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Somogyi, Peter Liberation
Peter Somogyi felt there was a chance he had been liberated when he saw a Russian soldier outside the window [Annotator...
Yourkavitch, Joseph N. Liberation
Joseph Yourkavitch was a prisoner for about eight months. There was no radio in the camp and there was no word of the...
Capron, Ed Liberation
Edward C. Capron Jr. was serving with Headquarters Battery of the 73rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 9th Armored...
Hoff, Russell D. Liberation
Russell Hoff never thought he would die in a prisoner of war camp. There was a secret crystal radio kept in the POW...
Stein, Murray Liberation
Murray Stein remarked that they were liberated by the 104th Division [Annotator's Note: 104th Infantry Division]. Stein...
Bailey Pratt, Caroline Liberation
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee taps a cup throughout the segment.] Caroline Bailey Pratt and her family were interned...
Freedman, Henry "Hank" Liberation
Henry Freedman and his fellow POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] were anxiously awaiting their American...
Dumas, Floyd Liberation
A week or so after they [Annotator's Note: Floyd Dumas and another escaped prisoner of war named Bill Robb] got there,...
Marsh, Alexander Liberation and Discharge
Alexander Marsh could sense the war was drawing to a close, and his colleagues who had been in artillery could identify...
Albright, William Liberation and Going Home
[Annotator's Note: William Albright was a prisoner of war in Stalag XVII-B in Krems an Der Donau, Austria.] They...
Gaj, Leonard Liberation and Going Home
Leonard Gaj [Annotator’s Note: a prisoner of the Germans] continued to work in a factory. They were evacuated when the...
Hamilton, Richard Liberation and Going Home
Richard Henry Hamilton was liberated by some Russians after being on a march for over 70 days. Hamilton recalled...
Rosendahl, Robert Liberation and Going Home
On 15 August 1945 nobody came to pick Robert Rosendahl and his fellow prisoners up to go to work. One of the prisoners...
Bahlinger, Marion Liberation and Journey Home
Marion Bahlinger recalled one man was assigned as the guard to the group of 20 American prisoners. He was an older man...
Riddle, Pearson Liberation and Postwar Life
The worst camp Pearson Riddle stayed at was every camp following his experience in China. The worst camp he stayed in...
McLaurine, Luke Liberation and Postwar Service
Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. was liberated on 29 April [Annotator's Note: 29 April 1945]. A pitched battle was fought...
DeMott, Joseph Liberation and Recovery
Batavia [Annotator's Note: now Jakarta, Indonesia] was the last camp Joseph DeMott [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war...
Altmann, Judith Liberation and Recovery
Judith Altmann said the British soldiers gave the prisoners all the food they had. Unfortunately, that was the wrong...
Golden, James Liberation and Return Home
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a woman off camera interjects with comments.] James Ramsey Golden recalled...
Butcher, Chester Liberation and Return Home
Chester J. Butcher [Annotator's Note: a fighter pilot with the 357th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group, 8th Air...
Clift, Gilbert Liberation and Return Home
Three days into a march [Annotator's Note: from their prisoner of war camp], Gilbert Clift and the rest of the...
Hogan, Ralph Liberation and Return Home
The next day Ralph Francis Hogan was imprisoned at a compound, the city was attacked. Instead of going in a bomb...
Woodham, Greg Liberation and Return to America
Greg Woodham and his mother were interned at Santo Tomas [Annotator’s Note: Santo Tomas Internment Camp, also known as...
Oakes, Robert Liberation and Returning Home
Robert Tyler Oakes recalls that the prisoners had a homemade radio that they hid from the German guards while he was in...
White, Alexander Liberation and Returning Home
Alexander White described conditions at the Schindler factory as "difficult." Food was scarce, and, initially, rations...
Cardenas, Louis Liberation and Returning Home
Louis Cardenas remembers that the Germans left Bucharest [Annotator’s Note: Bucharest, Romania] when the Russians...
Roxandich, George Liberation and Returning Home
George H. Roxandich [Annotator's Note: a German prisoner of war] was eventually liberated. The guards were gone, and...
Bollich, James Liberation and Returning Home
James Bollich was liberated by the Russians. Near the end of the war, the Japanese put out an order for all POWs [...
VanDuzer, Raymond Liberation and Returning Home
In April [Annotator's Note: April 1945], Raymond VanDuzer and his fellow prisoners were marched many kilometers to a...
McGhee, Edwin Liberation and Returning to the United States
After Edwin McGhee was a prisoner in a second POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] camp, the advancing Russians...
Mosher, Alfred Liberation and Returning to the United States
Toward the end of the World War 2, Alfred Raymond Mosher was put on a train and sent to another camp [Annotator's Note...
DeMott, Joseph Liberation and Returning to the United States
In the middle of July 1945, Joseph DeMott started seeing Australian Mosquito bombers [Annotator's Note: de Havilland DH...
Knutson, Caroll Liberation and War's End
Carroll Knutson and his fellow POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] were liberated by Patton [Annotator's Note: US...
Burns, Lloyd Liberation and War's End
Lloyd Burns knew that the war was coming to an end because he could hear the machine gun fire and artillery fire nearby...
Brainard, William Liberation and War’s End
After nine months in a prison, William White Brainard [Annotator's Note: who served as a radioman on a Boeing B-17...
Grabhorn, Edgar Liberation from Prison Camp
Edgar A. Grabhorn [Annotator's Note: a a prisoner of war Stalag IX-C (b) prisoner of war camp and hospital in Meiningen...

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