Feelings toward enemies

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As Donelson Houseman was marched off to captivity, he passed long lines of German vehicles. He could not believe it. He...
Edwin McGhee had experienced German and American shelling before his squad evacuated the building that was under fire....
Robert Max vividly remembered 16 December 1944, day one of the Battle of the Bulge, as the Germans' final major effort...
In Lavrion, Rena Greenup's family, two Christians and a few crewmembers boarded their hired boat. It was December 1943...
After surrendering to the German soldier [Annotator's Note: see segment titled Shot Down Over Ludwigshafen], John Sacks...
When Joseph Rockforte was captured there were many other soldiers captured with him. They had been tasked with...
After his B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] was shot down over Occupied France, Burnia...
Dominick Frank Poliseno was in an area of trees, brush and high grass, and he entered an abandoned house, sat in a...
Wim de Jonge was a member of a Dutch artillery battery liaising with an American artillery unit under Captain Thomas...
For days, James Flannigan recalls, the word was that they had to get to Saint-Lo [Annotator's Note: Saint-Lo, France]....
John Angier had been shot down over Cologne, Germany, nearly beaten to death by civilians and saved from them by German...
Edward C. Capron Jr. served with the Headquarters Battery, 73rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 9th Armored Division...
Howard Robert Charles participated in the Battle of Sunda Strait [Annotator's Note: as a machine gunner aboard the USS...
Herndon Inge Junior's first action was when they [Annotator's Note: Company D, 1st Battalion, 301st Infantry Regiment,...
At one point, Paul Carter was in an action where he put more ammunition through his rifle than at any other time. What...
Monroe S. Wolyn was led down to the shore by the flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft artillery fire] battery. There...
[Annotator's Note: Paul Bosworth served in the USAAF as a tail gunner on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber in...
Ralph “Bud” Ginrich [Annotator’s Note: as a private first class in the 81st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 1st...
Lowell Hughes had not come into contact with many German prisoners of war until he got into France. He captured two or...
Joseph Medicine Crow captured 50 enemy horses in Germany. This was considered to be a great war deed by the Crow nation...
To Edward LaPorta, everything in the camp [Annotator's Note: Stalag III-B in Fürstenberg, Germany] was in sad shape but...
Edward Tipper credits paratrooper training with assisting in making the attack on Carentan a success. The decision was...
Charles Radford tried to keep his mind on the task at hand. Once someone died they were dead and they had to be able to...
Lawrence Eustis was commander of the 11th Photo Lab which was attached to the 40th Bombardment Group which flew B-29s [...
Paris Tognoli made the invasion on Cebu [Annotator's Note: 26 March 1945, Cebu Island, Philippines, part of the Battle...
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a woman off camera interjects with comments.] James Ramsey Golden thought that...
As time went by, Thomas Crosby and his family had to assimilate to the changes going on in the internment camp [...
Henry Freedman, along with the rest of the troops in his division [Annotator's Note: Freedman was a member of the...
Due to his father’s employment, Norman Weber and his family moved to Berlin. [Annotator’s Note: the family had lived in...
Leanne Blinzler Noe was born in June 1933 in San Francisco, California, but grew up in the Philippines. Her parents met...
After Calvin F. Bannon completed flight school and received his commission in Texas, he was sent to Miami Beach [...
Ralph Hopkins and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Louisville (CA-28)] passed through minefields along the Chinese...
Harvey Mittleman was born in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York City, New York] in May 1925. Mittleman and his...
Doctor James B. Heneghan's father was a civil engineer. He helped design the very first pre-stressed concrete arches...
[Annotator's Note: Dale LeBlanc served in the USMC as a runner in the 22nd Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division. He...
Robert W. Paschal was trained to hate the Germans and the Japanese so that troops would not have a problem shooting at...

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