War's End

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Beard, Kenneth Aleutian Islands to War's End
While Kenneth Beard was stationed in Anchorage [Annotator's Note: Anchorage, Alaska] during World War 2, he and some of...
Hebert, Peter Algiers Boy
Peter Hebert was born in 1927 in Algiers, Louisiana. He attended Catholic school. His father worked and his mother...
Brandes, Rita Allied Bombing of Bremen
Rita Brandes has vivid memories of the bombing raids. Bremen [Annotator's Note: Bremen, Germany] was one of the three...
Beck, Carl Alsace-Lorraine
On 5 January 1945, Carl Beck and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry...
Warne, Therese American Air Raids
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: An American child prisoner in the Philippines during World War 2] and the...
Bradley, John American Arrival at Santo Tomas
On the day American forces arrived [Annotator's Note: 3 February 1945 at the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila...
König, Karl American Prison Camps to Home
Karl Friedrich "Charley” König [Annotator's Note: or Koenig] does not remember much about arriving in Norfolk [...
Warne, Therese Americans Arrive in the Philippines
There was an interpreter that could speak Japanese [Annotator's Note: in Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila...
Guzman, Nicanor Americans Return
Nicanor Guzman was commissioned in the field after the Americans returned to the Philippines [Annotator's Note:...
Wolyn, Monroe Army Air Corps Training
Monroe S. Wolyn would not return fire if it was anti-aircraft fire. If it was enemy fighters, however, they would...
Vancheri, Edith Army Nurse in Karachi
[Annotator's Note: There is a lot of background noise in this interview.] Edith Vancheri [Annotator's Note: an Army...
Higgins, Gordon Army of Occupation
The location Gordon Higgins was sent for occupation duty was at Dachau, near Munich, Germany. There were 10,000 German...
Geisler, James Army Service Overview and Early Life
James "Jim" Geisler was born and raised in Pittsburgh [Annotator's Note: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]. He was 18 years old...
Sniff, Alvin Around the World
Once his ship [Annotator's Note: the SS Sara Teasdale] reached Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Northern Mariana...
Spielberg, Arnold Assam, India then Home
Arnold Spielberg [Annotator's Note: as a Communications Chief in the 490th Bombardment Squadron, 341st Bombardment...
Cresswell, Robert Assault into Germany
Robert Nichols Cresswell left Remagen [Annotator’s Note: as a truck driver in the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion, he...
Frey, Robert Assault into Germany
Robert G. Frey crossed the Rhine River in March [Annotator's Note: March 1945]. The Air Force had taken out most of the...
Siverts, Hans Assigned a Black Company
Hans Siverts' unit [Annotator's Note: 4th Convalescent Hospital] pretty much stayed together through the war. The last...
Ellis, Frederick Assigned A Black Officer
Frederick Ellis's points were up, and he was entitled to go home. He got a new officer on board [Annotator's Note: USS...
Curran, Philip Assigned to Admiral Barbey
Philip Curran was on Admiral Barbey's [Annotator's Note: US Navy Vice Admiral Daniel Edward Barbey] staff and that was...
Franzke, Charles Assigned to the USS Helm
Charles “Chuck” Franzke’s orders were changed after the Japanese surrendered [Annotator’s Note: announced 15 August...
Yackel, Eugene Atomic Bomb and Discharge
When Eugene Yackel first heard they had dropped the bomb [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima, Japan...
Duff, Clarence Atomic Bomb and War's End
Clarence Robert Duff recalled the USS Benham (DD-796) was on picket duty the night the first atomic bomb was dropped....
Gackenbach, Russell Atomic Bomb Mission
On 6 August 1945, Russell Gackenbach was ordered on a special mission to Japan. At three o’clock in the morning, his...
Weiss, Jack Atomic Bomb then Home
Jack Weiss got off his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Columbia (CL-56)] and went on the South Dakota [Annotator's Note:...
Sylvest, Thomas Atomic Bomb, War's End and Reflections
[Annotator's Note: Thomas Ard Sylvest served in the USAAF with the 302nd Fighter Control Squadron, 7th Fighter Command...
Shaner, Robert Atomic Bombs
Robert D. Shaner made a trip to the Lingayen Gulf [Annotator's Note: Lingayen Gulf, Philippines aboard the USS LST-475...
Dye, Jack Atomic Bombs
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Jack Dye what his reaction to the news of the atomic bombs being dropped on...
Fitzmorris, James Atomic Bombs and Discharge
When President Truman [Annotator's Note: Truman, Harry S., 33rd President of the United States] dropped the atomic...
Race, John "Jack Race" Atomic Bombs and Discharge
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks John T. "Jack" Race where he was when heard of the atomic bombs being dropped...
Tyson, Marvin Atomic Bombs and Home
[Annotator's Note: Marvin Tyson served in the Navy aboard the USS LSM-270, the lead landing ship, for the invasion of...
Prince, Robert Atomic Bombs and Luck
Robert Prince was in San Fernando Sur, north of Manila [Annotator’s Note: Manila, Luzon, Philippines], close to Clark...
Cart, William "Bill" Atomic Bombs and Return to the United States
William Cart was on Majuro [Annotator's Note: Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands] when he heard about the atomic bombs...
Hayashi, Nobuo Atomic Bombs and Surrender of Japan
Nobuo Hayashi was suppressed with no freedom [Annotator's Note: growing up in Japan during World War 2]. He remembers...
Stiles, John Atomic Bombs Dropped
[Annotator's Note: John Stiles was stationed on Okinawa, Japan with Marine Fighting Squadron 312 (VMF-312) when the...
Jaffe, Stanley Atomic Bombs to Hand Surgery
Dr. Stanley Jaffe does not recall hearing about the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...

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