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Whitworth, Vaughan Overseas to Hawaii and Saipan
Vaughn Whitworth boarded a troop train to Norfolk, Virginia where he loaded onto the USS James O'Hara (APA-90) and...
Guitard, Robert Overseas to Italy
Robert Guitard went to Livorno [Annotator's Note: Livorno, Italy] to a replacement depot. They got news that General...
Weil, Roswell Overseas to Liverpool
Roswell Weil does not recall the ship he crossed the ocean [Annotator’s Note: Atlantic Ocean] on. There was no place to...
Guitard, Robert Overseeing Prisoners of War
Robert Guitard was in Florence [Annotator's Note: Florence, Italy] on Christmas Eve [Annotator's Note: 24 December 1945...
Rothenberg, Judith Palestine
Judith Rothenberg [Annotator's Note: a Belgian Jewish child who had escaped to the south of France and then Barcelona,...
Rothenberg, Judith Paris and Free France
Judith Rothenberg [Annotator's Note: a Belgian Jewish child at the time of the war] arrived in Paris [Annotator's Note...
Mitchell, George Parris Island to Arlington
George Mitchell wanted to be in the Coast Artillery, but that unit was deleted, and he was drifting from job to job. He...
Stern, Guy Passover in Shreveport
In his advanced training, Guy Stern had to interrogate prisoners. They were taught four or five methods and were given...
Jackson, Earnest Pearl Harbor and Montford Point
Ernest Jackson was sitting in a movie theater watching a musical when the movie was stopped and it was announced that...
Jameson, Andrew Pearl Harbor Attack to 117th Infantry Regiment
Andrew George Jameson heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...
Moore, Calvin Peleliu Stories
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Calvin Moore which Pacific islands stand out to him the most.] Okinawa [...
Langsam, Dora Polish Persecution
Dora Langsam was born near Lodz, Poland [Annotator's Note: Łódź, Poland] in January 1925. Her childhood was beautiful...
Goldstein, Sam Postwar and Reflections
[Annotator's Note: Thunder can be heard in the background throughout this clip.] Sam Goldstein had trouble readjusting...
Bodis-Wollner, Ivan Postwar Hungary
Ivan Bodis-Wollner's father converted to Catholicism at some point. By Hungarian law, as an under-aged child, Bodis-...
Nakagawa, Ittsei Postwar Kure and Back to the United States
[Annotator's Note: Ittsei Nakagawa was in a factory in Hiroshima, Japan when the atomic bomb exploded over the city on...
Upham, Peggy Postwar Life
After the war ended, Peggy Upham went back home [Annotator's Note: to Dallas, Texas]. There was no money for her to go...
Toledo, Bill Postwar Life
After a furlough [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time], Bill Toledo [Annotator's Note:...
Yip, Wallace Postwar Life
Wallace Yip, Sr. returned to China and got married after the war. He brought his wife back in 1947. She did not speak...
Kerner, John Postwar Life
John Kerner was in London, England for about ten days. He was on leave and only had to report back when the ship was to...
Ngai, Johnny Postwar Life
Johnny Ngai says the trouble is that they [Annotator's Note: the Veterans Administration or VA] do not help you if you...
St. Julian, James Postwar Life
James Anthony Saint Julien, Senior [Annotator's Note: deployed to the Philippines with the 766th Engineer Dump Truck...
Keulegan, Emma Postwar Life
Things were still hard at the end of the war. Rationing continued for about three months. Materials started coming back...
Tidmore, Roberta Postwar Life
Roberta Randolph "Randy" Tidmore was discharged in August 1946 as a sergeant. She used the G.I. Bill twice. She went to...
Dawson, Ruffin Postwar Life
There was a lot of Uncle Sam [Annotator's Note: Uncle Sam; a common national personification of the federal government...
Hebert, Willie Roy Postwar Life and Atomic Bombs
Willie Roy Hebert had no trouble adjusting to civilian life. He was in the ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer...
Armentaro, Louis Postwar Life and Family
When Louis J. Armentaro got back home, he was successful as a machinist. He started two businesses. He also started a...
Gibfried, Paul Postwar Life and Reflections
Paul Gibfried does not think he would have served if he had not been drafted. He did love being in the Navy. His first...
Moore, Calvin Postwar Life and Thoughts
Calvin Moore used his G.I. Bill to buy a house and go to school. The G.I. Bill was important to post World War 2...
Dixon, Leon Postwar Life and Thoughts
Leon Dixon started his own company after the war. He worked a good while to save up money. He worked at the Kaiser...
Davis, Romay Postwar Race Relations in the US
Romay Catherine Johnson Davis finished schooling in New York [Annotator's Note: at Traphagen School of Fashion in New...
Will, George Postwar Social Change
George Will says that the Cold War was inevitable after World War 2 because Josef Stalin [Annotator's Note: Russian...
Stern, Guy Preparing for War in Europe
In 1944, Guy Stern and his unit were broken into six-man intelligence teams. They were on an Australian fruit boat, the...
Francis, Norman President of Xavier University
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Dr. Norman Francis to talk about becoming the President of Xavier University of...
Ruiz, Roberto Prewar and Postwar
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Roberto "Bob” Ruiz and the interviewer midsentence in a story.] Ruiz was...
Black, Jerome Prewar and Postwar Life
Jerome Harold Black was born in November 1921 in Brooklyn, New York. He was eight when, in 1929, his dad bought a dress...
Bradley, John Prewar and Postwar Philippines
John Bradley [Annotator's Note: born in Manila, Philippines to an American father and Australian mother in 1936]...

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