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Brooks, Howard Segment 7
The men got up before daylight and took their mess kits and lined up for some soup. Then they immediately lined up in...
Dennis, David Segment 7
To David Dennis Oran, North Africa looked just like any other town but the French people there were happy to see them....
Baynham, James Segment 7
The Russians [Annotator's Note: who liberated Baynham and others at Stalag Luft I prisoner of war camp] had a tank with...
Myers, Leroy Segment 7
They had to break the monotony. They would see someone get beat and they would laugh about the way he hollered or the...
Milosevich, Risto Segment 7
Milosevich did not know of the plan to pull back.The Germans flanked the position and captured hole after hole. They...
Galloway, Thomas Segment 7
Galloway notes that as long as he was ahead of the German officers behind him he could sneak into a house. Galloway...
Candelaria, Richard Segment 7
Richard Candelaria and his German guards were becoming friends. The guards gave him cognac. The guards put him in a van...
Corbin, Robert "Bob" Segment 7
After they got away Corbin was told by his adjutant about Colonel Waters [Annotator's Note: US Army General John K....
Hanna, Homer H. Segment 7
The B-29s carrying the second atomic bomb were overhead circling Yawata. The crew of the B-29 carrying the bomb was...
Gatewood, Joel Segment 7
They would constantly catch rides until they got to Paris. The third day of travel they ended up in Paris. They ate...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 8
Lyle Bouck was all over the place during the fighting, but does not recall where he was or when. Kalil [Annotators Note...
Loevsky, Louis Segment 8
Loevsky's destination during his long march was Stalag VIIA in Moosburg, Germany. Along the way to Moosburg they was...
Kalil, Louis Segment 8
After separating Kalil from the rest of the platoon after his capture, the Germans loaded Kalil on a truck and took him...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 8
The prisoners would steal stuff whenever they could. Sometimes the men would get searched. Everyone would throw their...
LaPorta, Edward Segment 8
Edward LaPorta was not able to locate other members of the 1st Armored Division. He was captured by Rommel’s [...
Brooks, Howard Segment 8
Brooks never once had any contact with the Red Cross. At 1 point they were each issued 1 item out of a Red Cross parcel...
Church, Ray Segment 8
When the Japanese came ashore they had battleships, planes, and superior equipment. Church and his men were using .30...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 8
Leonard Spivey was told that the war was over for him and that he would not be fighting again. Spivey gave them name,...
Myers, Leroy Segment 8
Sometime in the spring of 2004 [Annotator's Note: Myers means 1944] there was a Japanese, who Myers thought had been...
Candelaria, Richard Segment 8
A Red Cross truck passed the area where Candelaria and his fellow prisoners were being held. He spoke with the man in...
Hanna, Homer H. Segment 8
Representatives from each camp were taken to Okinawa for a meeting to determine the best way to get the American...
Kleiss, Norman "Dusty" Segment 8
During this attack there was only one plane lost. As Norman Kleiss was heading back to the carrier he came across...
Bouck, Lyle Segment 9
The guard spoke to Lyle Bouck in German and stuck the barrel of his weapon against Bouck's stomach. Bouck heard a snap...
Kalil, Louis Segment 9
The Germans repaired Kalil's mouth and jaw. He did not mind it. He remembers the worst part was them cutting him open...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 9
The prisoners had their own doctors they had to rely on. They had a Japanese doctor assigned to them but he was not 1...
Brooks, Howard Segment 9
Brooks group was moved to a permanent camp which was an old French Colonial army camp. It was a nice place and the food...
Church, Ray Segment 9
Rosa was part of a wealthier bunch according to Church. Church went back after the war to find her but she had gone...
Dennis, David Segment 9
David Dennis feels that he and his unit were well prepared for the fighting in North Africa. He believes that the only...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 9
Leonard Spivey lived in a combine, which was a group of six prisoners in one living space. They were allowed to stay...
Myers, Leroy Segment 9
The Japanese split the camp up again. Myers thinks that after the school teacher had been to the camp he said something...
Kanaya, Jimmie Segment 9
As a medic, Kanaya had to treat the Germans like their own wounded. The medics would treat the American wounded 1st and...
Hanna, Homer H. Segment 9
1 [Annotator's Note: Japanese guard in the Philippines] was known as the duck. The duck was impulsive. Hanna didn't...
Jefferson, Alexander Segment 9
Alexander Jefferson listened to the BBC radio at the POW camp, but had no idea about the landings in Southern France....
Smithson, Jack Service in Europe
Jack A. Smithson went where the big guns [Annotator's Note: 90mm antiaircraft guns M1/M2/M3; Smithson was in the 124th...
Hicks, Ora Pierce Service Integration and Europe
After returning to the camp [Annotator's Note: Fort Huachuca, Arizona], Ora Hicks was transferred to a German POW [...
Johnson, Malcolm Shanghai Jimmy James
Malcolm Johnson had been a civilian contractor on Wake Island when he was wounded and taken prisoner by the Japanese....

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