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Tidmore, Roberta Becoming a Marine
No one encouraged Roberta Randolph "Randy" Tidmore to join the Marines. She chose the Marines because they did not have...
Tidmore, Roberta Becoming a Marine Driver
Roberta Randolph "Randy" Tidmore could go to officer's training after basic training [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps,...
Leisey, Mary "Mary Abbott" Becoming a Nurse and Treating Wounded Servicemen
Mary Leisey was born in Honey Brooke, Pennsylvania. It was a small town of nearly 1,000 people. She enjoyed growing up...
Pathe, Barbara Becoming a Red Cross Clubmobile worker
Barbara Pathe was disappointed that she missed the Normandy Invasion. She was sent by train to Brooklyn, New York where...
Morse, Ralph Becoming a War Correspondent
Ralph Morse was born in Manhattan in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] in October 1917. His father...
McCreery, Jean Becoming a WASP
Jean McCreery flew under her maiden name, Terrell. She was born in Troy, Ohio in 1924 and worked at WACO [Annotator's...
Aupied, Mildred Becoming a Welder
Mildred Bonvillian Aupied was born in Bayou Black near Houma in Terrebonne Parish [Annotator’s Note: south of New...
Amram, Fred Becoming American
Fred Amram remembers they were changing peoples’ names to Americanize them in 1939. There was a man with a pad and he...
Manasse, Fred Becoming an Activist
The older victims of the Holocaust had always viewed the displaced children as "refugees," according to Fred Manasse,...
Winestone, Ted Becoming an American
Ted Winestone [Annotator's Note: a Polish Jewish refugee] was placed in a DP camp [Annotator's Note: displaced persons...
Goldstein, Rosette Becoming an American
Rosette Goldstein had a fight with another schoolgirl in Paris [Annotator's Note: Paris, France]. They fought because...
Bolin, George Beginnings of Browns Shipyard
Starting about 1940, Brown Shipyard [Annotator's Note: Brown Shipbuilding Company in Houston, Texas] began as a result...
Henry, Margaret Being a Journalist
Margaret Brewer Henry is from Atlanta, Georgia. She double majored in Spanish and Journalism when she was in college....
Spangenberg, Nicole Being a Member of the French Resistance
When Nicole Sabbag Spangenberg returned to Paris [Annotator's Note: Paris, France] the city had vastly changed. Because...
Konen, Mary Being a WAC
Mary Konen worked for a Jewish dentist [Annotator’s Note: named Dr. Behrman] who performed dentistry work on German...
Bradley, John Being an Aide and Going to Korea
John Bradley served in the Army infantry and attended jump and Ranger school. He volunteered to join the 101st Airborne...
Bradley, John Being an Only Child in Manila
John Bradley was born in Manila [Annotator's Note: Manila, Philippines] in May 1936. Bradley's father enlisted in the...
Johnston, Lawrence Being Called to MIT
Lawrence Johnston was already a junior by the time he got to Berkeley. One of his physics professors was Louis Alvarez...
Nathanson, Eva Being Captured and Nearly Executed
Eva Nathanson remembers Budapest [Annotator's Note: Budapest, Hungary] being bombed because the houses would shake. Her...
Schloss, Eva Being in Hiding
Eva Schloss's family's hiding was different. They didn't have an office in Amsterdam that depended on Christian people...
Nakagawa, Ittsei Being in on Hiroshima 6 August 1945
Ittsei Nakagawa was born in Fresno, California and lived in Orange Cove [Annotator's Note: Orange Cove, California] in...
Zoltz, Hana Being Successful in America
Hana Zoltz came to America by herself to join her sister. Upon arriving, she immediately went to work in a factory. She...
Schloss, Eva Being witht he Russian Army after Liberation
[Annotator's Note: Eva Schloss is an Austrian born Jew who fled to Amsterdam with her family after the Nazis came to...
Bloch, Itka Bergen-Belsen
[Annotator's Note: Itka Bloch was sent to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near Bergen, Germany.] Two of her...
Samet, Judah Bergen-Belsen
Judah Samet saw stacks of dead corpses about two stories high when he arrived in Bergen-Belsen [Annotator's Note:...
Deiglmayr, Erna Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp
Erna Deiglmayr visited Bergen-Belsen [Annotator's Note: Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near Bergen, Germany] with...
Schneider, Christa Berlin Reunited
When Christa Schneider returned to Berlin [Annotator's Note: Berlin, Germany], she resumed her education among other...
Schloss, Eva Betrayal and Capture
It was difficult for Eva Schloss and her family to find safe houses. Not many people wanted to take the risks anymore....
Bolin, George Between Earth and Space
When the war ended, George R. Bolin's father [Annotator's Note: Lodwick Timothy "LT" Bolin] moved his office to Clinton...
Ream, John Bilibid Prison
John Ream remembers that in December 1944, the Japanese decided to move them. [Annotator’s Note: the Japanese were...
Leskovic, Elvia Boarding School
Elvira Maria Katarina Algermissen Leskovec was so wrapped up in her schooling [Annotator's Note: in a combined high...
Kleindienst, Alfons "Al" Bomb Raids and The Underground Resistance
Alfons Robert Kleindienst and his family moved to Germany after World War 2 began [Annotator's Note: his father, Alfons...
Weber, Norman Bombardment then Secrets Discovered
Norman Weber and his cousin heard a different sound to the sirens [Annotator’s Note: air raid sirens sounded near a...
Bahman, Manfred Bombing of Dresden
On 13 February 1945, Manfred Bahman and his family fled Dresden [Annotator’s Note: Dresden, Germany] after the Allies...
Hussey, William Born into the Navy
William "Ted" Hussey was born in 1933 in Washington, D.C., and lived in that area five different times during his life...
Ramsey, Rosemary Jane Boys Come Home
Rosemary Ramsey says the boys returning from the war had changed a lot. They were all grown-up. [Annotator's Note:...

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