'The good war': an oral history of World War Two

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A Sunday morning

John Garcia

Ron Veenker

Dennis Keegan

Peter Ota

Mayor Tom Bradley

Yuriko Hohri

Frank Keegan

A chance encounter

Robert Rasmus

Richard M. (Red) Prendergast

Tales of the Pacific

E. B. (Sledgehammer) Sledge

Maurice E. (Jack) Wilson

Robert Lekachman

Peter Bezich

Anton Bilek

The good Reuben James

Bill Bailey

David Milton

Rosie

Peggy Terry

Pauline Kael

Sarah Killingsworth

Evelyn Fraser

Dellie Hahne

Betty Basye Hutchinson

Neighborhood boys

Mike Royko

Mayor Tom Bradley

Paul Pisicano

Mickey Ruiz

Jack Short

Dempsey Travis

Don McFadden

Win Stracke

Johnny DeGrazio

Reflections on machismo

John H. Abbott

Roger Tuttrup

Ted Allenby

High Rank

Admiral Gene LaRocque

General William Buster

The bombers and the bombed

John Ciardi

Akira Miura

John Kenneth Galbraith

Eddie Costello and Ursula Bender

Jean Wood

Growing up: here and there

John Baker

Sheril Cunning

Yasuko Kurachi Dower

Galatea Berger

Werner Burckhardt

Jean Bartlett

Oleg Tsakumov

Marcel Ophuls

D-day and all that

Elliott Johnson

Joe Hanley

Charles A. Gates

Timuel Black

Rosemary Hanley

Dr. Alex Shulman

Frieda Wolf

Boogie woogie bugle boy

Maxene Andrews

Sudden money

Ray Wax

George C. Page

A quiet little boom town

Lee Oremont

The big panjandrum

Thomas G. (Tommy the Cork) Corcoran

James Rowe

Hamilton Fish

John Kenneth Galbraith

Virginia Durr

Joe Marcus

Joseph L. Rauh, Jr.

W. Averell Harriman

Earl B. Dickerson

Flying high

Lowell Steward

Up front with pen, camera, and mike

John Houseman

Herman Kogan

Henry Hatfield

Alfred Duckett

Milton Caniff

Garson Kanin

Bill Mauldin

Richard Leacock

Walter Rosenblum

Crime and punishment

Alvin (Tommy) Bridges

Joseph Small

Hans Gobeler and James Sanders

Charlie Miller

Jacques Raboud

Walter and Olga Nowak

Erich Luth

Vitaly Korotich

Joseph Levine

A turning point

Joseph Polowsky

Galina Alexeyeva

Mikhail Nikolaevich Alexeyev

Viktor Andreyevich Kondratenko

Grigori Baklanov

Chilly winds

Telford Taylor

Eileen Barth

Arno Mayer

Anthony Scariano

Erhard Dabringhaus

Irving Goff

Milton Wolff

Hans Massaquoi

Is you is or is you ain't my baby?

Philip Morrison

John H. Grove

Marnie Seymour

Bill Barney

Father George Zabelka

Hajimi Kito and Hideko Tamura (Tammy) Friedman

Victor Tolley

John Smitherman

Joseph Stasiak

Remembrance of things past

Nancy Arnot Harjan

Paul Edwards

Epilogue: boom babies and other new people

Nora Watson

Joachim Adler and Marlene Schmidt

Steve McConnell

Debbie Cooney

George Seymour

Street-corner kids.

A Sunday morning: John Garcia. Ron Veenker. Dennis Keegan. Peter Ota. Mayor Tom Bradley. Yuriko Hohri. Frank Keegan

A chance encounter: Robert Rasmus. Richard M. (Red) Prendergast

Tales of the Pacific: E.B. (Sledgehammer) Sledge. Maurice E. (Jack) Wilson. Robert Lekachman. Peter Bezich. Anton Bilek

The good Reuben James: Bill Bailey. David Milton

Rosie: Peggy Terry. Pauline Kael. Sarah Killingsworth. Evelyn Fraser. Dellie Hahne. Betty Basye Hutchinson

Neighborhood boys: Mike Royko. Mayor Tom Bradley. Paul Pisicano. Mickey Ruiz. Jack Short. Dempsey Travis. Don McFadden. Win Stracke. Johnny DeGrazio

Reflections on machismo: John H. Abbott. Roger Tuttrup. Ted Allenby

High rank: Admiral Gene LaRocque. General William Buster

The bombers and the bombed: John Ciardi. Akira Miuri. John Kenneth Galbraith. Eddie Costello and Ursula Bender. Jean Wood.

Growing up: here and there: John Baker. Sheril Cunning. Yasuko Kurachi Dower. Galatea Berger. Werner Burckhardt. Jean Bartlett. Oleg Tsakumov. Marcel Ophuls

D-day and all that: Elliott Johnson. Joe Hanley. Charles A. Gates. Timuel Black. Rosemary Hanley. Dr. Alex Shulman. Frieda Wolff

Boogie woogie bugle boy: Maxine Andrews

Sudden money: Ray Wax. George C. Page. A quiet little boom town. Lee Oremont

The big panjandrum: Thomas G. (Tommy the Cork) Corcoran. James Rowe. Hamilton Fish. John Kenneth Galbraith. Virginia Durr. Joe Marcus. Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. W. Averell Harriman. Earl B. Dickerson

Flying high: Lowell Steward

Up front with pen, camera, and mike: John Houseman. Herman Kogan. Henry Hatfield. Alfred Duckett. Milton Caniff. Garson Kanin. Bill Mauldin. Richard Leacock. Walter Rosenblum.

Crime and punishment: Alvin (Tommy) Bridges. Joseph Small. Hans Göbeler and James Sanders. Charlie Miller. Jacques Raboud. Walter and Olga Nowak. Erich Lüth. Vitaly Korotich. Joseph Levine

A turning point: Joseph Polowsky. Galina Alexeyeva. Mikhail Nikolaevich Alexeyev. Viktor Andreyevich Kondratenko. Grigori Baklanov

Chilly winds: Telford Taylor. Eileen Barth. Arno Mayer. Anthony Scariano. Erhard Dabringhaus. Irving Goff. Milton Wolff. Hans Massaquoi

Is you is or is you ain't my baby?: Philip Morrison. John H. Grove. Marnie Seymour. Bill Barney. Hajimi Kito and Hideko Tamura (Tammy) Friedman. Victory Tolley. John Smitherman. Joseph Stasiak

Remembrance of things past: Nancy Arnot Harjan. paul Edwards

Epilogue: boom babies and other new people: Nora Watson. Joachim Adler and Marlene Schmidt. Steve McConnell. Debbie Cooney. George Seymour. Street-Corner Kids.