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Fili, William Daring Rescues and Betraying Romania
[Annotator's Note: William Fili was liberated from a prisoner of war camp in Bucharest, Romania on 23 August 1944.]...
Moskin, Alan Discovering Gunskirchen Lager
On 4 May 1945, near the end of the war, Alan Moskin and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 66th Infantry Regiment, 71st...
Blackwell, David Duties With the 30th Evacuation Hospital
David McKinley Blackwell served as a cook with the 30th Evacuation Hospital in the Pacific Theater. Not only did he...
Massey, Joseph Effects of War and Reflections
The war made Joseph Massey appreciate life a lot more. [Annotator's Note: Massey gets emotional.] He got a better...
Lesniewski, Joseph Eindhoven, Holland
Joseph Lesniewski did not run into any resistance landing in Holland [Annotator's Note: during Operation Market Garden...
Grant, Edward End of War Relief Missions
Edward Grant flew two liberation missions in Hungary. People were being forced to work in ammunition factories making...
Myers, Julia England to France
Julia L. Myers had male nurses in her class as well, and they joined the Army too. Myers was an Army nurse. She went in...
Dawson, Zhanna Entertaining the Wehrmacht
Zhanna Dawson worked with a tuner to tune the orphanage piano [Annotator's Note: because of her playing talent, Dawson...
Rooney, Andrew Ernest Hemingway
Andrew A. Rooney [Annotator's Note: correspondent for the Stars and Stripes, American military newspaper] did run...
Knutson, Caroll Evacuation March Preparations
By the end of January 1945, Carroll Knutson could hear the artillery fire in the distance as the Soviets advanced into...
Albright, William Fate and Destiny
William Albright was liberated in May 1945. He never knew what was going to happen from one day to the next and that...
Ruiz, Manuel Fighting in Europe
[Annotator's Note: Various noises are heard in the background throughout this clip.] Manuel Ruiz was frightful in...
Goldstein, Sam Fighting in Italy
In November 1942, Sam Goldstein was drafted and sent to Fort Dix [Annotator's Note: Fort Dx, New Jersey] for induction...
Mugliston, Gwendolyn Final Thoughts
Gwendolyn Mugliston became part of the BACEPOW [Annotator's Note: Bay Area Civilian Ex-Prisoners of War], while looking...
McCarthy, George Forgiving the Enemy
George W. McCarthy was a POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] in Europe during World War 2. While he was in camp, he...
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...
Tallon, Donald From Africa to Liberating Rome
After basic training, Don Tallon left Virginia for Africa. The journey took 21 days in a convoy. They had rough weather...
Howard, William From Anzio to Rome
William Edwin Howard says the fighting on Anzio [Annotator's Note: Anzio, Italy] beach was terrible. The Germans had a...
Fayerman, Severin From Auschwitz to Buchenwald to Freedom
[Annotator's Note: Severin Fayerman was sent to the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp complex in German...
Carter, Donald From Cherbourg to Paris
On the twelfth day of combat, Don Carter's squad [Annotator's Note: in Battery B, 44th Field Artillery Battalion, 4th...
Brooks, Curtis From Manila to San Francisco
Curtis Brooks was aboard a transport aircraft after being liberated from the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila,...
Rooney, Andrew From Paris to China
Andrew A. Rooney [Annotator's Note: as a correspondent for the Stars and Stripes, American military newspaper] entered...
Coleman, Harper From Saint Lo to Paris
Harper Harvey Coleman was at Saint Lo [Annotator's Note: Saint-Lô, France] and dug in along a road that was supposed to...
Mills, George From Soldier to Prisoner in Europe
After liberating Paris France, George F. Mills [Annotator's Note: with the Company E, 2nd Battalion, 109th infantry...
Lorenzen, Angus General Douglas MacArthur Visits Santo Tomas
Angus Lorenzen, his sister and mother were internees in the Santo Tomas Camp in Manila, Philippines. On 3 February 1945...
Redmond, Leroy General George Patton
Leroy Redmond was part of the invasion of southern France. It was unscathed as the war had been in the north for a long...
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...
Wilson, Anderson Germany and the 603rd Camouflage Battalion
Anderson Wilson and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 23rd Headquarters Special Troops] went into Germany. Frankfurt was...
Alexander, Joseph Germany and Then America
After making it into Germany [Annotator's Note: after being liberated from the Landsberg subcamp of Dachau...
Bosworth, Paul Going Home, Being Discharged and Reflections
The camp [Annotator's Note: Camp Lucky Strike, between Cany and Saint-Valery, France] was Seventh Heaven. They [...
Baxter, Lionel Guard Duty at Buchenwald
The worst thing [Annotator's Note: about the war] for Lionel Baxter was that after the war was over, he was a guard at...
Bradley, John Hanging Out With the Soldiers
After liberation [Annotator's Note: 3 February 1945 at the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila Internment Camp,...
Stern, Herbert Hanover and Salzwedel
Herbert Stern and his units [Annotator's Note: atthis time Stern was commanding the 909th Field Artillery Battalion and...
Fayerman, Severin His Family Reunites
[Annotator's Note: After liberation from a concentration camp, Severin Fayerman went to a United Nations displaced...
McDermott, James Home and Retirement
James McDermott was at Moosburg [Annotator’s Note: Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany] when the Germans surrendered. He...
Moskin, Alan How Did This Happen?
[Annotator's Note: Alan Moskin took part in the liberation of Gunskirchen Lager, a subcamp of the Mauthausen-Gusen...

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