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Buckner, Jack Enlistment and Training
Jack Buckner enlisted because he was patriotic. It was his duty. He always wanted to fly so it was a great opportunity...
Alaniz, George Enlistment to Attu
George Alaniz is from New Mexico. He was there when the draft started, and he decided to volunteer for the Army for one...
Werner, Jack Enlistment to Attu
Jack Werner felt that he was at home when he came to the United States. It seemed that this is where he belonged. It...
Oney, James Enlistment to New Caledonia
James Oney was in Portland, Oregon after leaving his family farm in the middle of the summer [Annotator's Note: Summer...
Fayerman, Severin Entering Auschwitz
[Annotator's Note: Severin Fayerman will never forget entering the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp...
Wisnia, David Entering Auschwitz
David S. Wisnia was living in the Warsaw Ghetto [Annotator’s Note: Warsaw, Poland] when one day, he returned home to...
Flannigan, James Entering Germany and Hurtgen Forrest
On arriving in Germany on 15 September 1944, James Flannigan remembers entering a farmhouse and with some not so gentle...
Moss, Roy Entering Italy
Roy Joseph Moss landed in a DUKW [Annotator's Note: six-wheel-drive amphibious truck; also known as a Duck] or "Duck"...
Bradley, John Entering Santo Tomas
John Bradley [Annotator's Note: born in Manila, Philippines to an American father and Australian mother in 1936] cannot...
LeBlanc, Andrew Entering Service
Andrew Leblanc joined the Army because most of his friends were in the Army. He did not pick the Navy because he did...
Lebsack, Wayne Entering the Battle of the Bulge
Once Wayne Lebsack earned his jump wings, he was sent across the English Channel to an already secure Normandy [...
Duffy, Gowan Entering the Hurtgen Forest
Gowan Duffy remembers that in between battles, his unit [Annotator’s Note: the 141st Field Artillery Battalion] would...
Barnes, Otis Entrance into Service
Otis Barnes was born in Texas. He grew up when times were tight. His father was able to raise vegetables. Times were...
Cox, Neil "Jack" Entrance into Service
Neil Cox thought he was blessed because he was raised on a farm. He grew up working hard and shooting guns. One soldier...
Burchell, Raymond Entrance into Service
Raymond Burchell was a sergeant in the 82nd Airborne Division when he finished his service. On his way down south, he...
Stewart, William Entrance into Service
William Stewart was sent to Camp Beale in California [Annotator’s Note: near Marysville, California]. He got his first...
Goldsborough, William Entrance Into Service and Deployment
When William Goldsborough turned 18 in January 1944, he registered for the draft, and was allowed to finish out his...
Lopez, Lionel Equipment and Rations
Lionel Lopez had an M1 [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as the M1 Garand]. He had a...
Pickens, Olin Escape from POW Prison
[Annotator’s Note: After being captured in North Africa by Germans and sent to Italy,] Olin Pickens boarded an...
Goodkin, Vera Escape to Hungary
Vera Goodkin [Annotator's Note: née Herman] was sinking in mud and soaked by rain by the time she reached the end of...
Williams, Kenneth Escape to Paris
Kenneth R. Williams [Annotator’s Note: a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the 355th Fighter Group, 354th...
Meisel, Judith Escapes from Death
Judith Meisel was standing with her mother and sister when they discovered that her sister had typhus. That was the...
Winestone, Ted Escaping and Locating Partisans
Ted Winestone fled into the woods [Annotator's Note: after escaping from the ghetto in Dworzec, Poland, now Dvorets,...
Langrehr, Henry Escaping from the Germans
A friend of Henry Langrehr's, Jim McMillen, had been beaten up badly by a German guard with a club. The SS [Annotator's...
Epstein, Ben Escaping the SS Dorchester
It couldn't have been long afterward, any longer and he would have died of hypothermia, that Ben Epstein reached one of...
Altmann, Judith Essen, a Compassionate Guard and Lice
There were 2,000 Czech girls taken from Auschwitz at the time Judith Altmann left. From Gelsenkirchen, the prisoners...
Bronstein, Isador Europe and Combat
Isadore Bronstein was transported by train to Verviers, Belgium to a replacement depot or repple-depple. It was a big...
Meader, Byron Europe Experience
Byron Herbert Meader was sent to Camp Shelby, Mississippi and assigned to Headquarters, 271st Infantry Regiment [...
McBride, Frank European Air Warfare
Frank Curtis McBride installed the bombsight [Annotator’s Note: Norden bombsight] in the twin engine Martin bombers [...
Levitt, Sydney European Campaign
Sydney Levit and his unit [Annotator's Note: 194th Glider Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division] were sent to Camp...
Thurston, Stanley European Combat
Stanley James Thurston was not provided basic training. After enlistment, he was sent to a pigeon outfit [Annotator's...
Fried, J. M. European Tour
On 25 December 1944, Christmas Day, J.M. "Jimmy" Fried, Jr., boarded the vessel that would take him to the European...
Ericson, John European Vacation in 1939
During the summer of 1939, John Ericson's mother wanted to take them to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. She had come over...
Carson, Benjamin Evacuating Makin Island
Benjamin Carson found that evacuating Makin Island was far more difficult that arriving there. The tide worked against...
Baum, Irving Evacuating the Camp
Winter started and around October or November [Annotator's Note: October or November 1944] and Irving Baum [Annotator's...
McLaurine, Luke Evacuation from Stalag Luft III
Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. and the others heard the guns approaching the camp [Annotator's Note: Stalag Luft III in...

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