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Doolan, Robert Early Life and Meeting His Heroes
Robert Doolan was born in March 1917 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was wonderful to grow up in Cincinnati and he still loves...
Nossbaum, Anneliese Early Life in Nazi Germany
Anneliese Nossbaum was born 8 January 1929 in Guben, Germany but moved to Bonn at age two. Her first experiences in...
Cohn, Marthe Earning More Medals
Marthe Cohn took the train from Singen to Freiburg, Germany. That was the last time she took a train because every few...
Schafer, Leon Effects of the War
Leon Schafer is certain the war affected his life afterwards. Number one, he never left his wife. When he got home, he...
Bass, Leon Encountering Southern Racism
Leon Bass was training in Mississippi. Black soldiers were to be given ideas about why we were fighting the war. The...
Hardy, George End of the War in Europe
George Hardy does not remember when he heard that the war was over. They knew it was close because they were running...
Hardy, George Enlisting as an Aviation Cadet
George Hardy's father persuaded him to not join his brother in the Navy because of the race problem. He would be...
Werner, Jack Enlistment to Attu
Jack Werner felt that he was at home when he came to the United States. It seemed that this is where he belonged. It...
Fayerman, Severin Entering Auschwitz
[Annotator's Note: Severin Fayerman will never forget entering the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp...
Bodis-Wollner, Ivan Escape from Hungary
It was a relatively small crowd at the University [Annotator's Note: University of Szeged in Szeged, Hungary] when Ivan...
Cohn, Marthe Escape from Occupied France
Marthe Cohn decided she and her family needed to leave Poitiers, France and cross into unoccupied territory after a...
Tomkiewicz, Micha Escapes and Deaths
Micha Tomkiewicz and his family were living in the ghetto in Warsaw, Poland. Because of his father's Polish Army...
Schaller, Henry Escorted Home by Tuskegee Airmen
A typical day for Henry Schaller would start with a briefing at four o'clock in the morning. If the target was to be...
Landry, Coleen Feelings Towards the Enemy
Coleen Landry remembers when her parents were told that her brother Reid was missing in action. It took about a month...
Yip, Wallace Feelings Towards the Japanese
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Wallace Yip, Sr. what it felt like to hear the news of the Japanese attack on...
Whitworth, Vaughan Feelings Towards the Japanese
Vaughn Whitworth remembers celebrating V-J Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945]. He felt that...
Szafran, Daniel Fighting in the Israeli War of Independence
Daniel Szafran was already a member of the Palmach [Annotator's Note: "storm troops," the elite force of the Haganah,...
Francis, Norman Finding His Heroes
Dr. Norman Francis did not follow the war closely. He devoted his time to school and sports. His parents had said to...
Alexander, Samson First Black Fireman in the Air Force
Samson Alexander was the first black fireman in the Air Force. He was given a certificate from the Treasury Department...
Francis, Norman First Black Student at Loyola
Dr. Norman Francis had a great interest in interacting with World War 2 veterans returning from the war and going to...
Keller, Luba First Experience of Nazis
Luba Keller was born in May 1926 in Szydłowiec, Poland. She attended school there. She had never seen airplanes as it...
Hardy, George Flying 21 Combat Missions
George Hardy's unit had one loss in training at Walterboro [Annotator's Note: Walterboro Army Air Field, South Carolina...
Hardy, George Flying B-29s in Korea
George Hardy got news that he was going to Keesler [Annotator's Note: Keesler Field, now Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi...
Soskin, Betty For Her Great-grandmother
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Betty Soskin how she feels about accepting the Silver Service Medallion at The...
Lesniewski, Joseph Four Feet of Snow
[Annotator's Note: Joseph Lesniewski served in the Army as a paratrooper in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute...
Cohn, Marthe François de La Rocque, Marshal Pétain, and Kristallnacht
Marthe Cohn was a Jewish citizen of Metz, France. French Colonel La Rocque [Annotator's Note: François de La Rocque;...
Dahme, Maud Freedom and Chocolate
[Annotator's Note: Maud Dahme and her sister were hiding from the Nazis with a Christian family in Elburg, Netherlands...
Bucksell, Norris From Anzio to the Arno River
Norris Bucksell arrived in Italy with the 370th Regimental Combat Team, 92nd Infantry Division July 1944. They went...
Bucksell, Norris From New Orleans to Italy
Norris Bucksell was born in August 1921 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended Valena C. Jones Elementary School. He...
Werner, Jack From Switzerland to France to America
[Annotator's Note: Jack Werner walked out of Austria in August 1938 and made it by train to Geneva, Switzerland.]...
Lesniewski, Joseph German Breakthrough
Joseph Lesniewski , Shifty Powers [Annotator's Note: Staff Sergeant Darrell C. "Shifty" Powers] and another guy were to...
Bodis-Wollner, Ivan German Liberation to Bergen-Belsen
Ivan Bodis-Wollner remembers when he was playing with an older child who was the son of a local lawyer. The child's...
Hicks, Ora Pierce German POW Camp
Ora Hicks entered the military at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. She then went to Fort Huachuca [Annotator's Note: in...
Alexander, Samson German Prisoners Dancing
Heavyweight champion Joe Louis [Annotator's Note: Joseph Louis Barrow, professional boxer] joined the Army. Samson...
Tweedt, Vernon T. German Resistance and Hepatitis
Vernon Tweedt and his unit [Annotator's Note: Battery A, 131st Field Artillery Battalion, 36th Infantry Division] were...
Aalders, Johannes Germans in the Netherlands
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with Johannes Aalders speaking mid-conversation.] It was like the Germans were not...

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