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Ellis, Frederick Shake-down Cruise and Deployment
Frederick Ellis had a roommate at Tulane [Annotator's Note: Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana] named Eddie...
Pendleton, Arthur Shelled and Bombed on Guadalcanal
[Annotator's Note: Arthur Pendleton served in the US Marine Corps as a machine gunner in Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st...
Brooks, Charles Edward Shipboard Life and Losing a Friend
Charles Brooks would have breakfast before dawn onboard the ship. He would then look to see his assignment for the day...
Kubiak, Frank Shipmates and Convoy Duty
Frank Kubiak reveals incidents that occurred with his shipmates. Some instances involved risky activities that could...
Myers, Julia Shipped Overseas
Julia L. Myers wanted to join the Army because of the war. She felt, as a nurse, that it was her duty to care for the...
Waldman, Leon Shipped Overseas
Once they finished gunnery training, Leon Waldman and the men he was training with were put into crews. He was in the...
Mestayer, Angus Shipped overseas
One of Angus Francis Mestayer's friends was lonesome and he wanted to go home. One guy on the rifle range climbed the...
Lutz, William Shipped Overseas
William Lutz liked boot camp because he got a rifle. He liked the firing range. He became a gunner after basic training...
Wilson, Paul Shipped Overseas
Paul Wilson went to Fort Sill, [Annotator's Note: in Lawton, Oklahoma]. He had 50 cents left of the 500 dollars he had...
Tyler, Vernon Shipped Overseas
Vernon Leo Tyler's the ride on the ship [Annotator's Note: overseas as part of the 100th Infantry Division] was...
Burkle, Henry Shipped to Italy
Henry Burkle’s wife’s father was trying to raise chickens. One of the things Burkle did during the Depression [...
Williams, Earl Shipped to New Guinea
Earl Williams was shipped out to New Guinea [Annotator's Note: with the 318th Port Company, 512th Port Battalion]. They...
Lopez, Lionel Shipped to the Pacific
Lionel Lopez remembers that they took a ship to Australia, but ended up in San Francisco [Annotator’s Note: San...
Nussenbaum, Seymour Shot At For a Stamp
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Seymour Nussenbaum was an avid stamp collector...
Bussel, Norman Shot Down
Norman Bussel and his crew were headed towards Berlin, Germany on 29 April 1944 on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress....
Smith, William J. Shot Down at Kavieng
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer establishes the date of 15 February 1944 as the starting point for this clip.]...
Sweatt, Robert Shot Down in Occupied Territory
On his seventeenth mission, Robert Sweatt was returning from Ludwigshafen, Germany when Jimmy Stewart [Annotator's Note...
Golemi, Frank Shot Up Over Bastogne
Frank Golemi was flying supplies into Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the...
Compagno, Nicholas Sicily and Italy Campaigns
Nicholas John Compagno first came under fire while in North Africa and then in Sicily [Annotator's Note: Sicily, Italy...
McConn, John "Jack" Siegfried Line
After joining the 45th Division, John McConn and his company moved fast by traveling on tanks and tank destroyers. The...
Hatch, Norman Silver Service Medallion
The National World War II Museum awarded Marine combat cameraman Norman Hatch with the Silver Service Award for his...
Lafferty, Ralph Silver Star Action
Ralph F. Lafferty took over a company that had been pinned down. The original officer had been wounded in the face and...
Skardon, Ben Sinking of the Oryoku Maru
On 13 December 1944, Ben Skardon was among about 1,600 prisoners from Bilibid Prison who were marched down to a dock...
Thelen, Richard Sinking of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
Richard Thelen remembered that it was too hot to sleep below deck, so he began to sleep topside. One night he told his...
Nossbaum, Anneliese Sixteenth Birthday and Dresden
Annaliese Nossbaum was moved from Theresienstadt [Annotator’s Note: Theresienstadt; transit camp and ghetto; Terezin,...
Haines, Joseph Skirmishes on Okinawa
Joseph Haines wrote home. The letters were censored. He could not say more than he was doing fine. [Annotator's Note:...
Klein, Gerda Slave Labor and Camp Life
[Annotator's Note: Gerda Klein, who was in slave labor camp in Poland, can be very difficult to understand at points...
Aigner, Leslie Slave Laborer and Survivor
Leslie Aigner was working on a six foot thick concrete roof when a man fell in the steel reinforcement structure while...
Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" Sleep and Food in the Camp
During Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine's early days in the internment camp [Annotator's Note: Santo Tomas Internment...
Nygren, Karl Social Events
Carl Nygren remembers December 1944 in Tulsa [Annotator’s Note: Tulsa, Oklahoma]. He went to the USO [Annotator's Note...
Finklang, Frank Solving the Mystery of a Missing Friend
[Annotator's Note: Frank Finklang served with the 419th Bombardment Squadron, 301st Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force...
Leopold, Vernon Some of the Guys
Vernon Leopold only really remembers the members of the I...
Zygmuntowicz, Itka Sonderkommando Prisoner Revolt
Itka Zygmuntowicz had no information and no idea about the war or world outside of Auschwitz. A girl was there [...
Crump, Ralph South Pacific Encounters
A few days after leaving Australia, the ship 25 miles ahead of Ralph Crump's radioed that it had been under torpedo...
Mills, George Southern Boy to Army Soldier
George F. Mills was born in Spencer, Tennessee in May 1921. His family moved to Rock Island, Tennessee where his father...

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