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Joseph Brannan returned to Melville, Rhode Island as a PT boat instructor [Annotator's Note: at the Motor Torpedo Boat...
Leonard Lomell remembers that the Battle of Normandy lasted for two and half months. As the beachhead grew to be larger...
William Bonelli felt bad for the sailors who died at Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: during the Japanese attack on...
Leroy Fadem was detached from his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Stevens (DD-479)] in October 1944. He flew back to the...
Josephine Pescatore would do it all again tomorrow if she had the same kind of troops, which she is sure they are....
His recollections were called back to the river crossing where Obie Wickersham lost his friend. To get to the river,...
When his leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] was up, Salvador Guercia returned...
Raymond Cauble landed his aircraft after being wounded in flight and was taken to a hospital. That night it hurt, and...
Paul J. Murphy reached Samar [Annotator’s Note: Samar Island in the Philippines] and a hospital that was newly built in...
Richard "Dick" Willhour was withdrawn from the front after being wounded [Annotator's Note: in Bitche, France with the...
Sidney Maiten sailed on his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Catoctin (AGC-5)] back to the United States from Europe after...
Allen Pedersen remembers 23 January [Annotator's Note: 23 January 1944] and the landing at Anzio Beach as his most...
Ed Rendelman grew up fast as a result of his participation in World War II. He discovered a lot of things he never...
The war did not change John Bache-Wiig, Jr. He expected what happened and he applied his Eagle Scout Annotator's Note:...
Dominic Geraci is proud of his service. He believes it made a man out of him. He is happy he could serve his country....
While in Hawaii, Frank Faust treated crew members from submarines while they were on leave. Faust also taught first aid...
Michael Linquata remembers his liberation and clean up as the best memory of the war. The time with his friend Ray...
Joseph J. Drake's service in the war was worth it. Germany and Japan probably could have controlled the world had they...
Senator Robert "Bob" Dole's [Annotator's Note: Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole, American veteran and politician] life was...
Morris Eugene Day was a happy-go-lucky boy before the war. When he returned, he found that life was the same, but it...
Russell Hoff has vivid memories of his prisoner of war experiences. He has flashbacks that will probably never leave...
Edith Vancheri's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when a soldier died in her arms [Annotator's Note: as a...
Among his experiences in the war, the thing that most stands out in Robert W. "Doby" Gibson's mind is being on the...
Joy Skelton came to realize the importance of living for the day while she was in a concentration camp. She has tried...
Oscar Otto Martin thought that all of World War 2 was a memorable experience. He made many friendships throughout his...
Calvin Blank and the hospital staff [Annotator's Note: at Mason General Hospital in Long Island, New York] had to make...
Edward Dunne's most memorable experience of the war is seeing dead people. It is bad, especially when it is a lot of...
Robert Villars found that life was cheap as a result of his time in World War Two. He particularly saw that in India...
Prior to the Hillersleben [Annotator's Note: Hillersleben, Ger,any] event [Annotator's Note: see clip titled Death...
Delano Brister has had a fun run. Although he does not miss the uniform, he does not regret a bit. The soldiers laid...
Sammy Ray recalled storming the beach of Peleliu in the afternoon [Annotator's Note: of 15 September 1944] and that...
Carl Landwehr has no secrets about his war service. He never saw any of the concentration camps. He had rumors of them...
[Annotator’s Note: This interview is conducted in a question and answer style]. Russell Engel was a navigator in the...
Ray League and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company C, 1st Battalion, 261st Infantry Regiment, 65th Infantry Division...
John Singlaub had a problem getting into the POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] camp on Hainan Island. The...
Donald Evans landed in England and went to the 187th General Hospital for more surgeries and then to another hospital...

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