Overseeing enemy prisoners of war

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Among the prisoners in Ralph Sykes' prison were Hermann Goering's wife and daughter. The wives of other prisoners were...
Samuel Lombardo had interactions with some of the German women held as prisoners after the war. He was sent to where...
Horace Sharp and his men were billeted in former SS barracks when they reached Nuremburg. He had been rounding up SS...
The nurses were not told much about their upcoming assignment on a hospital ship [Annotator's Note: the USAHS Thistle...
When asked what it was like flying in the TBF [Annotator's Note: Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers aircraft], Leo...
The officers would "talk a lot about things," Donald Campbell says, it was a furious campaign [Annotator's Note: the...
Robert E. McGovern was never in any combat while he was in the Philippines because he arrived soon after World War 2...
When the war ended, Wallace McKay was sent to Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], where he worked in a beach...
When the Japanese surrendered on Luzon [Annotator's Note: Luzon, Philippines], Paul Franklin's unit [Annotator's Note:...
Mason Dorsey was part of the occupation force. That was nice. After the war, he was the PX [Annotator's Note: post...
There were a lot of good Christian German people. After Germany surrendered, Daniel Farley was assigned to occupation...
After World War 2 ended, Ralph Osterhoudt Sr. and his unit [Annotator’s Note: 575th Field Artillery Battalion] was...
The war was over in May 1945 and Ernest Chauvin left Germany in May 1946. He did occupation duty. His company [...
Soon after the war, Ray League's involvement with the 65th Infantry Division ended. The division was disbanded, and he...
After the Japanese surrendered [Annotator’s Note: the surrender was announced by Japanese Emperor Hirohito on 15 August...
Jack Carver served on occupation duty in Linz, Austria. The Americans ran the town, but at night, the SS was still...
Harold Watters [Annotator's Note: with the 355th Engineer General Service Regiment] only ever talked to Germans in...
After the surrender of Japan, Erico J. Catalano became a buck sergeant [Annotator's Note: the lowest rank of sergeant...
John J. Cupina was assigned to occupation duty after the war ended in Europe because he did not have enough points to...
They [Annotators Note: Tokuji Yoshihashi and the rest of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team] were in the town of...
Robert Powers returned to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands], which had been built up since he had last...
Don Bowling trained with rifles, machine guns, and mortars. He landed on Omaha [Annotator's Note: Omaha Beach, Normandy...
Frank Savage transferred to the 93rd Infantry Division. He became the assistant to the Adjutant of the special troops...
Edward Denzler did a lot of patrolling and remembers one mission when his company [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd...
William Burrus was only 20 years old when he returned from the war. You have to do what you do, and it is all you can...
Robert W. "Bob" O'Connor [Annotator's Note: a Communications Sergeant in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute...
Right after George Griffenhagen and other members of the 20th Engineers [Annotator's Note: then the 20th Engineer...
Matthew A. Reluga's older brother Charles was an MP [Annotator's Note: military police]. Once Reluga got get a break in...
Edward Denzler relates some amusing incidents that occurred while he was training the cavalry troopers, a job he...
Howard Anderson finally had enough training and was assigned to an 11 man crew. His commander had flown many different...
Edwin Slomka was shipped overseas on the Aquitania [Annotator's Note: RMS Aquitania], which was turned into a troopship...
After he completed his training, Paul Rothenheber was assigned to the USS Monticello (APA-61), a troop transport ship....
Among the many things Francis Neilson learned in Lincoln, Nebraska was that oxygen was a good cure for a hangover. In...
After completing his training, Mort Walker volunteered for overseas duty because he had heard that once the war was...
Charlie Lomax [Annotator's Note: a Naval officer in a special communications task force in the Naval Amphibious Forces...
On Pavuvu Island [Annotator's Note: Pavuvu Island, Solomon Islands], a personnel officer told Wilfred Hanson [Annotator...

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