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LaNier, Joseph Becoming a Sailor
Joseph LaNier joined the United States Navy in February 1944. African-Americans prior to 1942 were not allowed to join...
Burk, Jeannine Becoming an American Citizen
Jeannine Burk became an American citizen. The club [Annotator's Note: Holocaust survivors club in New Orleans,...
Hood, George Combat Missions and Going Home
George Hood's B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber] had its nose wheel strut struck by a...
Clapper, Joe Combat on Peleliu
Joe Clapper was in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine...
Wilson, Donald Early Life
Donald Edward Wilson was born in New Orleans in July 1918. Times were tough during the Great Depression. He had to walk...
Kingsley, Thomas Early Life
Thomas J. Kingsley was born in July 1925 in Waterloo, Iowa and grew up there. He had an older brother and sister and a...
East, Clyde Early Life
Clyde East was born in 1921 on a Virginia tobacco farm. He had eight brothers and sisters. His father was a share...
Peardon, Eveline Early Life
Eveline Peardon was born in Bayeux, Normandy, France on 5 February 1941. Her father was an officer in the French Navy...
Mineta, Norman Early Life
Norman Mineta was born in 1931 in San Jose, California. He had a great childhood in the agricultural community. His...
McNeely, Marigold Early Life and Onset of War
Marigold "Margot" McNeely was born in London, England in 1926. She moved from London to a small seaside resort called...
Staymates, Arthur End of the Nuremburg Trials and Hermann Göring’s Suicide
Arthur Staymates asked Göring [Annotator's Note: German Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring] why he committed the deeds he...
LeBlanc, Joyce Family Background
Joyce Leblanc was born in September 1924 in the County of Kent, the garden of England. Her father was in the British...
Dawson, Zhanna Family Relocation and Musical Growth
Zhanna Dawson and her family moved after the two daughters were offered scholarships at the conservatory [Annotator's...
Jeter, James Higgins Shipyards
James Jeter worked for Higgins Shipyard in New Orleans, Louisiana. He welded on different vessels but did not know...
Fisch, Robert Hungarian Revolution
When the Hungarian Revolution began, Robert Fisch was in a medical school which was adjacent to a radio station. The...
Ram, Walter Interrogation then Transit to Stalag XVII
Walter Ram was taken from the hospital and transported to Frankfurt am Main, Germany for interrogation. He was...
Heffron, Edward "Babe" Into Germany
After the Battle of the Bulge, Edward "Babe" Heffron continued fighting into Alsace-Lorraine then Dusseldorf and on to...
Klepper, Manfred Reaching America and Citizenship
Manfred Klepper and his parents were on the water for no more than three hours before his mother and father became...
Mineta, Norman Redressing Internment
Norman Mineta became involved in the Asian-American Caucus when President Clinton [Annotator's Note: President William...
Finkelstein, Jacob Reflections
Jacob Finkelstein came to the United States on 18 September 1958. He settled in New York and then moved to New Jersey....
Viani, Bruno Reflections
Bruno Viani was discharged out of Halloran Hospital in 1945. He had served in the military since before the United...
Inghram, Robert Stalag Organization
Robert Inghram knew Roger Bushell. Bushell headed the Escape Committee [Annotator's Note: in Inghram's prisoner of war...
Lauderdale, Dell Stateside then Korea and Japan
Upon his return to the United States, Dell Lauderdale was sent to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. It was not a good place to be....
Radke Azvedo, Ingrid The American Response to the Berlin Blockade
Ingrid Radke-Azvedo was living in Berlin, Germany when the city was divided by the Allies. The Russians wanted all of...
Carter, Frances "Frances Tunnell" The American Rosie Riveter Association
In 1998, Doctor Frances Tunnell Carter formed the American Rosie Riveter Association. She created this association to...
Gangwere, Blanche "Blanche Gregory" The Glenn Miller Band and General Henri Giraud
Blanche Gangwere was sent to Passau, Germany where she was billeted in an old castle on a hill. The castle was...
Bolster, Elisabeth War's End
Elisabeth Bolster learned to speak English because her mother wanted her to leave the country [Annotator's Note:...
Bennett, Richard War's End
After the Japanese surrendered, Richard Bennett was last to leave PT-470. He skippered the boat through bad weather...
Brueland, Lowell Wee Speck and Grim Reaper
Lowell Brueland named his Mustang [Annotator’s Note: North American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft] after his half-...
Schwarc, Laszlo "Leslie Schwartz" Wounded on the Threshold of Liberation
On 25 April 1945, Laszlo Schwarc was among 3,600 prisoners put on 80 cattle cars from the Muhldorf concentration camp...