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Hughes, William USAHS Wisteria
William B. Hughes sailed on the hospital ship USAHS Wisteria on his second voyage. He was assigned a fire station but...
Shown, Donald USS Indianapolis (CA-35) Duty
Donald Herbert Shown and the Indianapolis [Annotator’s Note: USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] were in the Aleutians at the...
Rupert, Gerald USS Lake Champlain (CV-39)
Gerald Rupert was scheduled to go to the Pacific prior the dropping of the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear...
Raskoph, Jack Utah Beach
Jack Raskoph was transferred to Pier 92 in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York], where people were...
Chaisson, Roland V-1 Rockets, Rice Pudding and the Battle of the Bulge
They [Annotator's Note: Roland Chaisson and the rest of the 1st Infantry Division] started on their way to Paris but...
Pratt, Robert V-7 Program to LST Duty
After being accepted into the Navy V-7 program [Annotator's Note: V-7 US Navy Midshipmen Officer Candidates Program,...
Bucksell, Norris V-E Day and Postwar Life
Norris Bucksell fired a gun for the first time on 8 May 1945, V-E Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day], and...
Mayes, Robert Varied Observations
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks questions about life in the field.] Robert Mayes lived two people to one pup...
Laborde, Lucien VE-Day, a Popular Officer, and Relationships with Locals
Lucien Laborde was on staff duty in the war room on the night of 7 May 1945. At about two in the morning they got a TWX...
Johnson, James Vietnam War
James Johnson came back to the United States and was supposed to go to an advanced course. They pulled him out and put...
Burk, Jeannine Visiting Auschwitz
Jeannine Burk and Maurice [Annotator's Note: her husband] went to Belgium before he passed and visited her brother....
Caffarel, Carl VJ Day, Commissioning and Deployment to China
Carl Caffarel was at Columbia University in New York, taking final exams [Annotator's Note: which were abandoned], when...
Amrod, Paul VJ-Day and Occupation Duty in Korea
Aside from sporadic sniper fire, Paul Amrod's prayers were answered and he had no really close calls. He attributes his...
Tweedt, Vernon T. Von Rundstedt, Patton, and Normandy
What Vernon Tweedt saw of the Italian people was that they were willing to be helpful if necessary, but they pretty...
Linkous, Melvin Wales
Melvin Linkous had an intelligent man in his company [Annotator's Note: Cannon Company, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd...
Hicks, Ora Pierce Walter Reed Hospital
Ora Hicks was one of the nurses to attend Yale University [Annotator's Note: Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut...
Szafran, Daniel War Breaks Out
Daniel Szafran was living in his home town of Stryków, Poland when war broke out December 1939. Prior to the war, they...
Ellis, Frederick War Ends and Arriving in Yokohama
Everywhere that Frederick Ellis went there was an officer's club. The enlisted men never got that. Every once in a...
McCarthy, George War Experience Overview
George W. McCarthy was born in April 1925 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He father worked as a lumberman, but lost his...
Bailey, Kenneth War Experiences
Kenneth H. Bailey and his future wife did a lot of talking about the war before he was drafted. In England, they...
Lafferty, Ralph War Experiences
Senator Dole [Annotator's Note: Robert Joseph Dole; American veteran and politician] had been in the same division, but...
Bluestein, Bernard "Bernie" War in Europe Ends
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Bernard B. "Bernie" Bluestein only remembers...
Joyce, Josefine War in Germany
In seeing the movies [Annotator's Note: referring to the documentaries and Beyond all Boundaries 4D experience...
Franklin, Paul War Memories
Paul Franklin went to work for an oil company after he graduated high school. While at the water house, Franklin...
Henry, Margaret War Years
Margaret Brewer Henry was born in Miami, Florida, but she grew up in Atlanta [Annotator's Note: Atlanta, Georgia]. She...
Sarosi, George War Years
George A. Sarosi lived in Hungary which had lost a large part of its territory after the end of World War 1. The ruling...
Kean, Robert War's End
Robert Kean talks about a letter he wrote home. After the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German...
Damiano, George War's End
George A. Damiano recalls that the local population [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa, Japan] was happy to have the...
Thomas, A.C. War's End
A.C. Thomas thought the German soldiers were too young. Most of them were teenagers. He was in Germany when the war...
Smith, Samuel War's End
Samuel W. Smith remembers when the war ended in Europe, bombers were needed in the Pacific. There were 65 crews picked...
Hall, Meda War's End
[Annotator's Note: Meda Royce Hall is difficult to understand throughout this segment.] Hall and his squadron [...
Peterson, Dale War's End
Dale Peterson's battlestation on the USS San Juan (CL-54) was a five inch 38 caliber gun mount that had a seven man...
DuBose, John War's End
John DuBose heard little current war news while onboard the SS Frenchtown. They did learn shortly after the end of the...
Jenkins, Frederick War's End
Frederick Jenkins was an engineer on a whale boat when the war ended. They left the ship as the she went out on picket...
Lewis, Burton War's End
Burton Lewis entered Germany and helped set up a factory to manufacture netting in preparation for the crossing of the...
Stone, Edward War's End
Edward Stone was aboard the USS Bumper (SS-333) after its first war patrol when it entered Subic Bay in the Philippines...

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