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Jones, Robert Guard Duty
Robert Francis Jones was a Chief Petty Officer stationed at Martha’s Vineyard Naval Air Station [Annotator’s Note:...
Baxter, Lionel Guard Duty at Buchenwald
The worst thing [Annotator's Note: about the war] for Lionel Baxter was that after the war was over, he was a guard at...
Willett, Richard Guarding American Prisoners at Fort Bragg
Richard Willett went to Fort Bragg [Annotator's Note: Fort Bragg, North Carolina]. He had a girlfriend in Washington, D...
Ngai, Johnny Guarding Murphy
Johnny Ngai landed on Anzio [Annotator's Note: Anzio, Italy] in Higgins boats [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle...
Ammerman, Gale Guarding Prisoners on D-Day
In Normandy on D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], Gale Ammerman left his...
Dearman, Alfred Guards and Jailers
The main difference between a jailer, which Alfred Dearman was, and a guard, is that the jailer is in the cellblock...
Bussel, Norman Guards at Stalag Luft IV
Norman Bussel says that one German guard at Stalag Luft IV [Annotator’s Note: Stalag Luft IV (Stammlager Luft IV),...
Moskin, Alan Guilt, PTSD, and Fear
Alan Moskin says there is something called "guilt" [Annotator's Note: for killing in combat]. It is hard to put into...
Sparacino, Paul Guinea Pigs for Nuclear Tests
There were still natives on Johnston Island [Annotator's Note: Johnston Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands]...
Swarts, John Gunner Training and Crew Assignment
During the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great Depression, a global economic depression that lasted from 1929...
Hardy, George Gunnery Meet in Texas
George Hardy always considered himself a fighter pilot. The bigger guys were being trained to be bomber pilots. He only...
Bussel, Norman Gunnery School, Mexico, Death of Pilots
After leaving Scott Field [Annotator’s Note: now Scott Air Force Base, St. Clair County, Illinois], Norman Bussel was...
Van Huylenbrouck, Omer Gunnery Training
Omer Van Huylenbrouck was drafted. They gave him a heavy coat. He had tried for the ski troops. They were on their way...
Samuelson, Daniel Gunnery Training and Crew Assignment
Daniel Samuelson enlisted in the Army Air Corps and went to Texas for basic training. In high school, he did alright...
Daniels, Don Guns and Weather on Iwo Jima
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Don Daniels to describe moving across the island during the Battle of Iwo Jima...
Langrehr, Henry Guns Jamming and Reaching His Limit
Henry Langrehr had times his guns jammed and by the grace of God, he never got shot. The Thompsons [Annotator's Note: ....
Braitman, Simon Gunskirchen and Liberation
As the Russians were nearing Auschwitz in 1945, Simon Braitman and 765 others were sent to Mauthuasen [Annotator's Note...
Freeman, Leslie "Vincent" Halting at the Elbe River
After the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16 December...
Willett, Richard Handling Combat
Different people handle combat in different ways. Richard Willett had a cousin who was a deeply religious family man...
Bradley, John Hanging Out With the Soldiers
After liberation [Annotator's Note: 3 February 1945 at the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila Internment Camp,...
Stern, Herbert Hanover and Salzwedel
Herbert Stern and his units [Annotator's Note: atthis time Stern was commanding the 909th Field Artillery Battalion and...
Warne, Therese Happy Life Blues
Therese Wadsworth Warne's [Annotator's Note: was an American child prisoner in the Philippines during World War 2]...
Auld, Lorene Happy to Have Served
Lorene Auld and her sister were not aware of anything they could join for the war effort where they were in Oklahoma....
König, Karl Hard Fight then Captured
Karl Friedrich "Charley” König [Annotator's Note: or Koenig] and his regiment [Annotator's Note: Panzer-Regiment 5,...
Kafka, T. Hard Life in New York
T. Toby Kafka was born in Kingston, New York in October 1924 and grew up in Manhattan [Annotator's Note: Manhattan is...
Cruise, Leslie Hard-Knock Life
[Annotator's Note: The video is out of focus.] Leslie Cruise was born in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note: Philadelphia,...
Winestone, Ted Hardships with Partisans
Ted Winestone moved to another encampment because he felt like he was not hidden well enough [Annotator's Note: after...
Sullivan, George Having an Appendectomy on Tinian
George Joseph Sullivan left Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Mariana Islands] for Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian,...
Alaniz, George Having Fun in Dallas
[Annotator's Note: After being wounded, George Alaniz was sent to Gainesville, Texas to recuperate.] Alaniz was...
Beard, Oral Hawaii to New Guinea
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a person off-camera answers a lot of the interviewer's questions or gives...
Carlson, Harry Hazards of Flying a B-29
On one mission, Harry Carlson's aircraft had to land on Iwo Jima due to a lot of flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft...
Richard, Joseph He Could Not Save Them All
Joseph Richard was a welder assigned to the USS Rigel (AR-11) when it was attacked at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. He...
Pringle, James He Wanted to Fight
James Pringle signed up to fight in the war. The majority of them [Annotator's Note: Black Americans] had. It was not...
Thomas, Wilbur "Will" Headed for Europe
Wilbur Thomas was an officer in the Army. He recalled times where he had to lead and support hundreds of troops during...
Doundoulakis, Helias Heading to German-Occupied Greece
In March 1944, [Annotator's Note: after completing training with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)] Helias...
Purvis, Frank Heading to Japan and the Korean War
[Annotator's Note: The interview starts at tape break and the conversation is mid-sentence about Frank Purvis' new baby...

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