Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Joe Morris returned home after being in Peking, China for some weeks. He boarded an aircraft that flew him to San Diego...
After Hershel Hibbard was discharged from the Navy, he completed high school and went to college for some time on the G...
Following the war and his discharge, John St. Germain worked on farms in North Dakota and Montana. He moved to seek...
William Jackson returned to the United States in the latter part of 1946. He lived with his mother and dad and later...
Soon after returning home, Philip Mayer went to work and did not use the G.I. Bill for school. He became a truck driver...
Alfred Anthony Alvarez retired from the military as a lieutenant colonel. He had earned a CIB [Annotator's Note: the...
Willie D. Knippers did not have trouble to adjusting back to civilian life after he separated from the service. He used...
George Vincent Ross used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was...
After World War 2, Joseph Daquana took advantage of the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's...
Garland Miller Gallaspy [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 161st Parachute Engineer Battalion, 503rd Parachute...
[Annotator’s Note: The interviewee’s wife interjects throughout this clip.] Sherwin Lansing Eddy readjusted to civilian...
Greg Woodham found that no one inquired about his time in the Philippines and when he was older, they only desired an...
Jack H. Bleuler was discharged from the Army Air Corps in October 1945 as a staff sergeant at Barksdale Airfield [...
Rufus Harris went to Tokyo [Annotator's Note: Tokyo, Japan] for one day. On his last trip, he had just gotten married...
George Peto has doubts about the mental toughness of today's generation and its ability to wage a war as deadly and...
Kenneth T. Snyder, Sr.'s wife met him in Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois after he came home from the...
Paul Fair thinks MacArthur’s [Annotator's Note: General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander, Southwest...
Roger Shaw decided to be a doctor after his service because he wanted more education. He quickly finished his...
When Ray Gene Gresham got out of the service, he didn't think the G.I. Bill could help him enough to afford college...
After World War 2, Rex James Bates matured and became a more responsible person. He remarks about his time at the...
After being discharged from service in World War 2, James D. Comeaux adjusted easily to civilian life and attended...
Elmer Spraker thought he might transition into rebuilding maritime engines in the civilian sector, and in this section...
Lionel Lopez was a shoe salesman before the war. He went back to work for the same company after he got out of the...
Claude Bufford Shaw didn't come immediately back to the United States when the war ended as he was making a career of...
When he left the Navy, Carey Suratt worked as a brick man for the Pennsylvania railroad. He helped make coal cars....
Alfred Anthony Alvarez was given a platoon in the 187th Infantry Regiment [Annotator's Note: 187th Glider Infantry...
Lloyd Guillory had a very successful and lucrative career as an architect. It allowed him to enjoy ownership of...
Ed Weber used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was enacted by...
Yukio Kawamoto was a precious child for his parents. The draft got him and he went to war. Kawamoto worked for the...
Robert Taylor retired from the Navy on 31 May 1970. He had worked at a medical research laboratory at Camp LeJeune,...
Leo V. Strausbaugh was offered a chance to go home for 30 days, but he would have to forfeit all his points [Annotator'...
Alvin Sniff did numerous trips to the Mediterranean Sea while he was a career Navy man. He recalled when the Navy...
Henry Bourgeois went to work in the aerospace industry for Singer as a sales engineer. He was then made a planner and...
William Winter had no inclination to stay in the Army after the war. He was fortunate to have come through the war...
Rex James Bates served with the 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron in the Pacific. They were based out of Guam [...
In July 1946, Paul Ignatius was separated from the Navy with the rank of lieutenant in Los Angeles [Annotator’s Note:...

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