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Title: "War Prisoners Aid".
Creator: YMCA
Abstract / Description: Booklet distributed to families who have a U.S. military service member being held as a prisoner or war (POW) with information such as sending care packages.
Date Issued: c. 1940
Identifier: fgcu_fishbein_0005
Format: E-book

Title: A War Time Log: The Joseph Fishbein P.O.W. Diary.
Creator: Fishbein, Joseph H., 1919-2008
Abstract / Description: Joseph Fishbein, U.S. Army Airforce Navigator, was struck down in his plane and, after spending a brief period in hiding, was subsequently captured by German authorities on December 11, 1943 and held as a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft I, a POW camp in Barth, Germany. Along with photographs and select telegrams, this journal identifies many of Fishbein's fellow prisoners with accompanying ranks, as well as many excerpts from correspondences from friends and family. The journal ends with the...
Show moreJoseph Fishbein, U.S. Army Airforce Navigator, was struck down in his plane and, after spending a brief period in hiding, was subsequently captured by German authorities on December 11, 1943 and held as a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft I, a POW camp in Barth, Germany. Along with photographs and select telegrams, this journal identifies many of Fishbein's fellow prisoners with accompanying ranks, as well as many excerpts from correspondences from friends and family. The journal ends with the liberation of camp, as well as eye-witness testimony of the liberation of Stulag Luft I by Russian forces.
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Identifier: fgcu_fishbein_0001
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Al Partridge and Bob Tidwell - Oral History.
Creator: Partridge, Al, Davis, John, WGCU Public Media, Tidwell, Bob
Abstract / Description: Al Partridge discusses his experience of being wounded in action. Bob Tidwell recounts witnessing multiple deaths that have remained in his memory.
Date Issued: c. 2015
Identifier: fgcu_wwoh_0015
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Anita Vandegrift - Oral History.
Creator: Vandegrift, Anita, Weinbaum, Jennifer
Abstract / Description: Jennifer Weinbaum interviews Anita Vandegrift on her experience as a young woman during World War II.
Identifier: fgcu_wwoh_0001
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Army Services Leave Orders.
Creator: United States. Army
Abstract / Description: Leave orders issued by Lieutenant Colonel McClintock granting service members temporary leave, Major James A. Franklin being among them.
Date Issued: 1945-11-04
Identifier: fgcu_wwii_0131
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Bernese Garfield Davis - The Heritage Project: An Oral History Program.
Creator: Davis, Bernese Garfield, Borden, Patty, interviewer, Peeples, Vernon, interviewer
Abstract / Description: Local philanthropist, Bernese Garfield Davis, discusses her family living in Lee County, her experiences through World War II, and her connections to the Fort Myers community.
Identifier: fgcu_oh_0040
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Beth Stone - Oral History.
Creator: Stone, Beth, Smith, Collin
Abstract / Description: Beth Stone discusses growing up in Texas during World War II.
Identifier: fgcu_wwoh_0006
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Bronze Star Medal Case.
Abstract / Description: The case containing the Bronze Star Medal awarded to Major James A. Franklin of the U.S. Army.
Date Issued: circa 1945
Identifier: fgcu_wwii_0134
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Carol Tyler Baker - Oral History.
Creator: Baker, Carol Tyler, Baker, Susana
Abstract / Description: Carol Tyler Baker speaks about watching people celebrate the end of World War II and anecdotes from family members.
Identifier: fgcu_wwoh_0002
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Cesare Frustaci - Oral History.
Creator: Frustaci, Cesare, Glenn, Julie
Abstract / Description: Retired engineer, Cesare Frustaci, was just eight years old when his family was forced out of their home in Budapest, Hungary -- and forced into an extremely crowded, so-called Yellow Star House because his mother was Jewish. Shortly after that happened, Frustaci’s mom sent him out to live on the streets because he had been baptized as a Catholic, which meant he didn’t have to live in the house with her and the rest of the Jews. As the war progressed, Frustaci lost track of his mother, and...
Show moreRetired engineer, Cesare Frustaci, was just eight years old when his family was forced out of their home in Budapest, Hungary -- and forced into an extremely crowded, so-called Yellow Star House because his mother was Jewish. Shortly after that happened, Frustaci’s mom sent him out to live on the streets because he had been baptized as a Catholic, which meant he didn’t have to live in the house with her and the rest of the Jews. As the war progressed, Frustaci lost track of his mother, and his father who was living in Naples, Italy at the time. On today’s show, we’re going to hear his story of what happened next, and the hardships he and countless others faced during the war, and the atrocities that were occurring all around them.
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Date Issued: 2018-10-29
Identifier: fgcu_wwoh_0011
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Citation for Bronze Star Medal.
Creator: Franklin, James A., Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
Abstract / Description: A commendation for Major James A. Franklin, of the U.S. Army, to be awarded the Bronze Star Medal "for meritorious service in connection in connection with military operations from 18 December, 1944, to 27 March, 1945..."
Date Issued: 1945-06-27
Identifier: fgcu_wwii_0130
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Coast Guard ID for Ruth Rutland (back).
Abstract / Description: A United States Coast Guard identification card issued to Ruth Rutland in 1943, during the Second World War, with photo, fingerprint and descriptive information (back). The front side, identifier number fgcu:21853, can be viewed at http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/ic/SW00001756
Date Issued: 1943
Identifier: SW00001757, 48542, fgcu:21854
Format: Image (JPEG2000)

