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Radke Azvedo, Ingrid Survival in Berlin and the Arrival of the Americans
Once it was captured by the Russian Army, Berlin was divided into four sectors [Annotator's Note: the Soviets took...
Cohen, Jack Survival to Liberation
Living in a monastery [Annotator's Note: Monastery of Saint George, Skyros, Greece], there was nothing for Jack Cohen...
Hayashi, Nobuo Surviving Aerial Bombings and the Japanese Government
While living in Japan during World War 2, Nobuo Hayashi describes that the bombings would happen during the day, while...
Polonski, Bluma Surviving Auschwitz
Bluma Polonski remembers life in Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp...
Kleiner, Leona Surviving Auschwitz
Leona Kleiner reflects on the individuals who survived [Annotator's Note: Kleiner spent over three years in the...
Lucas, Jack Surviving Iwo Jima
Jacklyn Lucas was just asking God to save him [Annotator's Note: after being wounded by the hand grenade he jumped on...
Aigner, Eva Surviving the Holocaust and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
[Annotator's Note: Eva Aigner was a young Jewish girl from Kosice, Czechoslovakia. After the anti-Jewish laws were...
Taylor, Sharon Tablets of the Missing and AWON
When Dr. Sharon Estill Taylor [Annotator’s Note: who worked for years to locate the crash site and remains of her...
Evans, Donald Taken Prisoner
Now the guys [Annotator's Note: 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division] were gone, and Donald Evans was in a ditch...
Bussel, Norman Taken Prisoner
Norman Bussel had to bail out of his B-17 over Berlin, Germany on 29 April 1944. He had been struck by shrapnel in the...
Clift, Gilbert Taken Prisoner at the Bulge
Gilbert Clift was at Camp Maxey [Annotator's Note: in Paris, Texas] for weeks without any idea where they were headed...
Whitman, Philip Taken to Nuremberg
[Annotator's Note: Philip Whitman was captured after bailing out of his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber and...
Yip, Wallace Taking Germany
[Annotator's Note: Wallace Yip, Sr. fought his way across France with the 79th Infantry Division.] They finally made it...
Coxe, John Taking the Offensive Through Germany
In the spring of 1945, John Coxe's 63rd Infantry Division went on the offensive, and his superior, Brigadier General...
Redmond, Leroy Tank Commander
Leroy Redmond was in Combat Command A, 14th Armored Division, as a tank commander. It was a lot of responsibility and...
Wombacher, Delbert Tank Field Trials and Patton
After the Louisiana Maneuvers [Annotator's Note: series of Army exercises held in Louisiana in 1941], Delbert Wombacher...
König, Karl Tank Life and Crew
Karl Friedrich "Charley” König [Annotator's Note: or Koenig] is small and had no difficulty in moving around in the...
White, Charles Tank Warfare
Charles White remembers traveling at night was bad. They could only proceed based on the exhaust from the tank in front...
Purvis, Frank Teaching at Northwestern for the V-7 Program
[Annotator's Note: Frank Purvis was in New York when he heard the news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii...
Moskin, Alan Teaching Kids Today
Alan Moskin went to Syracuse [Annotator's Note: in Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York] when he was 17 and got his...
Nesser, William Teaching Sailors
William Nesser went to the Army Transportation Corps. When he got there, the USS Kermanshah [Annotator's Note: SS...
Waller, Charles Teaching World War 2
Charles A. Waller believes there should be institutions like the National WWII Museum [Annotator's Note: The National...
David, Maynard Teaching World War 2 and David’s Crew
The smell over Tokyo during that night bombing mission [Annotator's Note: the 24 and 25 May 1945 fire bombing mission]...
Goldstein, Rosette Telling the Story of Survival
Rosette Goldstein decided to begin speaking in public of her experiences during the Holocaust as a result of her trip...
Zoltz, Hana Ten Years in Palestine
Hana Zoltz witnessed the continuing prejudice against the Jews when she returned to Poland after the war. She and other...
Kiplinger, Austin Terse Exchange with Admiral Sprague
Austin H. Kiplinger was aboard the USS Altamaha [Annotator's Note: USS Altamaha (CVE-18) and did anti-submarine...
Niederer, James Texas Boy to Army Man
James “Jim” William Niederer was born in January 1921 in Waco, Texas. He grew up with 5 siblings and his mother died...
Hanley, Fiske Texas Boy to Aviator
Fiske Hanley II was born in January 1920 in Brownwood, Texas. The Hanley family moved to Wichita Falls, Texas, then...
Adams, J. Texas Boy to Bombardier
[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Jones Quincy Adams Jr. and the interviewer in conversation.] Adams was...
Mather, James Texas Boy to V-5 Program
James Mather was born in February 1923 in Caddo, Texas. His father was in the oil business by maintaining the oil wells...
Bice, Austeen Texas Farm Boy to Combat Soldier
Austeen Bice was born in August 1923 in New Boston, Texas with five brothers and one sister. His father was a farmer...
Gilmore, Selwyn Texas to Enewetak
Selwyn Gilmore was drafted and went in on 17 August 1943. He stayed in Camp Beauregard [Annotator's Note: Pineville,...
Gilmore, Selwyn Thankful
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Selwyn Gilmore if his meeting a variety of types of people in the service...
Schaller, Henry Thanking the Tuskegee Airmen
Henry Schaller got discharged. He flew home in a new plane that nothing worked in. He flew from Italy to Africa and...
Francis, Norman Thanks To His Wife
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Dr. Norman Francis how he feels about receiving the American Spirit Awards'...
LeBlanc, Joyce The American Presence
Joyce Leblanc was working in the English land army on a farm that had military housing in 1942. One day, she spied a...

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