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Yates, Herman Life After the War
Herman Yates never fully recovered from his wounds in World War 2. He is still on the Veteran's pension plan. When he...
Campbell, John Life After the War
The war changed John Scott Campbell's life. He probably would have been a schoolteacher. He loves history. The war made...
Schmitt, Warren Life after the war
Warren Schmitt was one of 14 survivors from his battery [Annotators Note: survivors of the Malmedy Massacre]. All 14 of...
Doolan, Robert Life After War
Robert Doolan went right back to his office work after returning from combat. He had no trauma. He talked to his wife...
McDermott, James Life After War
James McDermott does not think the Japanese surrender affected him as much as the war in Europe ending did because he...
Angst, Lawrence Life After War
Being picked up by his dad at the train station after the war is the most memorable experience of World War 2 for...
Koone, Carl Life Among the Airmen
When Carl Koone's bomb group [Annotator's Note: 99th Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force] moved to Italy, they were once...
Adams, J. Life as a Bombardier
In late October 1944, Jones Quincy Adams, Jr. was sent to Naples, Italy by ship. The voyage took almost two weeks....
Rolfson, Jack Life as a Copilot
Jack Rolfson was anxious to fly his first mission. He recalled he could not sleep the night before. At the time he flew...
Hissey, Paul Life as a Pilot in Europe
Paul Hissey was a replacement pilot for the squadron [Annotator's Note: 429th Fighter Squadron, 474th Fighter Group,...
Wolff, Robert Life as a POW
Robert Wolff was sent to Frankfurt [Annotator’s Note: Frankfurt, Germany]. Wolff had been promoted to first lieutenant...
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...
Cook, Francis "Frank" Life as a POW
Francis J. Cook remembers the Germans treating GIs harshly in the camps. Food was sparse. He lost about 60 pounds in...
VanDuzer, Raymond Life as a POW
At Stalag XII-A [Annotator's Note: in Limburg, Germany], Raymond VanDuzer and the other prisoners were assigned to...
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...
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...
Tallon, Donald Life as a Slave Laborer
Don Tallon [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war in Stalag II-B in Hammerstein, Pomerania, now Czarne, Poland, in...
Splichal, William Life as a Soldier
William Splichal was right in the war room. It was full of bright lights. There were maps all over the wall. They had...
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,...
Bodis-Wollner, Ivan Life at Bergen-Belsen
Ivan Bodis-Wollner does not remember arriving at Bergen-Belsen [Annotator's Note: Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near...
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...
Brooks, Morton Life at Stalag IX-B
Surrendering was not something Morton Brooks wanted to do, but after he was captured, he was held in a barn with other...
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...
Alexander, Joseph Life Before 1939
Joseph Alexander was born in November 1922 in Kowal, Poland. He had a good life there until 1939. They belonged to...
Gantz, Walter Life Before the Army
[Annotator's Note: There is a continuous buzzing sound throughout this clip.] Walter "Babe" Gantz does not know how he...
Swift, Robert Life Before the Army
Robert Swift was born in August 1925. He grew up on a farm without electricity. Everything was horse drawn. The farm...
Acevedo, Anthony Life Before the Army
Anthony Acevedo was born in San Bernardino, California and spent most of his childhood in Pasadena. His father was a...
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...
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...
Jameson, Andrew Life During the Bulge
Andrew George Jameson and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company L, 3rd Battalion, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry...
Fayerman, Severin Life in a Concentration Camp
[Annotator's Note: Severin Fayerman was sent to the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp complex in German...
Colbert, Hugh Life in a POW Camp
After German forces captured Hugh Colbert and his unit from the 1st Battalion, 422nd Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry...

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