Title: Coast Guard ID for Ruth Rutland (front).
Abstract / Description: A United States Coast Guard identification card issued to Ruth Rutland in 1943, during the Second World War, with photo, fingerprint and descriptive information, front side. The back side, identifier number fgcu:21854, can be viewed at http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/ic/SW00001757
Date Issued: 1943
Identifier: SW00001756, 48224, fgcu:21853
Format: Image (JPEG2000)

Title: Donna Ellett - Oral History.
Creator: Ellett, Donna, Pulido, Karla
Abstract / Description: Donna Ellett discusses growing up in Michigan, local rations, and memories of the day Japan surrendered to the U.S.
Identifier: fgcu_wwoh_0003
Format: Set of related objects

Title: End of War Stories - Oral History.
Creator: Speaker 1, Speaker 2, Speaker 3, Speaker 4, Speaker 5, Speaker 6, Speaker 7, Speaker 8
Abstract / Description: Eight interviewees recount the moment they first heard that World War II had ended, including their reactions and where they were, and what it meant for them and their families.
Identifier: fgcu_wwoh_0021
Format: Set of related objects

Title: European Theater of Operations Memo.
Creator: United States. Army
Abstract / Description: Memo with various announcements, including Bronze Star recipient Major James A. Franklin.
Date Issued: 1945-06-27
Identifier: fgcu_wwii_0132
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Eva Kor - Oral History.
Creator: Kor, Eva Mozes, Davis, John
Abstract / Description: At the age of 10, Kor was sent to the Nazi’s Auschwitz concentration camp where her parents and two older sisters were killed. Eva and her twin sister Miriam became part of a group of about 3,000 children who were abused in horrific genetic experiments under the direction of Dr. Josef Mengele. They were among the roughly 200 children found alive when the Soviet Army liberated the camp in 1945, most of whom had also been Mengele twins. Nearly four decades later, Eva Kor founded CANDLES ...
Show moreAt the age of 10, Kor was sent to the Nazi’s Auschwitz concentration camp where her parents and two older sisters were killed. Eva and her twin sister Miriam became part of a group of about 3,000 children who were abused in horrific genetic experiments under the direction of Dr. Josef Mengele. They were among the roughly 200 children found alive when the Soviet Army liberated the camp in 1945, most of whom had also been Mengele twins. Nearly four decades later, Eva Kor founded CANDLES (Children of Auschwitz Nazi Deadly Lab Experiments Survivors) and with Miriam’s help, reconnected 122 other Mengele twin survivors around the world. In 1995, Kor founded the CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Terre Haute, Indiana. That year she also wrote and published her account of survival in the book, “Echoes from Auschwitz: Dr. Mengele's Twins: The Story of Eva & Miriam Mozes.”
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Date Issued: 2015-11-18
Identifier: fgcu_wwoh_0008
Format: Audio file

Title: Grace Chicken - Oral History.
Creator: Chicken, Grace
Abstract / Description: Grace Chicken wanted to see the world. As a young woman, her ambition was to be a nurse in the war, so she joined the Red Cross and was stationed in Joplin, Missouri. When she heard that the Air Force was looking for nurses, she enlisted to train as an Army Air Force Specialized Flight Nurse, and was sent to Bowman Field Kentucky. Her first posting was to Newfoundland, Canada, and from there she went on to be stationed in the Azores, a country that was neutral during WWII. Injured US military...
Show moreGrace Chicken wanted to see the world. As a young woman, her ambition was to be a nurse in the war, so she joined the Red Cross and was stationed in Joplin, Missouri. When she heard that the Air Force was looking for nurses, she enlisted to train as an Army Air Force Specialized Flight Nurse, and was sent to Bowman Field Kentucky. Her first posting was to Newfoundland, Canada, and from there she went on to be stationed in the Azores, a country that was neutral during WWII. Injured US military personnel were flown to the Azores from other arenas, such as Europe, Asia and Africa. From the Azores, the Aerovac teams would fly the patients back to the United States for treatment. After VE Day, Chicken was sent to Hawaii and from there they flew to all the small Pacific Islands picking up wounded Americans along the way. She was on the second US plane to arrive in Japan after the surrender. After the war, Chicken went back to school on the GI Bill and then enlisted to serve in Korea.
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Identifier: fgcu_wwoh_0007
Format: Audio file

Title: Harry Beeman - Oral History.
Creator: Beeman, Harry
Abstract / Description: Harry Beeman was 19 years old when he signed up as an Apprentice Seaman in the US Navy the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Prior to that date Harry’s father had refused to allow his son to enlist, despite his fervent desire to do so. Harry served four years on the USS Ellet, a small destroyer that survived ten major battles during the Pacific War, including the Battle of Midway in which the Ellet was one of the lead ships. During the course of the war Harry was promoted to 3rd...
Show moreHarry Beeman was 19 years old when he signed up as an Apprentice Seaman in the US Navy the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Prior to that date Harry’s father had refused to allow his son to enlist, despite his fervent desire to do so. Harry served four years on the USS Ellet, a small destroyer that survived ten major battles during the Pacific War, including the Battle of Midway in which the Ellet was one of the lead ships. During the course of the war Harry was promoted to 3rd Gunner, 2nd Gunner’s Mate then Gunner’s Mate First Class.
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Date Issued: 2015
Identifier: fgcu_wwoh_0010
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Irene Cosby and Annie Green - Oral History.
Creator: Cosby, Irene, Green, Annie
Abstract / Description: Two women, both natives of Fort Myers, Florida, recount their experiences as children who lived through World War II, touching especially on how it affected their families and their town.
Identifier: fgcu_wwoh_0020
Format: Set of related objects

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