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Alvin von Frisch was born in Giessen, Germany in 1920. He began his education there but he, his mother, two sisters,...

James W. Metcalf’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was flying in combat and the chance of not making it back....

Joseph DeMott worked in the farming fields, dug trenches, and built fences as a prisoner of war [Annotator's Note: in...

William Pierce hated the Japanese before landing on Okinawa. Propaganda influenced his animosity. His feelings were...

Kenneth Killilea feels strongly that it is important to continue to study World War 2. It is essential that young...

Richard Greer left Guadalcanal on 5 or 6 January 1943 and went to Melbourne. He was very happy to be leaving the island...

Frederick Grun returned to the United States by way of Hawaii. The four days he spent quartered at Hospital Point in...

Lauren Bruner was born in November 1920 in Shelton, Washington. He discusses his upbringing and childhood by recounting...

John Ream remembers as kids they could run up the mountainside. [Annotator’s Note: Ream is referring to being interned...

Walter Bowsher was sent to Guam [Annotator's Note: after his liberation from a prisoner of war camp in Japan] where he...

Emmett Guderian served in the occupation of Japan. He saw the remains of bombed towns. He worked with Japanese on...

Manila [Annotator's Note: Manila, Philippines] was a very beautiful city from the outside to Herbert Yudenfriend. There...

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