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American Legion. Wiley-Mumford Post no. 764 (Toledo, Ill.)
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Topics: World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1914-1918
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Oct 11, 2021
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Ivan Stanwood, Marie Maltby, Sue Licty
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Interview of Clinton, Illinois resident and World War II veteran, Ivan Stanwood. Stanwood served as a seaman 1st class, stationed at Port Chicago, California Naval Base from March to August 1945. Interview conducted by Marie Maltby and Sue Lichty at Stanwood's home in Clinton, Illinois, 11 Oct 2021.
Topics: Ivan Stanwood, Illinois -- DeWitt -- Clinton -- Biography, World War 1939-1945 -- Personal...
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United States. -- Air Force, 9th. -- Air Defense Command
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IX Air Defense, Command Historical And Statistical Summary, 1 January 1944 - 1 June 1945 Table Of Contents Frontispiece 2 Forward 3 Table Of Content 4 A Combined Effort 5 Narrative 6 Organization Chart Of Command Headquarters 16 Flow Charts 17 Decorations 21 Disposition Maps 22 Types and Number of Units 25 Strength In Personnel 26 Total Claims 27 Story Of Antwerp "X" 28 Health Of The Command 38 Judge Advocate General Section 45 Battle Of The Bulge 49 AA in Ground Roles 51...
Topics: WWII, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American, World War II, World War, 1939-1945,...
549 pages ; 20 cm
Topics: Hawke, Alex (Fictitious character) -- Fiction, Hawke, Alex (Fictitious character), Intelligence...
A full transcript of the interview can be downloaded as a PDF, found on the right hand side of this page. Melvia Ewoldt was born August 8, 1918. She grew up on a small farm near Maysville, Iowa. Her father, Emil Burmeister, was a strong believer in education. She attended West Lynn School, northwest of Maysville, then attended Davenport High School until she graduated. Graduating from high school was something few rural girls were able to do at the time She married Arno, (known as Barnie), in...
Topics: Ewoldt, Melvia, Braack, Sue, Davenport High School, World War, 1939 - 1945, Mothers, Construction
Clarence Garland Powell was born on February 22, 1926, in the town of Williamston in Martin County, N.C. Clarence’s grandfather had been born under slavery before the U.S. Civil War; after the war, he was able to amass over 150 acres of land in Martin County. Clarence’s father was a tenant farmer in Martin County, working tobacco, cotton, and peanuts. Clarence Powell went to school at Piney Woods School, built on his grandfather’s land, until he was six years old. At age six, he moved to...
Topics: Military history, Oral histories, Oral history, Personal narratives, Retired military personnel,...
A full transcript can be downloaded as a PDF, found on the right hand side of this page. Bob Pischke was born on a farm near North Bend, Wisconsin on April 25, 1926. He grew up in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. When he was four-year-old he cut his face on a barbed wire fence. The accident even cut part of his ear off. He played football in high school and enlisted in the cadet program for the Army Air Corps in 1943 at age 17. He trained to do a lot of things for the military, including be a B29 gunner,...
Topics: Pischke, Robert, Pischke, John, Drugstores, World War, 1939-1945, North Scott School District,...
543 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Topics: Orphans -- Fiction, Librarians -- Fiction, Marriage -- Fiction, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns...
1 online resource (154 pages)
Topics: Livney Avi 1927-, Exodus 1947 (Ship), Jewish sailors -- New York (State) -- Biography, World War...
Variant Title:Nazis and reds : a chronology of the pre-war years Front spricht zur Heimat : the protocols, I. Nazis & reds Author:Herron, Robert Sterling. Publisher:[Place of publication not identified] : Robert Sterling Herron, 2020. ISBN:9781732191907 1732191905 9781732191914 1732191913 9781732191921 1732191921 Description:Revised second edition 2020. 1 online resource (608 pages) Series:Protocols nonet ; Book 1 Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Topics: World War 1939-1945 -- Causes -- Chronology, Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
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Zelitch, Simone
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Topics: PM Press, Widows -- Fiction, Historians -- Fiction, Documentary films -- Fiction, Murder --...
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Topics: World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, English, Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Grande-Bretagne
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Topics: World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Fiction, Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Service secret --...
