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Langsam, Dora Reflections
Dora Langsam wanted to be an American after her experiences in the Holocaust [Annotator's Note: also called the Shoah;...
Baughman, Paul Reflections
Paul Baughman's most important consideration about the war is he will not see combat anymore. He suffered with hip, leg...
Struble, Charles Reflections
Charles Struble remembers planes [Annotator's Note: of the 421st Bombardment Squadron, 504th Bombardment Group, 20th...
Carawan, Chris Reflections
At the end of the war, Chris Carawan said there were thousands of German prisoners that had been taken. The Americans...
Jennings, Edward Reflections
Edward Bruce Jennings contracted malaria [Annotator's Note: disease caused by a parasite that commonly infects a...
Heffron, Edward "Babe" Reflections
Edward "Babe" Heffron felt good about being in the airborne with the best unit he could have joined [Annotator's Note:...
Baker, Bernard Reflections
After returning to Jefferson Barracks [Annotator's Note: Saint Louis, Missouri], the military wanted to keep Bernard...
Lalande, Edward Reflections
Edward Lalande returned to the States [Annotator's Note: United States] in a convoy. He had been in Oran [Annotator's...
Lee, Lewis Reflections
Lewis M. Lee, Sr.'s most memorable experience of the war was Pearl Harbor, and he remarks that we didn't have a...
DeMott, Joseph Reflections
Joseph DeMott [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war of the Japanese] left the war feeling that we are all human beings...
Wieland, Kenneth Reflections
Kenneth Wieland's most memorable experience of the war was coming home. He had served because all the other guys his...
Pugh, Thomas Reflections
Thomas Edward Pugh enjoyed returning to the United States, but also enjoyed going overseas. Pugh was surprised when he...
Nicholas, John Reflections
John Nicholas fought in World War 2 because the guys before him had signed up so he had to do so also. He had to fight...
Burnett, Marshall Reflections
Marshalls Burnett's most memorable experiences are learning about the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the...
Bell, Cecil Reflections
Cecil K. Bell married a girl after the war whom he had met years before when she was just four years old. After the war...
Stovroff, Irwin Reflections
Irwin Stovroff feels that The National WWII Museum is a creation that could only have happened after a war like the one...
Bodson, Henry Reflections
Henry Bodson headed back to the US [Annotator's Note: United States from serving in Cambodia with the US Army]. He...
Villarrubia, Forrest Reflections
Forrest Villarrubia recollects climbing up a tree and being shot at as his most memorable occurrence of World War 2. [...
Stewart, Stanley Reflections
Stanley Stewart said that, on the whole, he enjoyed his tour in the Pacific. He had been on Bougainville, Papua New...
Welty, Orrin Reflections
After the war, Orrin Welty went back to Ohio worked for a Ford company where his father was the sales manager. He took...
Goldberg, Edwin Reflections
[Annotator's Note: There is a background humming noise throughout this interview.] When Edwin “Pete” Goldberg returned...
Perino, Salvador Reflections
Salvador Perino's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Makassar Strait (CVE-91)] was brought to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam...
Carver, Jack Reflections
Jack Carver thinks the youth of today have no idea of the type of war the Second World War was. The movie is good [...
Porche, Albert Reflections
When Albert Porche returned from the war, he had no expectations of being treated differently from the way he was...
Trotter, Bernice Reflections
Bernice Trotter's brother died in April 1945. She was in Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp...
Brown, Charles Reflections
After World War 2, Charles R. Brown had a hard time adjusting to civilian life and opening about his combat experiences...
Born, James Reflections
When James Born left Japan and landed in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California]. He had no...
Higgins, Richard Reflections
When Richard Higgins returned to the United States he went to Quantico to drive a truck. He would drive civilians to...
Johnsen, Erik Reflections
Erik Johnsen served in the US Merchant Marine during World War 2. As a result of the war, his father realized his dream...
Griffith, Ralph Reflections
Ralph Griffith was moved on a hospital ship from Manchuria to Okinawa and there he ran into friends he knew before the...
Cole, John Reflections
When John H. Cole got home, he returned to the farm and realized it was not the way he would make his living. He tried...
Johnson, Alfred Reflections
Alfred A. Johnson, Jr. believes World War 2 liberated much of the world. It made people realize they had to take care...
Compagno, Nicholas Reflections
The Italian campaigns were the toughest part of Nicholas John Compagno's World War 2 experience. Being part of the 36th...
Sledge, Nevin Reflections
Nevin Sledge remembers people were going crazy in Honolulu [Annotator’s Note: Honolulu, Hawaii] after they heard the...
Day, Morris "Gene" Reflections
Morris Eugene Day was a happy-go-lucky boy before the war. When he returned, he found that life was the same, but it...
Varuso, Anthony Reflections
Anthony Varuso has visited The National WWII Museum and finds it a wonderful place to educate the populace about the...

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