut...
Snyder, Phillip "PB" Wanting to Fight
[Annotator's Note: Snyder pauses the interview several times and repeats statements frequently in this segment.] In...
Grunte, Leon War Between Germany and Russia
The Germans who marched into Riga [Annotator’s Note: Riga, Latvia] were viewed as liberators by the townspeople. When...
Race, John "Jack Race" War Books and Church
John T. "Jack" Race had a flight to the surrender of the Germans [Annotator's Note: on 8 May 1945]. He flew the German...
Szafran, Daniel War Breaks Out
Daniel Szafran was living in his home town of Stryków, Poland when war broke out December 1939. Prior to the war, they...
Goyette, Donald War Comes to a Close
After rejoining his unit [Annotator's Note: 869th Bombardment Squadron, 497th Bombardment Group, 21st Bomber Command,...
Cohn, Marthe War Comes to France
Marthe Cohn and her family arrived in Poitiers, France to stay with her father's brother. They had been asked to move...
Yudenfriend, Herbert War Crimes Trials
Herbert Yudenfriend heard the war crimes trial [Annotator's Note: conducted by the Philippine War Crimes Commission, 29...
Bauer, Wynn War Ends
[Annotator's Note: Wynn Bauer served in the Army as an assistant driver on an M4 Sherman medium tank in the 36th...
Ellis, Frederick War Ends and Arriving in Yokohama
Everywhere that Frederick Ellis went there was an officer's club. The enlisted men never got that. Every once in a...
Brantley, Vernon War Ends in Europe
After six weeks in a hospital, Vernon Brantley was put in a replacement unit. He missed out on the Colmar expedition [...
McCarthy, George War Experience Overview
George W. McCarthy was born in April 1925 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He father worked as a lumberman, but lost his...
Bailey, Kenneth War Experiences
Kenneth H. Bailey and his future wife did a lot of talking about the war before he was drafted. In England, they...
Sparacino, Paul War History in High School
Paul Sparacino [Annotator's Note: Sparacino served aboard the USS Princeton (LPH-5) during Operation Dominic, series of...
Bluestein, Bernard "Bernie" War in Europe Ends
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Bernard B. "Bernie" Bluestein only remembers...
Billingsley, James War is Confusion
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks James Billingsley to talk about a soldier who committed suicide.] A guy told...
Bolin, George War Losses and Later Research
George R. Bolin does not recall hearing of Brown [Annotator's Note: Brown Shipbuilding Company in Houston, Texas]...
Combs, Charlotte War Production
Charlotte Combs went to school for drawing maps. She got a job at the Higgins factory [Annotator's Note: Higgins...
Tidmore, Roberta War Production Jobs
Roberta Randolph "Randy" Tidmore went into nurse's training. She did not like it. Two of her friends from school were...
Gooch, James War Rationing
James Gooch ate a lot of sweet potatoes during World War 2 because they were readily available. It was difficult to...
Rosenzweig, Jennie War Rationing and Being Jewish
Rationing was not hard for Jennie Rosenzweig. Oleo was used instead of butter, and it looked like lard. She added salt...
Bolin, George War Rationing and Postwar America
George R. Bolin did not understand what war was when it started. A lot of things were restricted during the war. His...
Kiplinger, Austin War Rumblings and Pearl Harbor
World War 2 began in 1931 when Japan invaded north China [Annotator's Note: Manchuria region of China]. Austin H....
Drucker, Lillian War Talk and USO Dances
Lillian Drucker's brothers did not talk much about the war to her afterwards and she was afraid to ask. [Annotator's...
Maduell, Audrey War Time in New Orleans
During the war, there were signs all over the city [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. The most impressive to...
Poston, Charles War Winds Down
Missions began to ramp down in May [Annotator's Note: May 1945, when the Japanese were pushed too far out of range of...

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