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Lippman, Robert Joining Merrill’s Marauders
Assigned to the 1st Battalion[Annotator's Note: the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) was known as Merrill's...
Howard, Taylor Joining the 370th
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks very slowly throughout this segment.] After Taylor Howard worked in a CCC [...
Yoshihashi, Tokuji Joining the 442nd Regimental Combat Team
Tokuji Yoshihashi and his fellow replacements arrived there [Annotator's Note: in France] shortly after the 442nd...
Ridyard, Herbert Joining the 94th Infantry Division
Herbert W. Ridyard joined the 94th Infantry Division in Mississippi. The division was going on maneuvers in Tennessee...
Halpern, Gerard Joining the Army
Gerard Halpern graduated from high school in May or June of 1943. He applied to City College and started classes there...
Inoshita, Masaji Joining the Army, Language Training and Overseas Deployment
[Annotator's Note: Masaji Insohita served in the Army as a Japanese translator and interrogator in the China-Burma-...
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...
Hirabayashi, Grant Joining the Military
Grant Jiro Hirabayashi attended school in Hotaka, Nagano, Japan for eight years and lived with his extended family....
Bannai, Paul Joining the Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Paul Takeo Bannai decided to go to Washington D.C. to lobby for the inclusion of Japanese-Americans in the military. He...
Tarrant, Eugene Joining the Navy, Boot Camp, and the USS San Francisco (CA-38)
Eugene Tarrant went to join the military when he was 18. He was in good shape, about 175 pounds. A sergeant asked him...
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...
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...
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...
Skardon, Ben Journey to Mainland Japan
Ben Skardon thought the prisoners would be taken back to Bilibid Prison and that the American troops were nearby or...
Hirabayashi, Grant Jungle Training in India
Grant Jiro Hirabayashi was very confused after visiting his family in an internment camp but returned to Fort Snelling...
Fayerman, Severin Kamionka and then Auschwitz
[Annotator's Note: Severin Fayerman left the defeated Polish Army to work in his family’s factory in Bedzin, Silesia,...
Kawamoto, Yukio Known and Unknown Family
Yukio Kawamoto's parents did not have to divulge too much about how their time in the camp went. Kawamoto had gotten a...
Gross, Eva Krakow-Plaszow
Eva Gross was sent to the Krakow-Plaszow concentration camp in Poland [Annotator's Note: this was after a short stay in...
Goldstein, Elizabeth Kraków-Plaszów Concentration Camp
Elizabeth Goldstein and her family lived in the ghetto [Annotator’s Note: in Mateszalka, Hungary] for only a couple of...
Amram, Fred Kristallnacht
Fred Amram remembers going to the park. His parents talked about their experiences. He has a memory of being hungry....
Nossbaum, Anneliese Kristallnacht
Anneliese Nossbaum lived in Bonn, Germany and was proud of the synagogue there where her father was the cantor. As a...
Cohn, Marthe Kristallnacht Plus One
The day after Kristallnacht [Annotator's Note: 11 November 1938], Marthe Cohn's oldest brother and sister went to...
Bouton, Helen Krupp Ammunition Factory
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Helene Bouton to talk about life in a concentration camp.] There was only one...
Rosenzweig, Abraham Kwajalein Invasion
Abraham Rosenzweig picked up troops [Annotator’s Note: at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] and headed for the invasion of...
Bloch, Itka Labor Camp
Itka Bloch was sick when she was working in a factory. She worked on a large machine. The German lady liked her and...
Raner, Norman Landing in Italy
When Norman Raner got in the landing craft, he was told that the driver had landed on the beach three times, so Raner...
Edward, Isaac Landing in Italy
Isaac Edward landed in Florence, Italy with the 92nd Infantry Division. There were combat units next to them that hit a...
Aigner, Leslie Landsberg and Kaufering Camps
Leslie Aigner walked through the outskirts of Landsberg. A fellow prisoner pointed out the prison where Hitler [...
Stovroff, Irwin Last Bombing Mission
Irwin Stovroff flew his last mission on 13 August [Annotator's Note: 13 August 1944]. He felt great that it was to be...
Mayes, Robert Last Thoughts
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer switches to Jay Christopher Atkins who asks Robert Mayes how it felt to have two...
Bass, Leon Last Thoughts
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Leon Bass if he has any personal regrets regarding his service during World War...
Elliott, Calvin Last Thoughts
Calvin Elliott did not use the G.I. Bill. He had an occupation. He worked with women all of his life. When he retired,...
Bellecci, John Last Thoughts
John Bellecci does not think that American society today understands World War 2. Education is what won that war for us...
Braitman, Simon Last Thoughts on Liberation
Simon Braitman cried when he was liberated [Annotator’s Note: by the 71st Infantry Division on 4 May 1945]. He could...
Alexander, Samson Last Thoughts on War
Samson Alexander's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when Harry Truman [Annotator's Note: Harry S. Truman,...

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