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Hughes, Lowell Germans Shelling the Hospital at Anzio
Anzio, Italy was the worst place Lowell Hughes ever was. The morning they left, they had dug in about 500 yards from...
Harrell, Edgar Getting Back to Civilian Life
Edgar Harrell stayed in a hospital in Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] for some time [Annotator's Note:...
Bailey, Kenneth Getting Drafted
The day Kenneth H. Bailey got his draft notice [Annotator's Note: 4 November 1942] was a very bad day. He knew it was...
Uttero, Cosmo Getting Home and War Stories
When Cosmo Uttero got home, he joined the VFW [Annotator's Note: Veterans of Foreign Wars]. There were hundreds of...
Engel, Russell "Russ" Getting Married
[Annotator’s Note: This interview is conducted in a question and answer style]. Russell Engel was a navigator in the...
Bloch, Itka Ghetto Life
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Itka Bloch to talk about life in a Jewish ghetto in Poland.] Itka Bloch and her...
Bosworth, Paul Going Home, Being Discharged and Reflections
The camp [Annotator's Note: Camp Lucky Strike, between Cany and Saint-Valery, France] was Seventh Heaven. They [...
Cohn, Marthe Going to Vietnam
Marthe Cohn arrived in Vietnam [Annotator's Note: then French Indochina which included Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia] by...
Nossbaum, Anneliese Grandmothers
Annaliese Nossbaum was in Theresienstadt [Annotator’s Note: Theresienstadt; transit camp and ghetto; Terezin, Czech...
Jones, Robert Growing Up in a Candy Store to Joining the Coast Guard
Robert Francis Jones was born in 1921 in Philadelphia [Annotator’s Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. His neighbors...
Warne, Therese Growing Up in the Philippines
Therese Wadsworth Warne was born in February 1934 in Mindanao, Philippines. During the Depression [Annotator's Note:...
Tatum, John Guadalcanal to Fiji
John Wesley Tatum used a Tommy gun [Annotator's Note: .45 caliber Thompson submachine gun; while serving in Company H,...
Hebert, Willie Roy Guam, China, and Home
The first time Willie Roy Hebert had ever been on a ship was when he was sent to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana...
Beard, Oral Guarding the Mississippi River
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a person off-camera comes in and out of the room.] Oral Russell Beard and his...
Bussel, Norman Guards at Stalag Luft IV
Norman Bussel says that one German guard at Stalag Luft IV [Annotator’s Note: Stalag Luft IV (Stammlager Luft IV),...
Freeman, Leslie "Vincent" Halting at the Elbe River
After the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16 December...
Winestone, Ted Hardships with Partisans
Ted Winestone moved to another encampment because he felt like he was not hidden well enough [Annotator's Note: after...
Sullivan, George Having an Appendectomy on Tinian
George Joseph Sullivan left Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Mariana Islands] for Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian,...
Alaniz, George Having Fun in Dallas
[Annotator's Note: After being wounded, George Alaniz was sent to Gainesville, Texas to recuperate.] Alaniz was...
Daniels, Don Hawaii to Iwo Jima
In Hawaii, Don Daniels was at Camp Tarawa. Before getting there, he was loading ships for Iwo [Annotator's Note: Iwo...
Beard, Oral Hawaii to New Guinea
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a person off-camera answers a lot of the interviewer's questions or gives...
Dillon, Gerard Heading to the Bulge
[Annotator's Note: Gerard Dillon was wounded in France.] Dillon was in the hospital from June to September [Annotator's...
Trahan, Clifton Healing, War's End and Going Home
Clifton Trahan was hospitalized in Africa after being burned in a submarine attack while serving aboard the merchant...
Bradley, John Health Conditions
John Bradley [Annotator's Note: an internee in the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila Internment Camp, University...
Kiefer, Keith Health Effects from Enewetak
Keith Kiefer saw that his orders said "Enewetak Atoll Radiological Cleanup". He was concerned but told he would get no...
Taylor, Robert Hearing of Pearl Harbor
On 7 December 1941 [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941], Robert Taylor...
Tatum, John Hell Itself at Peleliu
John Wesley Tatum went to Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, September to...
McMullen, Milton Hell Ship and Sabotage
Milton L. McMullen, Sr. and other men were crammed into a ship heading to Japan [Annotator's Note: as a Japanese...
Kerner, John Helping the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne
John Kerner was having Christmas Eve dinner in Metz, France. He thought they would get to take a day off to reorganize...
Gilmore, Selwyn Henry Erwin and Beer
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Selwyn Gilmore about a Medal of Honor recipient he knew.] Henry Erwin [...
Davis, Jack Heroics and Post Traumatic Stress
Jack Davis and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company D, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division]...
Warne, Therese Hiding out
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: an American child living in the Philippines during World War 2] and her...
Schicker, Tom High School to Marine Corps
[Annotator's Note: The interview opens with Thomas Francis Schicker already in conversation with the interviewer.] When...
Blank, Calvin Hospital Duty
Calvin Blank was drafted into the Army [Annotator's Note: in 1945]. He was five foot six and weighed 118 pounds. When...
Manning, Sarah "Sally" Hospital Service
Sara "Sally" Manning met her husband while he was a hospital patient [Annotator's Note: Manning worked at Naval...
Simons, F.M. Hospital Stay
Looking back, F.M. Richard Simons and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 3rd Battalion, 87th Mountain Infantry...

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