Variant Title: Jewish refugees and evacuees in the Soviet Union, 1939-1946 : studies, documents and testimonies Variant Title: Еврейские беженцы и эвакуированные в СССР, 1939-1946 : сборник статей, документов и свидетельств / редактор Зеэв Левин. author: Левин, Зеэв. Description: 1 online resource (328 pages) Publisher: Ierusalim: Assot︠s︡iat︠s︡ii︠a︡ Khazit kha-kavod, Soi︠u︡z...
Topics: Jewish refugees -- Soviet Union, World War 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Soviet Union
John R. Thompson was born in Kannapolis, N.C. He graduated from George Washington Carver High School. In high school, he worked selling popcorn at a movie theater in Kannapolis in 1943. He traveled to Fort Bragg, N.C., after graduation to talk with a U.S. Marine Corps recruiter there. He decided to enlist in World War II in the Marine Corps, as it was the dress blue uniforms that drew Thompson to join the Marines. He traveled to Raleigh, N.C., to be sworn in at the Raleigh Marine Corps...
Topics: Fort Bragg (N.C.), Military history, Montford Point Camp (Camp Lejeune, N.C.), Oral histories, Oral...
Henri A. LeGendre’s parents immigrated from Trinidad, to New York City, and he was born in Harlem. His father was a civil engineer and his mother was a nurse. Henri LeGendre was educated in the New York City Public School system, graduating from DeWitt Clinton High School. LeGendre enlisted at the age of 18 in the New York National Guard’s 15th Regiment, and was stationed at Camp Smith Peekskill, NY. After being discharged from the National Guard on December 18, 1942, LeGendre volunteer for...
Topics: Fort Clark (Tex.), Military history, New York (State). National Guard, Oral histories, Oral...
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Nakagawa, Mako, author
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255 pages : 23 cm
Topics: Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States : 1942-1945), World War (1939-1945),...
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Description:63 pages: illustrations; 21 cm With contributions from Lilian Maringer Bermant and Julie Bermant.
Topics: Maringer Bronia 1898-1987 -- Family, Jews Polish -- Belgium -- Antwerp -- Biography, Jewish...
6th edition. 381 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Topics: Poland Robert L, United States Army Engineer Combat Battalion 2nd -- Biography, United States Army...
xxix, 1053 pages : 21 cm
Topics: Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943 -- Fiction, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES --...
37 leaves : illustrations ; 27 cm ©2019
Topics: Brill Walter 1910-1989, Brill Irmgard 1911-1975, Brill Winston J 1939 -- Family, Dachau...
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Takei, George, 1937- author
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Ching, Leo T. S., 1962- author
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Topics: World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence, Nationalism -- Japan -- History, Imperialism -- History -- 20th...
1 volume : 20 cm
Topics: Greasley, Horace, 1918-2010, Rauchbach, Rosa, World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons,...
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Lam, Andrew, author
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Topics: World War (1939-1945), Japanese Americans -- Fiction, Soldiers -- United States -- Fiction, World...
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Kiefer, Christian, 1971- author
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Topics: Vietnam War (1961-1975), World War (1939-1945), World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Fiction,...
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Williams, Duncan Ryūken, 1969- author
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Topics: Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States : 1942-1945), World War (1939-1945),...
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Topics: World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Paris -- Fiction, Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 -- Francia --...
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Maureen Connelly was born in 1937, and has lived in the same house in Newton Centre for her entire life. She attended Rice School, Mason School, Weeks Junior High School, and then Newton High School. She recalls neighborhood life growing up during WWII, her experiences in the Newton public schools, and the businesses and landmarks in Newton Centre when she was a child. Connelly discusses the many changes she has noticed in Newton over the years, from the buildings and public transportation to...
Topics: Connelly Maureen -- Interviews, World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States, Interviews --...
Biruta Adminis Nielsen was born on February 4, 1938, in Latvia. When World War II erupted, she was living in the town of Balvi, Latvia. After suffering from bombing by the Germans, her town then was bombed by the Russians when they came through the country. She would become a refugee. After leaving from the port of Bremerhaven, Germany, aboard the ship General Harry Taylor, Biruta Adminis arrived as an immigrant at the port of New York City, New York, on April 20, 1950, when she was 12 years...
