Liberation of civilian populations

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Brooks, Curtis Taken Out of Manila to Leyte
A few days after being liberated from their internment in Santo Tomas in Manila, Curtis Brooks and his brother were...
Mancuso, Frank Taking Rome
Frank Mancuso’s unit went back to Naples to get more replacements and newer landing craft, landing onshore without...
Tweedt, Vernon T. The Abbey at Monte Cassino
[Annotator's Note: Vernon Tweedt was at the Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy and was present when the Allies bombed the...
Halpern, Gerard The Anzio Breakout
Gerard Halpern landed at Anzio in April [Annotators Note: April of 1944] and was assigned to his new squad. They were...
Deiglmayr, Erna The British Arrive
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Erna Deiglmayr when she knew the war was coming to an end.] The German military...
Aalders, Johannes The Canadians Arrive
The Germans occupying Johannes Aalders' family house stayed until the night before the Canadians came in [Annotator's...
Murphy, Thomas The End of the War
Thomas Murphy spent eight or ten weeks in the 23rd General Hospital [Annotators Note: after being wounded in the side...
Leefe, Guy The Last Week of the War
Guy Leefe, Jr. was in Lemgo, Germany when the war ended. Prior to that, Eisenhower [Annotator's Note: US Army General,...
Crosby, Thomas The Liberation of the Santo Tomas Internment Camp
On the evening of 3 February 1945, Thomas Crosby had gone to get hot water for his room monitor to drink a cup of hot...
Kerner, John The Wars End
John Kerner crossed the Elbe River where his unit [Annotator's Note: 110th Medical Battalion, 35th Infantry Division]...
Marich, Robert Thoughts on the War
After the war, Robert Marich worked in television. A show he produced featured couples who had been married a long time...
de Marcken, Christian Tough Times and Liberation
Christian de Marcken said that at the time of the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German...
Ammerman, Gale Training for D-Day
Gale Ammerman went to England just after Christmas 1943. He went to Scotland first. He about froze to death even...
Mills, George Training in England to Fighting in France
In October 1943, George F. Mills was shipped overseas and stationed in South Wales [Annotator's Note: South Wales,...
Gordon, Fred Two Close Calls and War’s End
Fred Gordon remembers two near death experiences during his combat [Annotator's Note: Gordon was an officer in Battery...
Williams, Robert Vierville and Carentan
The second day, Robert L. Williams and the others went to the town of Vierville. They had gotten reports that Vierville...
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...
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...
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...
Gast, William War's End
William Earl Gast remembers the first time he changed into new clothes. He was staying in a house and slept in the...
Schmidt, Vernon War's End
[Annotator's Note: After capturing Mainz, Germany,] Vernon Schmidt and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company E, 358th...
Bolster, Elisabeth War's End
Elisabeth Bolster learned to speak English because her mother wanted her to leave the country [Annotator's Note:...
Weber, Norman War's End
Norman Weber has a significant and raw memory of how the war ended. The family had to flee their home. It was the end...
Alvarez, Charles War's End & Postwar
Charles J. Alvarez Sr. was assigned to the USS Guam (CB-2) as a fireman during his service in World War 2. When the...
Tindal, Sullivan War's End and Atomic Bombs
Sullivan Tindal did not write too much to his family while he was in Europe because he did not have a lot of time and...
Raby, Glynn War's End and Discharge
Glynn G. Raby, Jr. was transferred to the 3rd Army and moved to Czechoslovakia. They arrived in pro-German territory,...
Momi, Harry War's End and Postwar
[Annotator’s Note: An air conditioner can be heard turning on and off throughout this clip.] At war’s end, Harry Robert...
Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" War's End and Postwar Life
Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine and the other internees at Santo Tomas [Annotator's Note: Santo Tomas Internment Camp,...
Allen, Warren "Bill" War's End and Postwar Life
When Warren William "Bill" Allen, Junior's unit [Annotator's Note: Battery C, 335th Field Artillery Battalion, 87th...
Cresswell, Constance War's End in Europe
There was excitement at Constance Cresswell's officers' club when Glenn Miller [Annotator's Note: US Army Air Forces...
Jaccarino, Richard War’s End and Liberating South Korea
After Richard Jaccarino was released from the hospital, he was sent to a replacement depot on Saipan, and within a...
Resta, Francis "Fran" War’s End and Occupation of Germany
Asked if he had interacted with any of the Russians, Francis Resta remembered working with them to gather the displaced...
Wilson, Anderson War’s End, Going Home and Reflections
Anderson Wilson was on leave in Paris [Annotator's Note: Paris, France] when the war ended. When they had first arrived...
A large crowd of Parisian civilians scatters from sniper fire in August 1944
A large crowd of Parisian civilians scatters from sniper fire. "ETO-HQ-44-12542. 20 Aug. Signal corps photo. Crowds of...
American convey moves past civilians in Carentan in June 1944
Convey moves past civilians in Carentan. "ETO-HQ-44-5255. Weintaub. 17 June. Signal corps photo. An American convoy...

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