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Stovroff, Irwin Life as a POW
Irwin Stovroff reminds people that freedom is not free. The volunteers in the military who serve today often have to...
Steele, Ben Life as a POW
Ben Steele was on a detail when he passed out on the side of the road, stricken with malaria. When he was finally able...
Brainard, William Life as a Prisoner
William White Brainard [Annotator's Note: who was serving as a radioman on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber...
DeMott, Joseph Life as a Prisoner of War
Joseph DeMott worked in the farming fields, dug trenches, and built fences as a prisoner of war [Annotator's Note: in...
Hamilton, Richard Life as a Prisoner of War
Richard Henry Hamilton describes the Stalag Luft IV Prison Camp [Annotator's Note: Gross Tychow, Pomerania, now Tychowo...
Hanley, Fiske Life as a Special Prisoner
On 26 March 1945, Fiske Hanley II [Annotator's Note: with the 504th Bombardment Group, 313th Bombardment Wing, 20th Air...
Fitzpatrick, Thomas Life as an Airman in Italy
Dr. Thomas Fitzpatrick was assigned as the radio navigator in the 96th Bombardment Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Group,...
Bollich, James Life at Camp O’Donnell
It took five and a half days for James Bollich to reach Camp O'Donnell [Annotator's Note: American instillation used as...
Horne, Floyd "Bud" Life at RAF Great Dunmow
[Annotator's Note: Floyd Horne was stationed at Royal Air Force Station Great Dunmow, or RAF Great Dunmow, Little...
McDermott, James Life at Stalag Luft III
Stalag Luft III [Annotator's Note: in Zagań, Poland] was not bad for James McDermott. It was a break between boredom...
Casey, Donald Life at Stalag Luft III
At the camp where Donald E. Casey was being kept [Annotator’s Note: Casey’s Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber...
Bosworth, Paul Life at Stalag VII-A in Moosburg
Paul Bosworth was in Moosburg [Annotator's Note: Stalag VII-A, Moosburg, Germany] until he was liberated. The camp was...
Rans, Robert Life at Timisu de Jos
Robert Rans was placed in a room with three other wounded prisoners of war at the Timisul de Jos prison camp in Timisu...
Reese, Lloyd Life Back Home
Lloyd Reese had been liberated from a prisoner-of-war camp in Romania in September 1945 and returned to the United...
Synder, Harold Life Becomes Cheap
A Jewish boy joined Harold Daniel Snyder's group [Annotator's Note: 71st Bombardment Squadron, 38th Bombardment Group,...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Life before the war
Olen Grant was born in Benton, Arkansas on 5 April 1923. After his father returned from World War I, he moved to Benton...
Rudloff, George Life Before the War
George Rudloff was born in San Francisco, California in 1923 and grew up there and in Palo Alto. His father started a...
Smith, Bernard Life Changed and Changes
The war changed Bernard Smith's life like it changed everybody's. It is a different world. Up until 1945, and the...
Penick, Ed Life in China
Edward Moore Penick, a pilot in the Army Air Corps, was sent overseas to Sichuan, China as part of the 21st Photo...
Carlson, Donald Life in England
After the war, trolley missions were flown to show ground personnel the damage that had been done to Germany. Donald...
Nickerson, Edward Life in England
[Annotator's Note: Edward Nickerson flew across the Atlantic and landed in Scotland in early 1944.] Edward Nickerson...
Swarts, John Life in England
John Stanley Lee Swarts and his crew received orders to fly overseas to England, making one stop in Iceland. They...
Dullnig, Roland Life in England
Roland Dullnig [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 668th Bombardment Squadron, 416th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force...
McGuire, Joseph Life in India
The food started getting better during Joseph McGuire's time in India. People would get packages from their families....
Cauble, Raymond Life in Italy
The little country towns in Italy were all dirty to Raymond Cauble. The big cities, like Foggia, were good cities. He...
Mahoney, Timothy Life in Italy
Timothy Mahoney was in the 449th Bombardment Group. During the invasion of Southern France [Annotator’s Note: Operation...
Giamberardino, Alfiero Life in Italy During the War
Alfiero Giamberardino was born in May 1936 near Rome [Annotator's Note: Rome, Italy]. The American and British bombers...
Welch, Darrell Life in North Africa
Darrell Welch returned home from North Africa in just under a year. He flew 61 missions. He has great praise for the B-...
Bueker, Robert Life in Prison Camp
Robert Bueker [Annotator's Note: while a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft I in Barth, Germany] was treated quite well by...
O'Donnell, Joseph Life in Prison Camp
[Annotator's Note: Joseph O'Donnell was a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft IV near Gross Tychow, Pomerania, now Tychowo,...
Cristiano, Nick Life in Prison Camp
When Nick Cristiano got to the prison camp, he was given a paper to fill out. He only would put name, rank, serial...
Doolan, Robert Life in Stalag Luft III
Robert Doolan was in the oldest camp [Annotator's Note: Stalag Luft III in Zagań, Poland]. It had been abused by the...
Baum, Irving Life in Stalag Luft III
One of the more onerous jobs for Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: as a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft III in Sagan,...
Higgins, Malcom Life in Stalag Luft III and the Great Escape
They [Annotator's Note: Malcolm Higgins and his fellow prisoners being held in Stalag Luft III] got a chance to build...
Albright, William Life in Stalag XVII
[Annotator's Note: William Albright was interrogated in Frankfurt, Germany after being shot down in late November 1943...
McGlohon, John Life in the Air and on the Ground
Returning to discuss his other assignments all over the globe, John McGlohon conceded that the Aleutian Islands was not...

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