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Cornelia, Matthew City Boy to Army Draftee
Matthew Cornelia was born in July 1918 and raised in Rochester, New York. His parents were both born in Ireland. At a...
Geller, Robert City Boy to Army Man
Robert Geller was born in July 1922 and grew up in New York City [Annotator’s Note: New York City, New York]. Geller’s...
Velfling, Jacob City Boy to Army Man
Jacob Velfling, Jr. was born in Cadillac, Michigan in May 1926. Velfling played many sports in high school and had a...
Beilman, Robert City Boy to Infantry Man
[Annotator's Note: Recording begins while interviewer is prepping Robert Lewis Beilman. Actual interview begins at 0:01...
Smith, Jacques City Boy to Jump School
Jacques Brewster Smith was born in September 1923, in Buffalo [Annotator's Note: Buffalo, New York]. Due to the Great...
Gambino, Elroy City Boy to Marines
Elroy Gambino was born in March 1925 in the Irish Channel [Annotator's Note: in New Orleans, Louisiana]. He grew up in...
Mittleman, Harvey City Boy to Seabee
Harvey Mittleman was born in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York City, New York] in May 1925. Mittleman and his...
Graham, Marvin City Boy to Staff Sergeant
[Annotator's Note: There is a background noise in the video.] In March 1923, Marvin Raymond Graham was born in New York...
Groel, Marilyn "Marilyn Strelow" City Life to Marine Life
Marilyn Strelow Groel was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1924 and grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey. Groel moved to...
Alexander, Samson Civil Rights in New Orleans
Samson Alexander says the people in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] were not for the marching [...
Greason, William Civil Rights Movement
William H Greason believed that African-American servicemen helped the Civil Rights Movement. In 1963, Greason was a...
Alexander, Samson Civil Rights Movement
Samson Alexander did a lot of things in the Civil Rights Movement. He did not know people had become hardened and mean...
Will, George Civil War Connections to World War 2
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks historian George Will about his and his father's personal connections to...
Laborde, Lucien Civilian and Military Life Before the D-Day Invasion
Lucien Paul Laborde was named after his grandfathers. He was the third boy in his family. Laborde was born in Vinton,...
Culp, Oscar Civilian Career
Oscar Culp performed much civic work for the city of Oceanside [Annotator's Note: Oceanside, California]. [Annotator's...
Smith, Perry Civilian Career and Honoring Lieutenant Colonel Jimmie Dyess
Perry Smith retired from the military in 1986. He became an author and consultant on military issues for various...
Guthrie, Richard Civilian in Hawaii
Richard Guthrie was born in November 1933 at the Quantico Marine Corps Air Station in Quantico, Virginia. His father...
Mills, Willis Civilian Life
Willis Mills returned to the United States aboard a ship and docked at Oakland [Annotator’s Note: Oakland, California...
Feldman, Henry Civilian LIfe and Postwar Career
Henry Feldman had no major problems returning home after the war. He soon decided to return to school since he left...
Bronstein, Isador Civilian Life and Reflections
Isadore Bronstein returned to civilian work on 18 March [Annotator's Note: 18 March 1946]. His family had spent time...
Heneghan, James Civilian Life During the War
Doctor James B. Heneghan's father was a civil engineer. He helped design the very first pre-stressed concrete arches...
Saunders, David Civilian Life to Merchant Marine Life
David R. Saunders was born in December 1922 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. His father was a...
Hanning, David Civilian Life to Military Training
David Hanning was born in May 1927 in Saranac Lake, New York. His mother, a nurse from Montreal [Annotator's Note:...
Estes, Bruce Civilian to Army
[Annotator’s Note: Video goes black at 0:11:11.000 – 0:11:18.000.] Bruce Estes [Annotator’s Note: born in Atlanta,...
Rineer, Robert Civilian to Military
Robert Rineer was born in May 1922 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He grew up with a twin brother and two sisters. His...
Crews, Lorenzo Civilian to Military Training
Lorenzo Dow Crews was born in April 1924 in Memphis [Annotator's Note: Memphis, Tennessee]. His father worked as a...
Biondo, Frank Clearing Omaha Beach
[Annotator's Note: Frank Biondo and his Company C, 5th Engineer Special Brigade were sheltering behind steel girders as...
Tomkiewicz, Micha Climate Change and the Holocaust
Micha Tomkiewicz fills his time trying to informally study and understand the history of the Holocaust. For him, the...
Amore, Frederick Close Call
Only one time did Frederick Amore come into a truly dangerous situation. He was not supposed to be in a "combat area,"...
Patterson, James Close Calls
There was a prisoner of war camp near where James Patterson was stationed [Annotator’s Note: in New Guinea]. They put...
Tweedt, Vernon T. Closer to Death
A guy approached Vernon Tweedt's wife at a reunion and told her he wanted to share something about Tweedt. Their...
Curran, Philip Closing Thoughts
Philip Curran's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when they hit a typhoon outside of the Yellow Sea [...
Beard, Oral Closing Thoughts
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a person off-camera answers a lot of the interviewer's questions or gives...
Tyson, Marvin Closing Thoughts
Marvin Tyson served because he would serve his country any time and was drafted. He doubts he would have served if not...
Edwards, Marvin Closing Thoughts
Marvin Raymond Edwards' most memorable experience of the war was the horrible treatment by the Germans and their cold-...
Medway, Irwin Closing Thoughts
Irwin Medway encountered anti-Semitism in Tennessee. He was beat up by another soldier. It has something to do with...

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