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Munch, Melvin Making Ice Cream and Baking
Melvin Munch was discharged in 1946. He had volunteered to be the unit baker while on Okinawa because the traditional...
Dendy, Lloyd Malaria in Key West
Lloyd Dendy had been on a ship coming home when the war in Europe ended [Annotator's Note: 8 May 1945] and President...
Bollich, James Manchuria
James Bollich remained in Korea for about six weeks. From Korea, he took a train to Mukden, Manchuria [Annotator's Note...
Ernest, Malcolm Manchurian Saw Mill
In Mukden, Manchuria [Annotator's Note: Hoten Camp, Mukden, now Shenyang, China], Malcom Ernest learned how to...
Becker, Clarence Mapping the Aleutian Islands
[Annotator's Note: Clarence Becker was already serving in the Army Air Forces when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor,...
Balaza, Charles March into Captivity
Charles Balaza and the defenders of Corregidor were taken by troopship to the shores of Manila. They were offloaded a...
Burns, Lloyd Marched Back to Hammelburg
[Annotator's Note: Lloyd Burns was a prisoner of war in Oflag XIII-B in Hammelburg, Germany and escaped during the...
Colbert, Hugh Marched Off Into Captivity
When the Germans captured Hugh Colbert and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st Battalion, 422nd Infantry...
Johnson, Erwin Marched to Camp O'Donnell
On 10 April [Annotator's Note: 10 April 1942], Erwin Johnson and his fellow prisoners of war started their march away [...
O'Donnell, Joseph Marched to Liberation
Joseph O'Donnell went to Fallingbostel, XI-B [Annotator's Note: Stalag XI-B in Fallingbostel, Germany; he arrived on 3...
Doolan, Robert Marched to Stalag VII-A in Moosburg
[Annotator's Note: Robert Doolan was a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III in Zagań, Poland.] There were about 2,000...
Johnson, Kaare Marching Through Southern France
After Kaare Allan Johnson's unit [Annotator's Note: 596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company, 517th Parachute Infantry...
Jackson, Earnest Marine Basic Training
The hardest part of the Marines Corps for Ernest Jackson was basic training and learning to obey orders. But it was a...
Pierce, William "Bill" Marine Corps Discipline
Deployment overseas for William Pierce was originally to be to Saipan. Because that battle had ended, Pierce's ship was...
White, Verna Marine Corps Service
While she was in boot camp, Verna White's daily routine started at five in the morning, followed by calisthenics and...
Harkness, Henrietta Market Garden and Battle of the Bulge
Henrietta Harkness [Annotator's Note: an Army nurse with the 24th Evacuation Hospital] was sent to Nijmegen, Holland...
Fontana, Frank MASH Unit in Normandy
Frank Fontana was part of a MASH [Annotator's Note: Mobile Army Surgical Hospital] unit. They put up a ward tent that...
Marcus, Bernard McCarthyism and Fear of Communism
In 1953, Bernard Marcus was called into the office of General Lawton [Annotator’s Note: General Kirke B. Lawton] who...
Wofford, Jesse L. Me-262s and Operation Chowhound Food Drops
Jesse Wofford thought the German Me-262s [Annotator's Note: German Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter aircraft] were "...
Smith, Arthur Mediterranean to the Pacific
[Annotator's Note: Arthur Smith left his Mediterranean duty and returned to the US from Oran, Algeria.] He landed in...
Slay, Charles Meeting an Opera Singer in Köln
When coming under enemy fire, Charles Slay would try to get behind something or get down into a cellar if he could....
Weber, Rosemarie Meeting her Husband and Conditions in Santo Thomas
When Rosemarie Weber finished high school, she met a priest named Father John. Father John suggested that she look up...
Borne, Edwin Meeting Old Foes and the Japanese Public
Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. and his entourage met some of the Wake Island conquerors. [Annotator's Note: Borne and six...
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...
Grant, Edward Meeting Winston Churchill
Edward Grant was assigned to his unit [Annotator's Note: 412th Bombardment Squadron, 95th Bombardment Group. 8th Air...
Linkous, Melvin Members of Cannon Company
[Annotator's Note: Through the 50 minutes that make up this clip, Melvin Linkous reviews period photographs of the men...
Hood, George Memorable Combat Missions
George Hood flew a memorable bomber mission over Odaka, Japan [Annotator’s Note: in a Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy...
Espree, Elmo Memorable Events
There was an incident involving the Red Cross where Elmo Espree and another black soldier wanted to enter the facility...
Hendren, William Memorable Events
Among his most memorable experiences during the war, William Hendren recounted when he was training on an aircraft...
Rolfson, Jack Memorable Missions
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer pauses the interview to adjust the camera.] Jack Rolfson went to work for American...
Reilly, Joseph Memorable Moments
Joseph Dean Reilly went from England to Holland in an airplane [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters, 3rd Battalion,...
Stoops, Robert Memories and Last Thoughts
Robert Stoop figures he did his job and his duty during the war. He feels he was not the best officer, but did what had...
Aldouby, Sara Memories of Terezin
Sara Aldouby grew up in a small village in Hungary. Her family called her "my pillow" because she used to carry around...
Campbell, John Merchant Marine Pay Structure
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks John Campbell about pay. He explains the lengthy process for getting paid.]...
Crane, James Merchant Marine Training
James Crane got into the Merchant Marine because Roosevelt [Annotator’s Note: President Franklin D. Roosevelt and...
Tsubota, Thomas Merrill's Marauders
Thomas Kiyoshi Tsubota and other Japanese-American linguists were divided into teams. They were members of Merrill's...

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