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Alois Kopp was in Pocatello, Idaho in the Civilian Conservation Camp when the Navy recruited him. He was sent to San...
Mitchell Zimmer was born in Detroit but moved to Yugoslavia which was Austria-Hungary before World War 1. His mother...
Waldeman Czaban, nicknamed Curly, was born of Polish decent in Detroit, Michigan in 1925. His father was employed as an...
Clarence Harold Schilperoot and his twin brother were born in October 1917 in Grandview, Washington. His family later...
Eva Gross was born in December 1927 in Belahavo [Annotator's Note: unsure of spelling], Czechoslovakia and grew up in...
Bernard Marcus was born on 14 May 1922. He was born in the Bronx in New York City. He lived there for 20 years before...
Zhanna Dawson had to find a place of refuge after leaving the death march [Annotator's Note: starting in December 1941...
Reva Kibort left the Warsaw Ghetto and made her way to the Aryan side. Her mother had provided them with some valuable...
Robert Fisch witnessed the German occupation of Hungary in March 1944. The rationale for the move was that the...
Judith Meisel lived in Canada with her brother. They shared a room. Her brother married and stayed in Canada. He loved...
When he got to San Pedro, California, Jack Gutman realized he had enough points to leave the Navy. He took a train home...
Ray Felts married in late 1949 to a girl he met at church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He didn't have much trouble getting back...
He still wanted to be an engineer, so Henry Mahier worked hard to get his degree, while working various civilian jobs....
Wallace Hurley was discharged as a Private First Class in 1946. He never used the G.I. Bill for education because he...
John S. Johnson was provided with the opportunity of securing a higher education through the G.I. Bill as a result of...
Calvin Moret admired his brother [Annotator’s Note: Adolph Moret, Jr. was Moret’s eldest brother. With his brother’s...
Ben Skardon revisited the liberation of the Hoten Camp and the Russian occupation in that area of Manchuria. He...
James Crane would repeat his service in World War II if called upon. The country has been very good to him and his...
Nathan Taffel began to speak for concentration camp survivors. He has continued to do so across the country for 15...
Norman Mineta's father wanted to work as an ASTP, Army Specialized Training Program, instructor in Chicago, Illinois....
Martin Sklar could tell upon meeting him that Walt Disney was the man in charge. He made his goals clear and never left...