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Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 16
Kanaya had no idea if everyone made it back. They got off of the train in Chicago; there was a train from the Pacific...
Wicker, Benjamin Segment 3
Wicker was not fast enough so his buddy would help him swim along in the water [Annotator’s Note: during the attack on...
Standifer, Leon Segment 3
Standifer had been eating well and sleeping well in the hospital. He was put into a boxcar and shipped to the front. He...
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...
Jackson, Donald Segment 5
Jackson describes what he experienced at Dachau.They knew it was there. They were called in to clear the bodies. But...
Schmedemann, Keith Segment 5
They moved on and Schmedemann ended the war in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia with the Fifth Corps. Pilsen was undamaged so...
Hawk, John Segment 5
After leaving the aid station [Annotator’s Note: near Chambois, France on August 20, 1944] Hawk was looked at by...
Kirk, Mancel Segment 6
On 23 April [Annotators Note: 23 April 1945] Mancel Kirk and his fellow 168th Infantry Regiment GIs were taken by truck...
Paluch, Theodore "Ted" Segment 6
Paluch believes that it is very important that institutions like the World War II Museum preserve the stories of people...
Pisanos, Steve Segment 6
When Steve Pisanos was in Vietnam he was to drop weapons and food to a convoy that was lost in the jungle. He got close...
Zager, Raymond Segment 6
Raymond Zager drove into the compound [Annotator's Note: Gunskirchen Lager Concentration Camp in Austria]. There were...
Duchossois, Richard Segment 7
[Annotators Note: There is dead air at the beginning of this segment. The segment actually begins at 1:04:45:500.] For...
Baynham, James Segment 7
The Russians [Annotator's Note: who liberated Baynham and others at Stalag Luft I prisoner of war camp] had a tank with...
Gatewood, Joel Segment 7
They would constantly catch rides until they got to Paris. The third day of travel they ended up in Paris. They ate...
Vessey, John "Jack" Segment 8
John Vessey had just returned from a mission when he was told that a cease fire was going into effect and the war in...
Carraway, Myron Service after Pearl Harbor
Myron J. Carraway served in Hawaii until June 1942. He then sailed to the Aleutian Islands based out of Kodiak [...
Harned, Harley Service in Europe
Harley Harned boarded a converted luxury liner for transport to Europe. [Annotator’s Note: Someone comes into the...
Laster, John Thomas Service In the Naval Armed Guard
To be a member of the Naval Armed Guard, John Laster said, a sailor had to have 20-20 vision, be in good health, and...
Ellenberg, Bernard Serving in Europe
Bernard Ellenberg's [Annotator's Note: assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division as a typist for the Stars and Stripes,...
Foster, Myrtle Serving in the WAVES
After completing basic training in New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] and more training in Memphis,...
Jensen, Mervin Shipped overseas
Mervin Jensen went to advanced training at Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San...
Miller, Irving Southern France, the Bulge and Frostbite
Irving Miller landed in the French Riviera near Saint-Maxime [Annotator's Note: Saint-Maxime, France]. The equipment...
Fontana, Frank Supply Sergeant and V-E Day
Frank Fontana was a supply sergeant [Annotator's Note: in the 93rd Medical Gas Treatment Battalion]. He had access to...
Waldeck, Frank Taking Prisoners and Witnessing Death
Frank J. Waldeck and his unit [Annotator's Note Company C, 1st Battalion, 411th Infantry Regiment, 103rd Infantry...
Luers, Harold The Battle of the Bulge
Harold Luers arrived in Scotland [Annotator's Note: with Regimental Headquarters, 347th Infantry Regiment, 87th...
O'Brien, Richard The Bulge and War's End
[Annotator’s Note: The interviewee shows the camera several pictures while he talks about events of World War 2.] In...
Stefaniak, Joe The Bulge to Postwar
[Annotator's Note: Joseph Stephaniak served in the Army as a paratrooper in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute...
Lee, Edward The Coast Guard in War
Edward Allesandro said that most people are surprised to hear that the Coast Guard was fighting in World War 2. The USS...
Gorman, Robert The Elbe River and VE-Day
Robert Gorman arrived at the Elbe River before the main body of the 557th [Annotator's Note: 557th Field Artillery...
Murphy, Thomas The End of the War
Thomas Murphy spent eight or ten weeks in the 23rd General Hospital [Annotators Note: after being wounded in the side...
Dabney, William G. The end of the war and attempted deployment to the Pacific
William Dabney notes that the equipment kept coming in [Annotators Note: across Omaha Beach in the days following the 6...
Caraway, John The Great Typhoon
There was ongoing correspondence with people back home, and John Caraway was able to keep abreast of what was going on...
Nussenbaum, Seymour The Holocaust and War's End
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Seymour Nussenbaum heard about the Holocaust [...
Schmitt, Warren The last months of the war
It was not quite dark when Warren Schmitt linked up with the engineers who had stopped him [Annotators Note: Warren...
Leefe, Guy The Last Week of the War
Guy Leefe, Jr. was in Lemgo, Germany when the war ended. Prior to that, Eisenhower [Annotator's Note: US Army General,...
Kirkpatrick, Otto The Pathfinders
Otto Kirkpatrick got orders on Easter Sunday 1943 to transfer to the 322nd Bomb Group [Annotator’s Note: 322nd...

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