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Rupp, Robert Earning a Presidential Unit Citation
Robert Rupp was surprised by the atomic bomb drops on Japan [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and...
Swinney, Lauren Education and Working for the Carnegie Illinois Steel Company
Lauren Swinney was born in LaSalle, Illinois and grew up in Gary, Indiana. During that time, Gary had the Carnegie...
Mancuso, Frank Effects of the War
For Frank Mancuso, the war took away four years of his youth and there were many things he did not get a chance to do....
Schafer, Leon Effects of the War
Leon Schafer is certain the war affected his life afterwards. Number one, he never left his wife. When he got home, he...
Massey, Joseph Effects of War and Reflections
The war made Joseph Massey appreciate life a lot more. [Annotator's Note: Massey gets emotional.] He got a better...
Marr, John W Eliminating a Machine Gun Position
During the assault on Manoir La Fiere [Annotators Note: La Fiere Manor] on D Day, Lieutenant John Marr led his advanced...
Will, George End and Rebirth of History
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks historian George Will why postwar American work went better in Europe than in...
Reynolds, Harley End of combat and beginning of new responsibilities
Harley Reynolds’s company came across some German collaborators who had killed themselves once they realized the...
Pipes, Richard End of the Cold War
In 1948, Richard Pipes began his teaching career because that was the course that interested him, and never thought of...
Rice, Darold End of the War
Darold Rice says that soon after he was retired from the war and was taken to a hospital in Luxembourg. He ate, slept,...
Hatch, Norman End of the War
Norman Hatch remained on Iwo Jima for the first 18 days of the battle. He was flown off on D plus 18. Hatch flew off...
Graff, Richard End of the War
Richard Graff continued moving through Germany. There were displaced people as well as American and German prisoners of...
Williamson, Leon End of the War
Leon Williamson was transferred back to the United States and was sent to Cherry Point [Annotator's Note: Marine Air...
Schilling, Ira End of the War
After combat on Tinian ended and the island was secured, Ira Schilling was sent to Hawaii. First, however, he reported...
Scales, James End of the War
In July 1945 at Camp Maui [Annotator's Note: Maui Island, Hawaii], James Shelton Scales and his staff [Annotator's Note...
Lepore, Louis End of the War and Occupation Duty
At the end of the battle [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], Louis R. Lepore was brought back to the beach and given a...
Arst, Paul End of the War and Postwar
[Annotator's Note: Paul Arst and the interviewer discuss some of his old comrades and their current whereabouts.] One...
Kawamoto, Yukio End of the War and the Atomic Bombs
[Annotator's Note: Yukio Kawamoto served in the Army as a Japanese interpreter with the 37th Infantry Division in the...
Nelson, Walter End of the War and the Korean Conflict
Walter Nelson used to fly out into the fog near the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. Sometimes he flew underneath the Bay...
Mervosh, Michael "Iron Mike" End of the War, Nightmares, Korea and Vietnam
After Michael Mervosh helped his wounded friends in the foxhole he realized that he had lost his hearing [Annotator's...
Reynolds, Florence G. End of the WASPs
Florence G. Shutsy-Reynolds' parents always told her she could do anything she wanted to do. That event is why she is...
Hollis, Frederick End of War
Frederick Hollis saw the mood of the country after Kasserine Pass as being very negative. With many ships lost at Pearl...
Jeffrey, Wallace End of War
Wallace Jeffery was near the Buchenwald concentration camp when the war ended in Germany. The camp had been liberated...
McCorriston, James "Fran McCorriston" End of War and Reflections
When James McCorriston left the hospital, he was assigned to the USS Fall River (CA-131), then he left the Navy. He...
Bornstein, Lester End of War and Reflections
Lester M. Bornstein could not believe the war was over. He had been in the Army for two years. His unit [Annotator's...
Lederer, Henry England and Big Questions
Henry Lederer knew from his training in the P-47 [Annotator's Note: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft] that he...
Fitzmorris, James Enlightened at the Museum
James Fitzmorris joined the military because he felt it was a responsibility to serve. He could not have stood on the...
Weller, James Enlistment and Normandy
James Weller picked the Army for enlistment because his father had served in World War I in a submarine. The submarine...
Morrison, Leila Entering Buchenwald
A lot of people had been taken prisoner while Leila Morrison was in Europe [Annotator's Note: as a nurse with the 118th...
Gibfried, Paul Entering the Navy
Paul Gibfried grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois, near Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois]. His family arrived...
Swinney, Lauren Entertaining Russian and Chinese Servicemen
At Northwestern University, Lauren Swinney's speech fraternity, Zeta Phi Eta, was sent to Glenview Naval Air Station....
Reynolds, Holly Entertainment in England, Getting Married and Divorced, and Caring for Animals
The Red Cross members in London tried to talk Holly Reynolds out of getting married overseas but there was a group of...
Leibold, William Escaping the USS Tang (SS-306)
When on the P-34 ship that pulled them out of the ocean, William Leibold and the other survivors of the Tang [Annotator...
Malta, Samuel Escorting Military Dead
Samuel Malta was based in Brooklyn New York as a military escort for the war dead. It was rough duty. He had to sign...
Grieves, Billy Eulogies, Tokyo Rose, and the Legacy of the Submarine Service
Billy Grieves talks about the eulogies he gives for friends who have passed away. He has officiated a number of...
Carson, Benjamin Evacuating Makin Island
Benjamin Carson found that evacuating Makin Island was far more difficult that arriving there. The tide worked against...

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