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Harold Horseman was the historian for the Guadalcanal veterans. Horseman wrote about the same area and about the same...
[Annotator's Note: Philip Whitman bailed out of his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber over Vienna, Austria on 13...
Harry Watson said that when the war started, the submarines were used merely as a scouting force. They would get...
Murray Stein remembered the Germans told them to dismantle their weapons, then forced them to march for about six days...
To Harry Quinn, combat was the closest thing to Hell that a person could experience. Sleep was disrupted at night by...
Emile Engles demonstrates his gratitude annually in Belgium for the Americans liberating them. He talks of the markers...
Lieutenant Babe Meeks informed William Garbo and the men of G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 112th Cavalry Regiment, that the he...
Paul Hilton Madden Jr. was assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 379th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division as a...
Rita Brandes had uncles who survived the war. Rather than being angry at her uncles for surviving, she was mad at her...
Chester Strunk had not received mail from home during his last year as a POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war]. When...
[Annotator's Note: A person off camera comments in the background throughout this clip.] Harry A. Donovan was born in...
Robert Ledford was born in December 1924 in northern Missouri. His family moved to Illinois when he was about 12 years...
On Christmas Day 1943 [Annotator's Note: 25 December 1943], Norman Raner was transferred to a little airfield. Mark...
Jack H. Bleuler served with the 822nd Bombardment Squadron, 38th Bombardment Group, 5th Air Force during the war in the...
Mario DeCarlo recalled using a machine gun to fight in the hedgerows to get the Germans out of the trenches. His unit [...
Cosmo Uttero was in Normandy [Annotator's Note: Normandy, France] a few weeks ago [Annotator's Note: at the time of...
They [Annotators Note: Tokuji Yoshihashi and the rest of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team] were in the area of Menton...
Robert "Bob" Rickel flew with the 379th Group [Annotator's Note: 524th Bombardment Squadron, 379th Bombardment Group,...
Theodore M. "Ted" Robinson became the skipper [Annotator's Note: captain, or commander] of his boat. A graduate of...
Richard "Dick" Schneider became a spare tail gunner after the loss of his former crew mates. It was not his preference...
Harold DeForest fought in World War 2 because he loves this country and felt that it was worth fighting for. His...
David Roderick was with the 1st Battalion Headquarters and dealt with administrative work during the Battle of the...
George Allen says he was part of something that worked out well. He was worried that we [Annotator's Note: the United...
Gwendolyn Mugliston became part of the BACEPOW [Annotator's Note: Bay Area Civilian Ex-Prisoners of War], while looking...
When Trinidad Ledesma lived in Riverside, California, he would get up in the middle of the night and make his family...
Norman Neste feels that The National WWII Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana is a good institution to have, especially for...
Henry Armstrong had a few nightmares about his war experience, seeing a concentration camp, and more. It took him 15...
William Ebersole feels that The National WWII Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana is good tribute to the war and the people...
Luna Kaufman had no difficulties after the war with nightmares. She was fortunate. She never felt that she was...
On 5 July [Annotator's Note: 5 July 1945], after refuel and refit in Perth [Annotator's Note: Perth, Australia], John...
Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. and the rest of the captured Wake Marines [Annotator's Note: US Marines who were captured when...
Josefine "Piepsi" Joyce enjoyed the Vienna [Annotator's Note: Vienna, Austria] woods. She enjoyed singing any type of...
Paul Arst joined his unit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division...
Arthur Joseph Arceneaux Junior and his squadron [Annotator’s Note: Marine Night Fighting Squadron 542 (VMF(N)-542)] had...
Harley Bridger entered the Army Air Corps in June 1943 at Camp Robinson in Little Rock [Annotator's Note: Little Rock,...
Charles “Chuck” Wisher was based on Tinian [Annotator’s Note: as a crewman on a Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy...

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