Topics: General Harry Taylor (Ship), Latvia, Military history, Oral histories, Oral history, Personal...
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Tuna Canyon Detention Station Coalition
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Topics: Tuna Canyon Detention Station, Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States :...
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244 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm ISBN: 9780988359130 0988359138
Topics: Solasz Sam 1928-, Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War), Jews -- Persecutions -- Poland --...
134 leaves : 4 portraits ; 28 cm
Topics: Paul Sara Kafmanova, Paul Ernest 1928-, Jews -- Czechoslovakia -- Biography, Holocaust Jewish...
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Topics: World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Fiction, Teenage mothers --...
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Topics: Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction, Destroyers (Warships) -- Fiction, World War, 1939-1945 --...
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Topics: Soviet Union, World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union -- Fiction, Soviet Union -- History -- Fiction
vii, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm
Topics: Podhajsky, Alois, Reed, Charles Hancock, 1900-1980, United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment,...
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Topics: World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- London -- Fiction, Women -- England -- History -- 20th century...
152 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm Variant Title: Vospominanii︠a︡ o voĭne. English
Topics: Slutzky-Kohn Grunia, Jews -- Belarus -- Hrodna -- Biography, World War 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union --...
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Wollenberg, Charles, author
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Topics: Collins, Wayne (Wayne Mortimer), 1899-, Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United...
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vi, 106 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm ©2018 ISBN: 9780983714514 0983714517
Topics: Hepner Albert 1935-, Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945), Jews -- Belgium -- Brussels -- Biography, Hidden...
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Grady, Cynthia, author
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Topics: Breed, Clara E. (Clara Estelle), 1906-1994 -- Correspondence -- Juvenile literature, Breed, Clara...
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Chiang, Connie Y., author
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Topics: Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States : 1942-1945), World War (1939-1945),...
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1 online resource (61 pages) : illustrations Editorial team, Elizabeth Anthony, Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ; Akim Jah, International Tracing Service ; Christine Schmidt, the Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
Topics: International Tracing Service -- Archives, World War 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Sources,...
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Hansen, Arthur A., author
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Topics: Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States : 1942-1945), World War (1939-1945),...
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Sherwood Jesse Franks was born in 1924 in Cary, N.C. His father and mother ran a cotton farm, and later after the start of the Great Depression they began a dairy farm around 1931. Sherwood's mother was a teacher at a local school in the Cary area. Franks served in the U.S. Navy during WWII as a Navy Armed Guard member on Liberty ships traveling around the world.
Topics: Liberty ships, Military history, Oral histories, Oral history, Personal narratives, Retired...
Joe Thomas Knott Jr. (who went by "J.T.") was born on April 16, 1926 outside of Zebulon in Wake County, North Carolina, to Joe and Ethel Knott. Knott's father was a farmer who raised tobacco, corn, and wheat. He graduated from Wakeland High School High School. He registered for the U.S. military on April 18, 1944. Knott served in the U.S. Army during World War II, from September 13, 1944 to December 2, 1945. He served with the 94th Infantry Division, reaching the rank of Corporal...
Topics: Military history, Oral histories, Oral history, Personal narratives, Retired military personnel,...
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George Rivetz was drafted into the United States Army in June, 1942. After basic training, he was assigned to the Army postal service in Boston, where he served from 1942 to 1944. He was then assigned to Post Exchange (PX) service on troopships, selling troops goods. He finished service in San Francisco in 1946. He received numerous overseas ribbons and medals. He discusses his numerous trips to and from Europe, Africa, and Asia, his experiences during battles and ship sinkings, and his service...
Topic: Rivetz George -- Interviews. Interviews -- Massachusetts -- Newton. Oral history. World War...
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Maria Puzzanghero immigrated to the United States in 1947 from her home near Cassino, Italy. She was 20 years old and left to escape the destruction caused by bombings in World War II. As the daughter of an American citizen, she traveled on a U.S. passport and was granted citizenship through naturalization. She moved with her husband and four children to Newton, Massachusetts in November 1963. Puzzanghero recounts working as a seamstress in a Boston dress factory, learning English, and...
Topics: Puzzanghero Maria -- Interviews, Interviews -- Massachusetts -- Newton, Oral history, Women...
