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Spangenberg, Nicole Joining the French Resistance and Returning Home to Paris
Nicole Sabbag Spangenberg's stepfather constantly listened to the radio to glean info on how the war was going outside...
Rosenberg, Justus Joining the French Resistance and the American Army
Justus Rosenberg [Annotator’s Note: interned by the Vichy Regime, faked an illness to get out of the detention center,...
Kruszewski, Z. Anthony Joining the Home Army
Z. Anthony Kruszewski was 15 years old in 1943. He was in high school in secret because the Germans outlawed schools....
Leopold, Vernon Joining the I&R Platoon
Vernon Leopold joined the I...
Campbell, John Joining the Merchant Marine
A neighbor of John Scott Campbell's had gone to sea. He would come home and tell sea stories and that sounded good....
Bassett, Billy Joining the Military
Billy P. Bassett was born in December 1924 in Deep River, Iowa. He grew up in Des Moines, Iowa with his brother and two...
Williams, Robert Joining the Military and Stateside Training
Robert L. Williams was born in Covington, Kentucky in 1922 and raised in Park Hills. His life was fairly boring until...
Boitnott, Monty Joining the National Guard
Joe Boitnott was born Monty Joe Boitnott in April 1921 and raised in Maxwell, Iowa. Boitnott’s mother was a housekeeper...
Allen, W. "Bill" Joining the Navy
W. P. “Bill” Allen was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in May 1925. He was raised in Murfreesboro and went to school...
Duck, Cecil Joining the Navy
Cecil N. Duck was born in August 1925 in Bay Minnette, Alabama, and when he was six years old, his family moved to...
Martin, Robert Joining the Navy
Robert Martin wanted to join the Navy because his friend had gone in before he did. He was a year or two older than him...
Williams, Robert Joining the Paratroopers and Camp Toccoa
Robert L. Williams was amazed that he was able to find his friend Joe's grave. Williams had Joe's Army serial number...
Pathe, Barbara Joining the Red Cross
Barbara Pathe was born in Bethel, Ohio. She lived there until she was eight years old. She had an older brother, an...
Sadler, Richard Joining the Royal Marines
In May 1943, Burt Richard Sadler would turn 18 years old. He did not want to join the Army because he saw so many drunk...
Van Eaton, Jack Joining the Service
[Annotator’s Note: There is a person off camera prompting the interviewee to answer the interviewer’s questions...
Bornstein, Jack Joining the Service
Jack Bornstein was born in Brooklyn [Annotator’s Note: Brooklyn, New York City, New York] in January 1921. He grew up...
Deiglmayr, Erna Joining the Underground
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer mentions a book about Erna Deiglmayr titled "Erna's Children: Rescuing the Youngest...
Broll, Walter Joining the US Merchant Marine
Walter Broll passed through the station [Annotator's Note: the Merchant Marine training station at Sheepshead Bay in...
Davis, Romay Joining the Women's Army Corps
Romay Catherine Johnson Davis did not know there was anything different than segregation. She had everything she needed...
Witmeyer, John "J.J." Joining Up and Military Training
John Witmeyer went to enlist in the United States military the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 8...
Beaugh, George Journey Overseas, Unit Assignment and Preparing for Missions
George Beaugh recalled that his crew took the Northern route to England. Since the weather was so bad, they had to stop...
Gross, Ernest Journey to Auschwitz
In April 1944, the day after Passover, two Hungarian police officers woke the family of Ernest Gross, and told them...
Switzer, Ruth Journey to England
Ruth Switzer was born in July 1934 in Vienna, Austria. Her parents were Jews who moved there from Poland so her father...
Weber, Norman Journey to Germany
Norman Weber’s family returned to Germany despite his father wanting to stay in America forever. Weber’s parents had...
Hamilton, Richard Journey to Stalag Luft IV
Richard Henry Hamilton bailed out of his plane, and after landing in a field he was greeted by a mob of villagers...
Mock, John Journey to Stalag XII-A
John Mock and the other wounded were moved from town to town. Sometimes they stayed in a hospital and sometimes they...
Tweedt, Vernon T. Joyous Occasion
Vernon Tweedt was crossing southern Germany. The mountain streams were almost clogged with rainbow trout because Hitler...
Field, Richard Jump Into France
[Annotator's Note: Richard Field served in the Army as a paratrooper with the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, then...
Roed, Harold Jump School
Harold Roed tried to enlist in the Air Corps [Annotator's Note: US Army Air Corps] before his 18th birthday, passing...
Langrehr, Henry Jump School to England
Henry Langrehr had heard about the paratroopers. When he went to join, he told them that is what he wanted. At that...
Dillon, Gerard Jump School to Normandy
Everybody was scared the first time, and every time they jumped out of an airplane. Gerard Dillon says that if you were...
Morgan, Fred Jump School to North Africa
Fred B. Morgan Junior was one of the original members of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. He went through jump...
Dahlberg, Melvin Jump School, Maneuvers, Overseas Deployment and WACS
Melvin Dahlberg went to paratrooper school in Georgia. It was very difficult training, running five to ten miles every...
Shames, Edward Jump Training and the Tennessee Maneuvers
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer re-starts the oral history at this point and asks the same questions as in the...
Reilly, Joseph Jumping in Holland
After Normandy [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], Joseph Dean Reilly...
Dillon, Gerard Jumping Into France
Gerard Dillon was fully loaded, had his face darkened, and was ready to go [Annotator's Note: on 4 June 1944]. About...

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