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Burk, Jeannine A New American Family
Jeannine Burk always felt part of a group of people who had experienced much worse than she. They were all the new...
Fisch, Robert America
Robert Fisch met with outstanding doctors but did not stay at the hospital they recommended. Instead, he became a...
Pogue, John Becoming a Soldier
John Pogue was a capable typist when he entered the Army. He was told that with his ability to type 70 words per minute...
Burk, Jeannine Becoming an American Citizen
Jeannine Burk became an American citizen. The club [Annotator's Note: Holocaust survivors club in New Orleans,...
Rendelman, Ed Becoming an Officer
Ed Rendelman’s first military assignment was in Scottsville, Illinois for a few days. He then went on to Fort Lewis,...
Sarosi, George Communism in Budapest
George A. Sarosi grew up hating the Russians. He did not hate the Germans as much because they were more remote. The...
Moret, Calvin Defeating Segregation
Calvin Moret was born in the first house built on the square. His family would be the only black family in a...
Curl, Robert "Bob" Early Life
Robert Lewis Curl was born in 1925 in Warrior, Alabama. He had two brothers and one sister. All his siblings were...
Arledge, Mahlen Early Life
Mahlen P. Arledge was born in Dixie, Louisiana in 1924. As a young man in the Depression era, his father had oil wells...
Joy, Carrol Early Life
Carrol Joy was born in Morris County about 25 miles south of Manhattan, Kansas in 1920. He had one brother and one...
Brister, Delano Early Life
Delano Roosevelt “Dee” Brister was born in Sieper, Louisiana in 1933. The town was an old logging camp area. Trains...
McGovern, George Early Life and Postwar Education
Avon is 60 miles south of Mitchell, South Dakota. George McGovern spent the first three years of his life in Avon. He...
Dawson, Zhanna Entertaining the Wehrmacht
Zhanna Dawson worked with a tuner to tune the orphanage piano [Annotator's Note: because of her playing talent, Dawson...
Sklar, Martin "Marty" EPCOT
Martin Sklar learned that Walt Disney wanted EPCOT [Annotator's Note: Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow] to...
Gurr, Robert Gurr the Designer
Walt Disney always challenged Robert Gurr with multiple projects. Even though Gurr was heavily involved in the Carousel...
Levy, Anne Immigrating to the United States
Anne Levy and her family were required to have good health in order to immigrate to the United States. Her mother and...
Knobler, Paula Immigration
Paula Knobler and her group of fellow Holocaust survivors found out from Russian soldiers that help was available for...
LaNier, Joseph Jim Crow Atrocities
Joseph LaNier was 15 years old and working in a nightclub when an incident happened in Columbus [Annotator’s Note:...
Bolster, Elisabeth Life Under the Nazis
Elisabeth Bolster would visit with her father every weekend [Annotator's Note: her father was forced to remain in...
Kaufman, Luna Meeting the Allies and Returning Home
Luna Kaufman found that her Russian liberators believed in free love. That meant the liberators felt that they had the...
Marcus, Bernard Officer and Counterintelligence Training
Bernard Marcus had to take a physical examination prior to setting off for Fort Knox. He did not know how he would...
Gaffney, James Postwar
James Gaffney discusses transition back into civilian life and his home life with two new children following his return...
Seltzer, Arthur Postwar
Arthur Seltzer came home after the end of the war. He was discharged and never wanted to talk about his experiences....
Sarosi, George Postwar in Hungary
George A. Sarosi and his mother lived in Szeged from 1945 to 1948. They returned to Budapest after that. No battles for...
Curl, Robert "Bob" Postwar Life
Robert Curl liked serving in the Navy. The food was good and he enjoyed his time in service. There was one thing he...
Dawson, Zhanna Reaching America
Larry Dawson told Zhanna Arshanskaya Dawson and her sister Frina that their transport to America could be arranged so...
Olson, David Reflections
David Olson had his most interesting and sad moment in the Army when his outfit broke up after the war. As the battery...
Aigner, Leslie Reflections
Although Leslie Aigner knows that war is wrong, it must be fought when there is injustice on the opposite side. People...
Carver, Jack Reflections
Jack Carver thinks the youth of today have no idea of the type of war the Second World War was. The movie is good [...
Curl, Robert "Bob" Reflections
Robert Curl was proud of his service in the Navy and loved the food except for C rations. During the D-Day invasion,...
Riggsby, Norman Reflections
Norman Riggsby had a postwar career that was not related to his wartime experiences. His most memorable thing about...
Sklar, Martin "Marty" Reflections
Martin Sklar feels his legacy with Disney is that he hired and trained many of the key people in the current...
Burk, Jeannine Reflections
Jeannine Burk is very proud of being a Jew and always will be. She has never denied her heritage. There have been big...
Mineta, Norman Reflections
Norman Mineta had a brother-in-law who was a PRO, Public Relations Officer, for the 442nd Regiment [Annotator's Note:...
Brukman, Jack Reflections
To Jack Brukman, the most memorable incident of World War 2 was when his hearing saved him from being injured by a bomb...
Gross, Eva Reflections
Eva Gross and her Hungarian relatives seldom visited prior to the Nazi entry into Hungary. Gross did spend summers with...

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