World War I

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Dunne, Edward Prewar Life to Liberated France
Edward Dunne was born in October 1924 in Winsted, Connecticut. He got remarried after his first wife died and he moved...
Pike, Henry Prewar Life to Marine
Henry Quinton Pike [Annotator's Note: An announcement interrupts interview from 0:00:19.000 to 0:00:36.000] was born in...
Weiss, Jack Prewar Life to Navy
Jack Weiss was born in Elkhart, Indiana in June 1923. He grew up there during the Depression [Annotator's Note: Great...
Darling, William Prewar Life to New Caledonia
William Darling was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1925. He always wanted to be in the military. He wanted to go to...
Inscoe, Linwood S. Prewar Life to Overseas Deployment
Linwood S. Inscoe was born in Nashville, North Carolina in January 1924. During the Great Depression [Annotator's Note...
Race, John "Jack Race" Prewar Life to Pilot
John T. "Jack" Race was born Crystal Lake, Pennsylvania in May 1921. He grew up there. His father was a carpenter and a...
Albright, William Prewar Life to Reported as Missing In Action
William Albright's father was a mailman. Albright was born in May 1923 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In 1960, he worked...
Currier, William Prewar Life to Service
William Currier was born in Westbrook, Maine in 1926. He grew up with two brothers and was raised by his parents....
Dillon, Gerard Prewar Life to the Draft
Gerard Dillon was born in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in January 1920. His mother was a...
Fayerman, Severin Prewar Life to the Reich
Severin Fayerman was born shortly after World War 1 in an area that had been under German occupation for several...
Purvis, Frank Prewar Life, Education, and ROTC
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Frank Purvis what he brought with him. He explains]. Frank Purvis was born in...
Pohorilla, Michael Prewar to Army Air Corps Cadet School
Michael J. "Mike" Pohorilla was born in the coal mining town of Kingston, Pennsylvania in January 1924. Pohorilla...
Stefaniak, Joe Prewar to Jump School
Joseph Stefaniak was born in Buffalo, New York in February 1920. He lived in the good old days. His father worked part-...
Taylor, Charles Prewar to Navy Life
Charles Taylor was born in December 1923 in Hyde Park, Massachusetts. Taylor recalls growing up during the Great...
Jameson, William Prewar to Overseas
William Graham Jameson was born on 29 April 1929 in Rochester, New York. During the Great Depression [Annotator's Note...
Davis, Edna Prewar to Pilot
Edna Davis was born in September 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio. She lived there until she was seven when her father died,...
Mitchell, George Prewar to US Marine Corps
George Mitchell was born in Albany, Georgia in 1924. His father owned a barbershop with his brothers and two other men...
Bender, Harry Prewar, Enlistment, and Postwar
[Annotator's Note: There is the sound of a lawnmower in the background during this clip.] Harry Bender was born and...
Higginbotham, Oscar Prewar, Training and Overseas Deployment
Oscar Higgenbotham was born in January 1924 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His father, a mechanical engineer, found...
Lockhart, Richard Prisoner of War Experience in Stalag IX-B
Richard Lockhart disposed of his weapons and marched off into captivity [Annotator's Note: following his capture on 19...
Liles, Robert Promotion to Squadron Commander
Robert Liles made captain in 1942. In 1943 he was given command of the 16th Fighter Squadron. Before taking over the...
Smith, Rothacker Racial Identity
Rothacker Smith had no idea that war was in his future on the morning of 7 December 1941. Smith was working in a corn...
Bailey, Kenneth Reaction to Pearl Harbor
Kenneth H. Bailey was 20 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on...
Simpson, Alan Reaction to the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Alan K. Simpson was playing outside when his friend, Jackie Allen, came down to his house to share the news of the...
Murman, John Ready to Join the Navy
John Edmund Murman was born in March 1926 in Brooklyn, New York as an only child. His father served in the Marines...
Bachmann, George Recalling the War
The most memorable experience of the war for George W. Bachmann, Junior [Annotator's Note: a waist gunner in the 367th...
Alexander, Vernon Reflections
Vernon Alexander feels The National WWII Museum is important. He has made four trips to the Museum and brought his...
Lockhart, Richard Reflections
Richard Lockhart remembers the destruction and suffering of Europe as his most memorable experience during his service...
Benjamin, Adelaide Reflections
Adelaide Benjamin knows the preservation of the memory of the war by The National WWII Museum is important. She has...
Wilson, Donald Reflections
Donald Wilson was changed by the Second World War. He lost friends on his ship [Annotator's Note: USS New Orleans (CA-...
Bowsher, Walter Reflections
Walter Bowsher was made mellow by World War 2. While he was a brig warden after the war, he found that he had empathy...
Bache-Wiig, John Reflections
The war did not change John Bache-Wiig, Jr. He expected what happened and he applied his Eagle Scout Annotator's Note:...
Serna, Fernando Reflections
Fernando Serna recollects being transported to Japan and Formosa aboard a ship that was used during World War 1 to move...
Arrow, Kenneth Reflections
Dr. Kenneth Arrow sees the most important lesson of World War 2 as it is related to the costliness of war. War can be...
Drake, Joseph Reflections
Joseph J. Drake's service in the war was worth it. Germany and Japan probably could have controlled the world had they...
Stent, Frederick Reflections
The reason Frederick Stent served during World War 2 was because he wanted to be in the military. His father had served...

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