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Gillette, Thomas Reflections
Thomas W. Gillette's most memorable experience of World War 2 was seeing the Japanese planes fly over his house during...
Aupied, Mildred Reflections
Mildred Aupied was influenced by her work at the shipyard [Annotator’s Note: she was a welder at the Delta Shipbuilding...
Zoltz, Hana Reflections
Hana Zoltz has always had a difficult life. Even in American, life was tough. She saved her money by not eating or...
Osborne, Loraine Reflections
Loraine Osborne joined the war effort because a lot of her friends were going into the war. Her sister went to work in...
Weber, Rosemarie Reflections
[Annotator's Note: Rosemarie Weber was an American civilian interned in the Santo Thomas internment camp in Manila,...
Gruen, Dieter Reflections
After the war, Dieter Gruen heard people talked about the atomic bombs all the time. People wanted to talk about atoms...
Cresswell, Constance Reflections
In December 1944, Constance Cresswell married an American who was stationed at a supply depot in England with the 8th...
Samet, Judah Reflections
Judah Samet does not hate the Germans but at the same time he cannot forgive them for the six million dead Jews. Anti-...
Kleiner, Leona Reflections
Leona Kleiner reflects on her liberation. The American soldiers were kind to them and took care of them. She was in the...
Stewart, Frank Reflections and Closing Thoughts
Frank B. Stewart. Jr. was a child during World War 2 but recalls the willingness of Americans volunteering their time...
Spangenberg, Nicole Reflections and Final Thoughts
Nicole Sabbag Spangenberg learned to survive because of World War 2. She learned to fend for herself and take what she...
Higgins, Francis "Jack Higgins" Reflections and Meeting President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Francis Higgins feels that the PT boat restoration by the Museum is wonderful. [Annotator's Note: The Higgins built PT-...
Brister, Delano Reflections and Vietnam
Delano Brister has had a fun run. Although he does not miss the uniform, he does not regret a bit. The soldiers laid...
Konen, Mary Reflections of the War
Mary Konen’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was the people she met, and learning to drink beer and whiskey at...
Lewis, Karen Reflections on Santo Tomas
Karen K. Lewis never suffered from post-traumatic stress after her experiences in an internment camp. She was never...
Minehira, Helene Reflections on the War
Helene Minehira [Annotator's Note: a person of Japanese descent in Hawaii] worked at Fort Shafter [Annotator's Note: in...
Schulman, Shirley Reflections on the War
Shirley Sandy Schulman is thankful that her husband, Hyman, came home from World War 2. She was living at her mother's...
Soskin, Betty Reflections on World War 2 America
Betty Soskin saw her work as being part of the war effort in some way, but it carried little significance. She was...
Nyman, Geraldine "Geri" Reflections, Surviving WASPs, and Russian Female Fighter Pilots
Being a bush pilot in Alaska was a fun experience for Geraldine Nyman. One of their employees crashed a plane in the...
Adam, Adolf Refugee Camp
Adolf Adam remembers that the propaganda from the Nazi party was on the radio all the time. He remarks that people were...
Damberg, Wanda Relatives and the War
Wanda Damberg had relatives in Holland during the German occupation [Annotator’s Note: the German sweep into Holland...
Dahme, Maud Relatives Sent to Sobibor
[Annotator's Note: Maud Dahme and her sister were reunited with their parents in April 1945 after hiding from the Nazis...
Hayashi, Nobuo Relections
Nobuo Hayashi came to America in 1963 for business and decided he wanted to stay in the country indefinitely. In 1966,...
Pathe, Barbara Relfections on Red Cross service
The Red Cross was rewarding work for Barbara Pathe. She was always there to talk. They were always exhausted. Listening...
Johnston, Lawrence Religious Services and Witnessing All Three Wartime Atomic Bomb Detonations
While Lawrence Johnston was working as a scientists at Los Alamos, religious services were held every Sunday. A group...
Lewis, Donald Remembering Being Torpedoed
As an adult decades later, there was a disaster in the Atlantic with the Andrea Doria [Annotator's Note: the SS Andrea...
Wolnerman, David Remembering the Holocaust
David Wolnerman began to speak about his experiences of the Holocaust [Annotator's Note: also called the Shoah; the...
Nathanson, Eva Remembering the Holocaust
Nobody talked about the Holocaust with Eva Nathanson. When she first got married, there was a young couple that lived...
Imahara, Walter Reparations and Starting School
Walter Imahara's father cried when he got an apology for what had happened to him. [Annotator's Note: Imahara gets...
Taylor, Sharon Repatriation and Arlington Funeral
Dr. Sharon Estill Taylor [Annotator's Note: who worked for years to locate the crash site and remains of her father, US...
Lewis, Donald Rescued and Reunited
Donald Lewis was in the bottom of a lifeboat that was crowded [Annotator's Note: after the SS Athenia was struck by a...
Warne, Therese Resourcing Food
After three years of being in an internment camp [Annotator's Note: Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila Internment...
Masket, Betty Results of World War 2
Betty Masket started back in school in September [Annotator's Note: September 1945] and graduated that year or the year...
Rankart, Marie Retooling for War Production
The factory's [Annotator's Note: the General Motors Company plant in Newark, New Jersey where Marie Rankart worked]...
Butler, Barbara Return Home and Discharge
Barbara Butler got her orders and flew to Seoul, Korea. She was sent to a replacement depot at an Army installation....
Lewis, Karen Return Home and Postwar
After Karen K. Lewis and her parents were liberated from the Santo Tomas Internment Camp [Annotator’s Note: Santo Tomas...

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