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Edward Tipper remembered the attack on Carentan and his subsequent wounding as an ordinary series of events. The most...
Wesley Waggoner remembers the Pearl Harbor attack [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7...
Asked what he thought about the Japanese, Earl Conklin said they were "pretty vicious," but conceded that combat makes...
For Francis Hurd, the most difficult part of the war was crossing the beachhead onto French soil because they didn't...
Lowell Rodrigue had many dreams about World War 2 and cannot watch movies related to the war. He has been clinically...
The most memorable experience of the war for Omer Van Huylenbrouck is his first mission to Berlin [Annotator's Note:...
Robert Whelan's most memorable experience of the war came in Siegburg [Annotator's Note: Siegburg , Germany] on 30...
Joseph DeMott [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war of the Japanese] left the war feeling that we are all human beings...
Sam L. Miller had no memorable experience in the Navy. It was a good and calm experience. Nothing adverse happened...
Joseph Kagan remembers crossing the Rhine River. The Germans were on the high ground and shooting at the bridge....
In 1944, in a town called Baupte, France, Carl Beck says there was a man named Henri D. Schmidt, a Belgic [Annotator's...
Thomas Edward Pugh enjoyed returning to the United States, but also enjoyed going overseas. Pugh was surprised when he...
Harold Jones' [Annotator's Note: combat veteran of the Philippines with the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 11th...
Chester Biernacki remembers his shipmates on the Helena [Annotator's Note: USS Helena (CL-50)]. He has never suffered...
Bruno Viani was discharged out of Halloran Hospital in 1945. He had served in the military since before the United...
George Spera was matured as a result of his time in the Army. He realized his responsibility that he had when he was...
The war made Harry McKnight appreciate being a Marine and the freedom he has in this country [Annotator's Note: The...
Donald Strait thinks it important to study the history of the Second World War because there is so much to be learned...
Hans Courant has many fond memories of going skiing on Sundays with his Army buddies while at Los Alamos. One of his...
Even with his hearing difficulties, Robert Dickinson still jumps when loud noises go off, in just the way he did when...
Salvador Perino's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Makassar Strait (CVE-91)] was brought to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam...
James L. Wheeler spoke to a high school class and there was a person of Japanese descent in it. He asked what Wheeler...
When Milton L. McMullen, Sr. returned from the war, he did not want to talk about his experience as a POW [Annotator's...
In this segment, Joe Clapper reviewed photographs that visually record the history of his platoon [Annotator's Note:...
Asked how the war changed his life, Edward Denzler said it made him realize that what he had at home was like nothing...
Joseph J. Drake's service in the war was worth it. Germany and Japan probably could have controlled the world had they...
Thomas Lusco Sr. had a difficult time returning home. He would shake in bed at night. He slept in a different bed from...
Alfred Rodrigues saw the damage on Battleship Row about two weeks after the attack [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...
Martin Banyas has restricted use of his shoulders as a result of his wartime service [Annotator's Note: as a Marine...
Olin Tisdale had a brother in the Army and a cousin in the Air Force at the same time he was in the military, but the...
His experience in the military had a maturing influence on Phillip Candella. He was from a small town [Annotator's Note...
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Robert Lippman what he thinks of the time he spent with the 1st Battalion,...
Richard Henry Hamilton is apprecive that he was able to do what he did in the service and glad he was able to come out...
Earl Roger Liston believes that World War 2 gave him the opportunity to appreciate life and create a better life...
John Caponigro feels war changes the attitude of humans. Unless a person has been in a war, they cannot appreciate the...
During his service in World War 2, Edward Driscoll enjoyed meeting other types of people from all over the country, and...

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