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Saloom, Kaliste Into Germany
Kaliste Saloom was attached to the SHAEF [Annotator's Note: Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces], Supreme...
McCalla, Anna Joining the Army
Anna McCalla Noren was working as a dietician nurse in late 1941 in nursing school. She learned about the Japanese...
Payn, Thomas Last Attack
All through his service, Thomas Payn corresponded with his family, but he couldn't say too much about his activities....
Fouts, Henry Last Combat Mission and Recall to Service
Henry Sherman Fouts' last combat mission [Annotator's Note: with the 346th Bombardment Squadron, 99th Bombardment Group...
Schrader, Ernst Last Days of Combat
At the end of the war, Ernst Schrader fought in the streets against the Czechs in the Sudetenland. The Czechs rebelled...
Rozett, Walter Last Mission and Home
Walter Rozett's last mission [Annotator's Note: with the 369th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group, 8th Air...
Maltbie, Archie Last Missions and War's End
Archie Maltbie flew one of his last missions of the war against a very large German ammunition dump. There was a huge...
Kneflin, Charles Leave in the United States
On Charles Kneflin's 11th or 12th mission, two crews each from Guam, Tinian, and Saipan [Annotator's Note: all in the...
Harris, Robert "Bob" Leaves and Returning to America
In September or October 1944, Robert H. "Bob" Harris left India to return to the United States. He completed 150...
Fienup, Victor Liberated at Moosburg
Moosburg [Annotator's Note: Stalag VII, in Moosburg, Germany] was a consolidation of prisoners from all over. When...
Swift, Robert Liberating Death Camps and Souvenirs
Robert Swift did not meet any of the Russians at the end of the war although they did pass through his area. After the...
Creekmore, Thomas Liberating Prisoners
Thomas Creekmore [Annotator's Note: a radio operator in the 365th Bombardment Squadron, 305th Bombardment Group, 8th...
Lichtenfeld, Seymour Liberation
Seymour "Sy" Lichtenfeld was liberated by Russian soldiers [Annotator's Note: he was a prisoner of war in Stalag III-B...
Peardon, Eveline Liberation
Eveline Peardon and her siblings visited the young soldiers every day after D-Day [Annotator’s Note: the 6 June 1944...
Golden, James Liberation and Return Home
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a woman off camera interjects with comments.] James Ramsey Golden recalled...
Fitts, Charles Liberation and VE-Day
[Annotator's Note: Charles Fitts, Jr. served in the Army in the 2nd Platoon mortar squad, Company C, 66th Armored...
Kahn, Eric Liberation by Russian Troops
Eric Kahn's mother stayed in Wiesbaden, Germany, and had no communication with her husband and sons. Terezin had no...
Higgins, Malcom Liberation, Going Home, Getting Married and Going to College
After they [Annotator's Note: Malcolm Higgins and his fellow newly liberated prisoners of war, or POWs] got through the...
Kinsey, Norman Life after VE-Day
[Annotator's Note: Norman Kinsey worked with military intelligence units in World War 2.] He never processed anything...
Gooch, James Life During the War
James Gooch had an ice box on the outside porch. It was his job to put a signal out on the window, so the ice man knew...
Gerrits, Edward Life in the Field and War's End
Edward Gerrits was in Pratt, Kansas [Annotator's Note: Pratt Army Airfield, now Pratt Regional Airport, in Pratt,...
Long, Catherine Life in the WAVES
Catherine Long lived in a barracks with four other WAVES [Annotator's Note: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency...
Carlson, Clarence Life on Base and VE-Day
The different crews in Clarence Carlson's squadron [Annotator's Note: 555th Bombardment Squadron, 386th Bombardment...
Brannan, Joseph Life on PT-305
Joseph Brannan was in a crew on PT-305 that was composed of two officers and from 12 to 14 enlisted men. The enlisted...
Landry, Coleen Local Soldiers and Coming Home
There were several bases near Coleen Landry's home in Montz, Louisiana. Camp Plauche [Annotator's Note: also known as...
Beeghly, Donald Looking Back
[Annotator's Note: Donald Beeghly served in the Army as a pointer on a 90mm antiaircraft gun in the 142nd and 143rd...
LeBlanc, Joyce Making Changes, VE-Day and Getting Married
Joyce Leblanc is sure that when the Americans arrived in Europe, the British were encouraged, although they didn't want...
Larson, William Manchester to Munich
In early 1944, William Larson got orders overseas. He had gotten married just a few weeks before. He landed in England...
Hartzell, Frank Mauthausen and War's End
Frank Hartzell and his battalion [Annotator's Note: Hartzell was a member of Company B, 21st Armored Infantry Battalion...
Morrow, John Max Effort and the End
John Morrow recalls MEs, Maximum Effort missions [Annotator's Note: for a maximum effort mission, every bombardment...
Wofford, Jesse L. Me-262s and Operation Chowhound Food Drops
Jesse Wofford thought the German Me-262s [Annotator's Note: German Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter aircraft] were "...
Crane, James Merchant Marine Academy
James Crane’s brother was taken prisoner by the Germans [Annotator’s Note: after being shot down over the Ploesti...
Lejeune, Lawrence Merchant Marine Troubles
Lawrence John Lejeune was a Merchant Marine sailor who had just returned to New Orleans, Louisiana after his first...
Yackel, Eugene Munich to VJ-Day
Eugene Yackel and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry...
Masters, Robert Navy Experience and War's End
Robert Masters's ship [Annotator's Note: USS LST-601] came under air raids on several occasions while in port in Tunis...
Gibfried, Paul Navy Life Through the War
In May 1944, Paul Gibfried was asked to put together a report [Annotator's Note: while working in the Office of the...

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