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Helen Garfinkel Performing on Stage in Ainring, Germany
Photos of Holocaust survivor Helen Garfinkel performing on stage at Displacement Camp (DP) in Ainring, Germany. Ms. Garfinkel was liberated from Allach concentration camp on April 29th, 1945 by the United States Military. After recuperating in a hospital ... Read more
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"My Small Part In The War" by Johnnie H. Noles
First person account of WWII written by Orlando resident Johnnie Herman Noles, and first person account of WWII, Korean War and Vietnam War by Forest Reid Noles, his brother. After retiring from the United States Air Force as a Master Sergeant, Johnny ... Read more
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WWII Veteran Audrey Tracy Interview
Listen to this interview with WWII Veteran Audrey Tracy in Orlando, FL June 6, 2010, D-Day. LLISTEN (17:51) [audio mp3="http://om-staging.ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/audrey_tracy.mp3"][/audio]   ABOVE: Photo of WWII Veteran Audre ... Read more
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Attorney Frank Pyle Interview
Interview with Attorney Frank Pyle at Delaney Street Baptist Church in Orlando, FL, June 30th, 2010. Mr. Pyle served 26 years in the military and shares his experiences as a military lawyer including assignments such as visiting American GI's in German pr ... Read more
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WWII Veteran Keat Spriggs Interview
Interview with WWII Veteran Keat Spriggs at Delaney Street Baptist Church in Orlando, Florida, June 27, 2010. Keat Spriggs was born in Hellier, Kentucky on July 12, 1924. Veteran Spriggs served in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific during WWII aboar ... Read more
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WWII Veteran Lyle Shaffer Interview
ABOVE: WWII Veteran Lyle Shaffer at the VA Medical Center in Orlando, FL May 26th, 2010. Interview with WWII Veteran Lyle Shaffer at the VA Medical Center in Orlando, FL May 26th, 2010. Veteran Schaffer was a Forward Observer with an observation point on ... Read more
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WWII Veteran Rocco Covello
Interview with WWII Veteran Rocco Covello at VFW 4287 in Orlando, Florida, Memorial Day, May 31st, 2010. Veteran Covello served in WWII in the 4th Infantry Division in Germany. He recalls waiting to go on the frontline at Camp Lucky Strike Replacem ... Read more
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WWII Veteran Walter Reinhold Interview
Interview with WWII Veteran Walter Reinhold at the VA Medical Center in Orlando, FL May 26th, 2010. LISTEN (15:57) [embed]http://om-staging.ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/audio/walter_reinhold.mp3[/embed]   Walter was born in Bavaria an ... Read more
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"Bank Robbery" by Lyle Shaffer
ABOVE: WWII Veteran Lyle Shaffer at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Orlando, FL, May 26, 2010. Read "Bank Robbery", an original story by WWII Veteran Lyle Shaffer resident at the Orlando VA Medical Center and participant in the Hospitalized Veterans W ... Read more
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WWII Veteran Robert Brodrick Interview
Interview on Mary 31, 2010, with WWII Veteran Robert Brodrick at VFW 4287 in Orlando, FL, Memorial Day 2010. Veteran Brodrick served in the U.S. Army as a Platoon Sergeant in Europe during WWII. He recalls in detail firsthand experiences liberating the ... Read more
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Pearl Harbor: December 7th, 1941
ABOVE: WWII Veteran Gerry Hosford at Delaney Street Baptist Church, Orlando, FL, May 30th, 2010. WWII Veteran and Orlando resident Jerry Kinsley recalls seeing Pearl Harbor "Pretty well shot up. I saw a lot of ships on their sides in the harbor." Other W ... Read more
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"Lois" by Lyle Shaffer
ABOVE: WWII Veteran Lyle Shaffer at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Orlando, FL, May 26, 2010. Read "Lois" an original story by WWII Veteran Lyle Shaffer resident at the Orlando VA Medical Center and participant in the Hospitalized Veterans Writing Proj ... Read more