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Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: An American child prisoner in the Philippines during World War 2] was...
Leon Schafer and the crew [Annotator's Note: of the USS LST-502] got orders home in November 1944. They could not wait...
James Richard O'Rorke was assigned to a Japanese baron and his beautiful home which was safe between Nagasaki [...
Four days prior to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941],...
Jerome Fatora was on the front lines in the area of the Saar River for about six months during which time he "never got...
Kenneth T. Snyder, Sr. arrived on Kwajalein [Annotator's Note: Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands] and was met by a...
Frank Finklang's first combat mission was to bomb Munich [Annotator's Note: Munich, Germany], however the weather was...
Henry Quinton Pike was part of the 3rd Raider Battalion [Annotator's Note: 3rd Marine Raider Battalion] which invaded...
Gordon Higgins describes food rations, and continues with his experiences as the war progressed. He said it took 30...
Louis Liberato arrived in Europe around 18 July 1943 [Annotator's Note: 1944]. The LSTs [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship...
Hilar Moore sailed from San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California] to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl...
In March or April [Annotator's Note: March or April 1944], Donald Draxler returned to Schofield Barracks [Annotator's...
Jack Brukman found everything to be out of whack for them when they arrived at their destination [Annotator's Note: the...
Albert Simon was in the 38th Division in the 152nd Infantry [Annotator’s Note: 152nd Infantry Regiment, 38th Infantry...
William Cassady [Annotator’s Note: serving aboard the USS Frederick Funston (APA-89)] remembers German intelligence was...
In total, William Garbo and the men of G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 112th Cavalry Regiment spent about a month in the village...
Martin Baranek describes how he and a friend escaped the selection process [Annotator's Note: at the Auschwitz-Birkenau...
[Annotator's Note: Charles Childs was a pilot during the Berlin Airlift in Germany.] The first time he landed, the door...
David K. Hayward's first mission [Annotator's Note: 8 April 1943 with the 22nd Bombardment Squadron, 341st Bombardment...
Johannes Aalders started secondary school in 1943 [Annotator's Note: in Apeldoorn, Netherlands]. The headmaster had to...
In August 1943, Robert "Bob" Rickel went on his second mission, the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission [Annotator's Note:...
Robert Knudson wasn't surprised, but was disappointed that his colorblindness disqualified him from being on a ship. He...
Arthur L. Eads [Annotator's Note: as a 1st class shipfitter for the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion] was on a ship...
Mort Oman [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 251st Field Artillery Battalion as a fire controller] took part in the...
Russell Gackenbach participated in the dropping of the second atomic bomb. On that mission, he was the navigator on the...
John Scott Campbell cannot remember the name of his second ship [Annotator's Note: SS Andrew G. Curtin]. [Annotator's...
[Annotator's Note: Audio popping sounds can be heard throughout this segment.] Robert W. "RW" Pratt, [Annotator's Note...
Samuel Ukrop's outfit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division] was not...
Robert L. Donovan landed in Leyte [Annotator’s Note: Leyte, the Philippines] on 20 October [Annotator’s Note: 20...
[Annotator's Note: Leslie Cruise continuously refers to a book that he has on his lap.] Leslie Cruise remarks that...
After the attack, Robert Powers continued moving south towards the battalion CP [Annotator's Note: command post]. They...
In early September 1944, James Stewart Rosenbaum shipped out for the Pacific from San Diego [Annotator's Note: San...
Fred Wesighan enlisted in the Army after he graduated in high school because he "did not like people kicking around our...
After securing Bougainville [Annotator's Note: Bougainville, Solomon Islands], Haney Ambrose [Annotator's Note: with...
Perry Garten flew a security mission with a colonel that ended up in China. It was an unexpected experience for Garten...
Norman Elliott and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Pasadena (CL-65)] saw some action while in the Pacific. They had...

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