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Mackenzie Hello, I interviewed my grandpa, Glenn Jackson, who survived the Korean War. He was a very strong, brave, and patriotic soldier. Listen as I share his story and tell of his life during war.

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__Sally Eisner, Once Named Sally Baran __  Hello, my name is Sally Eisner. I was born in Poland and I am a survivor of the Holocaust. I have experienced many terrible occurrences throughout my life, including the loss of my parents. During the Holocaust, my name was Sally Baran. When the Polish Nazis invaded our town, thousands of Jews were thrown out of their homes and into ghetto towns. My brother and I were sent to a labor camp where we worked in fields, digging dirt from sunrise to sunset every day. I feel the worst occurrence of my life was the loss of my parents. In July of 1943, we lost our parents. It was the saddest day of my life. Terrible sounds of shooting and shelling surrounded us and we did not know what was going on. Thunder and lightning were also making sounds, as though the world was coming to an end. While I was working in the fields, the Nazis surrounded everyone, even my parents, ordering them to line up and strip naked. At that moment, they were shot one by one. When the firing stopped, my brother went to the fields to see what had happened. He saw my parents lying with many others in a ditch. He could not believe what he saw and immediately ran away. I stayed in the fields that day, shocked, until the light in the sky had faded. The next day, I went back to the fields, only to see pools of blood all around the bodies. One of the Gentile workers, who covered the bodies, told me my parents were part of the mass killed by the Nazis. I was also told my future husband’s mother and his two sisters were killed by the Nazis. That was the day my entire life changed. If you only knew what I had to experience, you would better understand my story. Just seeing my own parents lying on the ground, surrounded in their own blood, made me hurt inside and feel so scared. Nobody should have to experience what I had to endure that fateful day in July of 1943.

__Survivor Interview__ I interviewed my grandpa, Glenn Jackson, about the Korean War.

The questions I asked him were:
 * 1) What branch of service did you serve in?
 * Navy
 * 1) When did the war begin?
 * 1950
 * 1) What was the purpose of the war?
 * ======to block the Chinese from invasion======
 * ======to stop the spread of Russian communism======
 * 1) Where were you stationed?
 * Manila Bay, Philippines
 * 1) What was life like where you were stationed?
 * People ignored it, but it began the draft of many young men to join the U.S. Military
 * 1) What was your role?
 * I taught an electronic class at a Navy school, and I also patrolled the China coast
 * 1) How long did you serve?
 * I was in the war for 4 years, but I was overseas for 6 months
 * We all rotated to the states every few months
 * 1) Did you volunteer or were you drafted?
 * I volunteered because people were not drafted for war at that time
 * 1) How old were you when you volunteered for the war?
 * I was 20 years old
 * 1) How did you feel going into the war?
 * I didn't really have any feelings about it because it was the normal thing to do
 * 1) How long did you serve in the war?
 * I was in the war from 1951 to 1955; 4 years
 * 1) What was war like on a typical day?
 * Brutal - unequipped (realization of the lack of supplies)
 * 1) What were you political thoughts during the war?
 * I felt it was a fullish waste of resources
 * 1) What missions, if any, did you go on?
 * I flew patrols along the China coast from Hong-Kong to the north end of Taiwan
 * Taiwan - checked the coast for build up of Chinese ships (invasion)
 * Checked for a Formosa (Taiwan) invasion every night
 * Flew patrols along the Vietnamese coast to the Philippines
 * 1) What was your most memorable experience?
 * While I was on my way to a mission, my plane crashed into the Formosa Straits between China and Taiwan
 * 1) Did you lose any close companions during war?
 * While I was in the war, one of the planes I was supposed to be in crashed and all of the 12 air-crew members aboard were killed right before my eyes.
 * 1) What ended the war?
 * A truce that was signed by North and South Korea in 1953