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Leaming, Jack The Prisoner Experience
Before the war, Jack Leaming had a Japanese friend in the second grade, whose parents sold Japanese clothing on the...
Aalders, Johannes The Resistance and Executions
Johannes Aalders says that to be in the resistance you had to be 18 years old. His cousins would ask him to do some...
Roberts, George The Rose of York
George Roberts befriended a woman who was the widow of a British officer who had four daughters while stationed in...
Whitcomb, Robert The Russians and Writing Home
No one tried to escape while Robert Whitcomb was a prisoner. After the Russians liberated the camp [Annotator's Note:...
Molen, Herman The Second Schweinfurt Raid
Herman Molen volunteered to go on the second Schweinfurt mission [Annotator’s Note: The Second Schweinfurt raid, also...
Roberts, George The Second Schweinfurt Raid
When George Roberts flew to Schweinfurt they ran out of ammunition, except for in the radio room, on the way to the...
Colbert, Hugh The Situation Before the Battle
[Annotator's Note: Hugh Colbert served as a messenger in Company B, 1st Battalion, 422nd Infantry Regiment, 106th...
Boeke, Robert The Stolen Jeep
Robert Boeke's friends Sergeant Tate [Annotator's Note: phonetic spelling] and Corporal Gross [Annotator's Note:...
Leibold, William The Survivors After the War
[Annotator's Note: William Leibold served in the Navy as a Chief Boatswain's Mate and made all five war patrols aboard...
Aigner, Leslie The Trauma of Auschwitz
Upon arrival his at Auschwitz, Leslie Aigner saw Doctor Mengele [Annotator's Note: Doctor Josef Mengele chose who lived...
Smith, Samuel The Troop Ship
Samuel W. Smith flew for two hours during his check flight. Everything went well. The major complimented his abilities...
Tarkington, Frank The USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
Frank V. Tarkington was fortunate to have a mild and unexcitable experience in the war. He got a break by having...
Pendleton, Arthur The VA, Joking Around and Food
Arthur Pendleton never claimed his injuries. The system is incredibly wrong. It can be different. Pendleton did ask for...
Resta, Francis "Fran" The Vagaries of War and History
Francis Resta was in B Company [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st Battalion, 407th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry...
Hill, Jennings The War Ends
Jennings Paul Hill, Sr. learned the war had ended by radio. The ships were having a big time and celebrating. The weird...
Andriano, Louis The War Ends
Louis Andriano does not remember celebrating the war ending. They were always the last to know and it made no...
Forcinella, Frank The War Ends
Frank Forcinella liked the Rhine River crossing [Annotator's Note: at Nierstein, Germany, 22 March 1945]. They had...
Sutcliffe, Albert The War Ends
Albert G. Sutcliffe was taken from the Battle of Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26...
Klenoski, Richard The War Ends
[Annotator's Note: After his bomber crashed, Richard Klenoski was in a rest home in England when the Germans...
Weber, Ed The War Ends
When Ed Weber first got overseas, the war was not going well. In August 1942 when the Marines took Guadalcanal [...
Gorman, Ted The War Ends and Postwar Service
[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...
Roberts, John The War is Over
On 1 April 1945, they were sent back to Rennes, France to reorganize. On 9 June 1945, John M. Roberts was sent to the...
Bebko, Robert The War's End
A friend of Robert Stephen Bebko's [Annotator's Note: in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th...
Sutcliffe, Albert The West Loch Disaster
Albert G. Sutcliffe was sent to Pearl Harbor's [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] in preparation for going to the...
(Reaves) Pescatore, Josephine The World Today
Josephine Pescatore believes that it is important for future generations to know about World War 2. A lot of people do...
Doolan, Robert The YB-40 and England
The first time Robert Doolan ever flew was in a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] and...
Hope, Linda The Yellow Ribbon Party
Linda Hope recalls "the Yellow Ribbon Party" which occurred after her father’s last tour when he was 87 years old [...
Bederson, Benjamin Theodore Hall and David Greenglass
While he was at Los Alamos, New Mexico, Benjamin Bederson knew both Ted Hall [Annotator's Note: Theodore "Ted" Hall was...
Bussel, Norman Therapy and Helping Veterans
Even now not a day goes by that Norman Bussel does not think of the four of crew members who were killed when their...
Nossbaum, Anneliese Theresienstadt and Pink Slips
Annaliese Nossbaum was moved into a former nun’s cloister in Bonn, Germany when she was 12 years old. She and her...
Nossbaum, Anneliese Theresienstadt to Auschwitz
Anna Nossbaum and her family were taken to Theresienstadt [Annotator’s Note: Theresienstadt; transit camp and ghetto;...
Klepper, Manfred Those Left in Germany
Manfred Klepper left family behind when he left Germany [Annotator's Note: the Kleppers left Germany in April 1940 as a...
Davis, Jack Thoughts on Combat
Jack Davis' first combat was "scary as hell". He would be walking along the hedgerows [Annotator's Note: man-made...
Sapp, Walter Thoughts on Germans
A German soldier surrendered to Walter Sapp. He turned him over to the company [Annotator's Note: Company C, 1st...
Whitman, Melvin Thoughts on Service
Melvin C. Whitman thinks the servicemen who returned [Annotator's Note: from World War 2] were able to teach their kids...
Muller, Henry Thoughts on the Los Baños Raid
Henry Muller says that the XXIV Corp, Sixth US Army took over Bilibid prison [Annotator’s Note: Old Bilibid and New...

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