Liberation of prisoner of war camps

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Love, John War's End and Liberation
John Edward Love and hundreds of other POWs' [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] continued to mine [Annotator's Note:...
Dolsen, Frank War's End and Liberation
Frank Dolsen, [Annotator's Note: with the 349th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] became a...
Ginrich, Ralph War's End and Postwar
Ralph “Bud” Ginrich was not changed by his POW [Annotator’s Note: prisoner of war] experiences. Some Germans were...
Knapp, William War's End and Postwar
Following the Battle of Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg; 1 April to 22...
Levit, Sydney War's End and Postwar
After Sydney Levit rejoined his unit [Annotator's Note: Company A, 193rd Glider Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne...
McCarthy, George War's End and Reflections
George W. McCarthy had lost 57 pounds when he was liberated from a prisoner of war camp. It did not take him very long...
Kruszewski, Z. Anthony Warsaw Uprising
Z. Anthony Kruszewski remembers the houses were collapsing. After two weeks they no longer had food for the Warsaw...
Blake, Christopher Wartime Service and Postwar Activities
Christopher Blake was born in New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] in 1921, but spent most of his life in...
Easterling, Lewis "Tom" War’s End and Liberation
[Annotator’s Notes: Lewis Thomas Easterling, a fighter pilot in the 365th Fighter Squadron, 358th Fighter Group, 9th...
Johnson, Malcolm War’s End and the Atomic Bombs
Malcolm Johnson had been a civilian contractor on Wake Island when he was wounded and taken prisoner by the Japanese....

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