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Ridyard, Herbert Joining the 94th Infantry Division
Herbert W. Ridyard joined the 94th Infantry Division in Mississippi. The division was going on maneuvers in Tennessee...
Hirabayashi, Grant Joining the Military
Grant Jiro Hirabayashi attended school in Hotaka, Nagano, Japan for eight years and lived with his extended family....
Bannai, Paul Joining the Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Paul Takeo Bannai decided to go to Washington D.C. to lobby for the inclusion of Japanese-Americans in the military. He...
Werner, Morton Joining the Navy
Morton William Werner was born in February 1927 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He grew up in a middle-class home. His...
Tarrant, Eugene Joining the Navy, Boot Camp, and the USS San Francisco (CA-38)
Eugene Tarrant went to join the military when he was 18. He was in good shape, about 175 pounds. A sergeant asked him...
Davis, Romay Joining the Women's Army Corps
Romay Catherine Johnson Davis did not know there was anything different than segregation. She had everything she needed...
Bee, Donald Kamikazes Attack on Intrepid
Donald H. "Don" Bee saw his first action [Annotator's Note: as a crewman aboard the USS Intrepid (CV-11)], when a...
Kawamoto, Yukio Known and Unknown Family
Yukio Kawamoto's parents did not have to divulge too much about how their time in the camp went. Kawamoto had gotten a...
Kafka, T. Korean War
After World War 2, T. Toby Kafka reenlisted into the Women's Army Corps (WAC) Reserves and was attached to an...
Goldstein, Elizabeth Kraków-Plaszów Concentration Camp
Elizabeth Goldstein and her family lived in the ghetto [Annotator’s Note: in Mateszalka, Hungary] for only a couple of...
Amram, Fred Kristallnacht
Fred Amram remembers going to the park. His parents talked about their experiences. He has a memory of being hungry....
Nossbaum, Anneliese Kristallnacht
Anneliese Nossbaum lived in Bonn, Germany and was proud of the synagogue there where her father was the cantor. As a...
Bolster, Elisabeth Kristallnacht
Elisabeth Bolster was home during Kristallnacht [Annotator's Note: the "night of broken glass" when Nazis attacked...
Cohn, Marthe Kristallnacht Plus One
The day after Kristallnacht [Annotator's Note: 11 November 1938], Marthe Cohn's oldest brother and sister went to...
Rosenzweig, Abraham Kwajalein Invasion
Abraham Rosenzweig picked up troops [Annotator’s Note: at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] and headed for the invasion of...
Aigner, Leslie Landsberg and Kaufering Camps
Leslie Aigner walked through the outskirts of Landsberg. A fellow prisoner pointed out the prison where Hitler [...
Mayes, Robert Last Thoughts
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer switches to Jay Christopher Atkins who asks Robert Mayes how it felt to have two...
Bass, Leon Last Thoughts
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Leon Bass if he has any personal regrets regarding his service during World War...
Jaber, Anton Last Thoughts
Anton Jaber did not use the G.I. Bill. He was on ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps] duty for five...
Alexander, Samson Last Thoughts on War
Samson Alexander's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when Harry Truman [Annotator's Note: Harry S. Truman,...
Wiswell, George Learning to Think
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks George Wiswell what it was like when the war ended.] Thank goodness it was over...
Baranek, Martin Leaving a Legacy
It wasn't easy for Martin Baranek to fit into society after the war because his formative years were bereft of...
Rothenberg, Judith Leaving Belgium
Judith Rothenberg's [Annotator's Note: a Belgian Jewish child at the time of the war] recalls her father left them [...
Tarrant, Eugene Leaving the Navy, Fight in the Slot, and Reunions
The captain [Annotator's Note: Captain Albert Finley France, Jr.] told Tarrant that the Navy was going to be different...
Nossbaum, Anneliese Liberated
Annaliese Nossbaum came across letters she and her mother had written after their liberation from Mauthausen [Annotator...
Kracov, William Liberating Dachau
William Kracov [Annotator's Note: as a scout for heavy weapons Company M, 3rd Battalion, 232nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd...
Somogyi, Peter Liberation
Peter Somogyi felt there was a chance he had been liberated when he saw a Russian soldier outside the window [Annotator...
Goldstein, Elizabeth Liberation
In April 1945, Elizabeth Goldstein heard noises and saw airplanes circling in the sky. She knew that the end was near....
Noe, Leanne Liberation
Leanne Blinzler Noe [Annotator's note: a child internee at Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila Internment Camp,...
Samet, Judah Liberation
Judah Samet left by train and remembers passing through Berlin [Annotator's Note: Berlin, Germany] where ruins were...
Kleiner, Leona Liberation
Leona Kleiner views her liberation as the best thing in her life except for her family. [Annotator's Note: Kleiner left...
Komito, Joseph Liberation and America
Joseph Komito traveled many days on a train not knowing where he was bound [Annotator's Note: the Germans were...
Knobler, Paula Liberation and Freedom
Paula Knobler heard the sound of artillery as the Russians approached her concentration camp. The Germans evacuated...
Levy, Anne Liberation and Postwar
Anne Levy initially thought the Russian liberators were going to be better than the German oppressors. She would...
White, Alexander Liberation and Returning Home
Alexander White described conditions at the Schindler factory as "difficult." Food was scarce, and, initially, rations...
DeMott, Joseph Liberation and Returning to the United States
In the middle of July 1945, Joseph DeMott started seeing Australian Mosquito bombers [Annotator's Note: de Havilland DH...

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