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Medway, Irwin Nordhausen Concentration Camp
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip Irwin Medway looks at photographs, mostly off-camera, and reads from articles...
Zingheim, John Nordhausen Concentration Camp
Dr. John Julien Zingheim does not remember going to Cologne [Annotator's Note: Cologne or Köln, Germany], but thinks he...
Aleksandrowicz, Frank Normandy
Frank Aleksandrowicz remembers that Normandy [Annotator's Note: Normandy, France] was a great place. Americans were...
Staymates, Arthur Normandy Hedgerows and Towns
Arthur Staymates fought through the Normandy hedgerows [Annotator's Note: after capturing the beaches of Normandy...
Bornstein, Lester Normandy and Paris
Lester M. Bornstein remembered the enemy shooting a lot of artillery. He recalled that his friend went out on a patrol...
Jeffrey, Wallace Normandy Breakout
As the front moved, Wallace Jeffery and his unit moved. [Annotator’s Note: Jeffery was a radioman in a direction...
Pierce, Wayne Normandy Combat
Wayne Pierce had no idea of what was happening with A or B Companies while he was with Sanford and the remnants of C...
Olson, Bud Normandy Command Post
Bud Olson [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne...
Carter, Donald Normandy Experience
Don Carter arrived in Falmouth, England, boarded a trained and went to Barry, Wales [Annotator's Note: Wales, England]...
Martin, James Normandy Invasion
[Annotator’s Note: There is a person off screen that relays the interviewer’s questions to the interviewee throughout...
Cruise, Leslie Normandy Invasion
[Annotator's Note: The video is out of focus and Leslie Cruise continuously refers to a book that he has off camera.]...
Angst, Lawrence Normandy Landing and Moving Inland
[Annotator's Note: Lawrence Angst landed in Normandy, France one week after the 6 June 1944 D-Day invasion]. The heavy...
Tipper, Edward Normandy Preparations
Edward Tipper was on detached service with another company in Southern England during the preparatory phase to the...
Allegrezza, Johnny Normandy to Germany
Johnny Allegrezza remembers they [Annotator’s Note: members of his unit, the 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry...
Aleksandrowicz, Frank Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge
Frank Aleksandrowicz remembers that they were coming in on small ships. They went up a hill and to the bunkers on Omaha...
Abate, Sam Normandy to the Rhineland
Sam V. Abate was attached to the 1st Infantry Division [Annotator's Note: Abate was a member of Reconnaissance Company...
Luce, Dwain North Africa
Dwain Luce left for North Africa from New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York]. The battleship USS Texas (BB-35...
Woolf, Basil North Africa
Basil Woolf left Mers-el-Kébir and went to a place called Digelli. He left the landing craft [Annotator's Note: LCH-269...
Rogers, Lloyd "Frenchie" North Africa
Lloyd Rogers went to Florida to have modifications done on the airplanes and to put extra gasoline tanks in the bomb...
Payne, Carl North Africa
Carl Payne told his men they had to be in operation as quickly as possible. [Annotator’s Note: Payne was stationed in...
Finkbeiner, Theodore North Africa
Theodore Finkbeiner found North Africa to be a new world. It was a very poor lifestyle for the local inhabitants. The...
Buckner, Jack North Africa and General Patton
Jack Buckner and his aircrew would get orders each late afternoon as to what bombs to load. They did not know the...
Raner, Norman North Africa and Italy
Norman Raner fought mostly Germans when he was in North Africa [Annotator's Note: with 3rd Platoon, Company I, 3rd...
Weller, James North Africa and Sicily
James Weller landed in North Africa on 9 November 1942 while the Vichy French were still in combat with the Americans...
Maymon, Paul North Africa Campaign
Paul Maymon was training in Perham Downs, England [Annotator’s Note: with the 17th Field Artillery Regiment] before...
Dixon, Leon North Africa to Europe
After training, Leon Dixon headed to Europe. He was going to defend his country. He went to North Africa and landed in...
Pedersen, Allen North Africa to Italy
Allen Pedersen landed in Oran, North Africa on 11 May [Annotator's Note: 11 May 1943]. It was supposedly the largest...
Banghart, William North Africa to Italy
William Banghart remembers Rommel [Annotator's Note: German Army Generalfeldmarschall, or Field Marshal, Johannes Erwin...
Vaughn, Odell North Africa, Sicily and Italy
Odell Vaughn and the 178th Field Artillery Battalion had its toughest battle at Kasserine Pass. They moved on through...
Powers, Robert Northern Okinawa and Sugar Loaf Hill
Robert Powers went ashore unopposed at Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan]. He was in a foxhole with his buddy...
Nakagawa, Ittsei Not An Easy Story to Tell
Ittsei Nakagawa never wanted to talk about it [Annotator's Note: surviving the atomic bomb detonation over Hiroshima,...
Kaiser, Raymond Not Many Japanese
Raymond Kaiser never saw large concentrations of troops. The largest he saw was about 25. He was flying wingman when he...
Sharp, Horace Nuremburg Trials
Horace Sharp and his men were billeted in former SS barracks when they reached Nuremburg. He had been rounding up SS...
Bolster, Elisabeth Nuremburg Trials
Elisabeth Bolster had no full knowledge of the implications of working at the Nuremburg Trials [Annotator's Note: the...
Lombardo, Samuel Nuremburg Trials Preparation
Samuel Lombardo had 100 people working for him in the effort to get the palace and courtroom ready [Annotator's Note:...
Darphin, Irma "Irma Boulet" Nurse Duty in France
Irma Darphin and the 127th General Hospital spent their first night there [Annotator's Note: in Normandy] in a bombed-...

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