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Robert Curl did not realize the importance of the actions that occurred on D-Day [Annotator's Note: the Allied invasion...
Leon Grunte says it is hard to tell how the war affected him. He let it go, dismissed it. He thinks of the funny things...
Bill Connelly believes that we [Annotator's Note: the United States] accomplished something with the result of World...
Forgetting the war, Robert Fitz likes to remember all the wonderful things he saw in the United Kingdom, Italy, Egypt,...
World War 2 changed Walter Joseph Patrick Curley Junior's life by making him aware of America's significance in this...
[Annotator's Note: People are talking off camera throughout the segment.] Art Frankel does not have a memorable...
Vernon Ollar’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was D-Day [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of...
[Annotator’s Note: It is very difficult to hear the interviewer speak throughout this segment.] Milton Pearce’s most...
Marion Meredith Beal believes that he and his peers [Annotator's Note: Montford Point Marines] were the beginnings of...
Norman Neste's most memorable combat experience was towards the end because they were moving so quickly. He never knew...
On his return to the United States, Maurice Hackler was stationed at Camp Chaffe, Arkansas. He recieved a 30 day...
Roy Joseph Moss spent time in a rehabilitation hospital [Annotator's Note: after being wounded in March 1945]. He was...
Sergeant Carter [Annotator's Note: UNited States Marine Corps Sergeant James "Rudy" Carter] was a stickler for the...
Lester Shapiro was in a combat engineering outfit [Annotator's Note: 209th Engineer Combat Battalion] and was the first...
Surrounded by books, the environment of Peter Paret's childhood amplified his aptitude for scholarship and informed his...
Earl Williams returned from overseas where he had been in charge of aircraft disposition for the Pacific area. Assigned...
After the Battle of Midway [Annotator's Note: Midway Atoll; 4 to 7 June 1942], Victor Yost was brought back to Pearl...
Jack Lengsfield remembers that he didn't know of the existence of Pearl Harbor until he heard the radio announcement...
Speaking before the United Nations along with Steven Spielberg, Rena Finder told the movie director that the...
John McCarthy reached Pearl Harbor on his ship [Annotator’s Note: the repair ship USS Laertes (AR-20)]. They waited...
Walter Imahara's father cried when he got an apology for what had happened to him. [Annotator's Note: Imahara gets...
After his discharge, Ray Emory went to college to study architecture and graduated from the University of Washington....
George Sakato had to go and rescue the Lost Battalion [Annotator's Note: elements of the 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry...
Betty Masket started back in school in September [Annotator's Note: September 1945] and graduated that year or the year...
Enrique Cervantes has often spoken at schools since his retirement. He enjoys speaking to groups. He has authored an...
When he retired from Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great Falls, Montana, in February 1967 after 24 years of service, Joseph...
John Curtis Spencer retired from the Navy as Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations for Commander Service Force in...
While at NASA [Annotator's Note: National Aeronautics and Space Administration], Harry Carlson had an opportunity to go...
Tsuyin Soong went back to school after the war. The large cities in China recovered pretty quickly. He went to school...
Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in Scouting...
Delbert Franklin Hackman [Annotator's Note: a mechanic with Headquarters Battery, 391st Armored Field Artillery...
[Annotator’s Note: Can hear someone in the background throughout this segment.] Around June 1945, Paul Hilton Madden Jr...
Harold Hauberg [Annotator's Note: with Company D, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division]...
When Calvin F. Bannon returned home from his tour overseas [Annotator's Note: with the 10th Combat Cargo Squadron, 3rd...
[Annotator’s Note: Lloyd Burns was a prisoner of war in Europe.] Lloyd Burns recalls that he was deloused and given new...

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