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Cain, Howard Return Home and Postwar
After 16 months on Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: Okinawa, Japan], Howard Cain was ordered to pack his things and prepare...
Bachmann, George Return Home and Postwar
George W. Bachmann, Junior [Annotator's Note: a waist gunner in the 367th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group...
Davis, William Return Home and Postwar
[Annotator’s Note: There is background noise throughout this segment.] William Isham Davis [Annotator’s Note: serving...
Willford, Sandford Return Home and Postwar Life
Sandford Robert Willford [Annotator's Note: a fighter pilot with the 9th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group, Fifth...
Stecher, Fred Return Home And War's End
In December 1944 while in Attlebridge, England, Fred A. Stecher was transferred to 466th Bombardment Group, 8th Air...
Marsaglia, Donald Return Home, Reflections, and Scouting Mission to Hong Kong
Donald Marsaglia had enough points [Annotator's Note: a point system was devised based on a number of factors that...
Gross, Herbert Return to Allied Control
Herbert Gross and his surviving fellow Vitamin P [Annotator's Note: Vitamin P was the name of the Consolidated B-24...
Beaugh, George Return to America
In August 1944, George Beaugh returned to the United States after flying 31 missions on a B-17 [Annotator's Note:...
Pritchett, James Return to the United States and Discharge
From Germany, James Pritchett was flown to, and treated at, a general hospital in Herefordshire, England. After about a...
Geary, Joseph Returning from a Mission
When Joseph Geary would return from a mission, he and his crew would meet with a staff person and tell them what they...
Wolff, Robert Returning from Regensburg
Robert Wolff remembers the briefing for the Regensburg mission [Annotator’s Note: the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission on...
McGill, John Returning Home
John McGill was in Pisa [Annotator's Note: Pisa, Italy] when the war ended. He had just over the number of necessary...
Smith, Samuel Returning Home
Samuel W. Smith remembers his flight engineer telling him that he dropped a screwdriver in the oil chamber. The B-24 [...
Creekmore, Thomas Returning Home
Thomas Creekmore [Annotator's Note: a radio operator in the 365th Bombardment Squadron, 305th Bombardment Group, 8th...
Goebel, Robert Returning Home
Robert J. "Bob" Goebel's last mission [Annotator's Note: with the 308th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, 12th Air...
Rans, Robert Returning Home
Robert Rans says that after being liberated from his prisoner of war camp in Romania, it was an unbelievable feeling to...
Van Huylenbrouck, Omer Returning Home
[Annotator's Note: Omer Van Huylenbrouck returned to the United States in June 1944 after flying 29 combat missions out...
Spector, Samuel "Sam" Returning Home
Samuel Spector returned home from Burma by troopship. From Myitkyina, Spector went to Calcutta, India and shipped out...
Keller, Jack Returning Home
[Annotator's Note: Jack Keller's wife assists him throughout the interview as he had a stroke and has trouble...
Morisak, Daniel Returning Home
Daniel Morisak left Kiriwina [Annotator's Note: Kiriwina Island in the Trobriand Island Group of Papua New Guinea]...
Geary, Joseph Returning Home
Joseph Geary returned to the United States in June 1945. It was great to come home. He left a few letters for his...
Rinas, Bruno Returning Home
Bruno S. Rinas arrived in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California], but was not allowed to go home....
McMullen, Milton Returning Home
Milton L. McMullen, Sr. was able to start his journey back to the United States [Annotator's Note: after being a...
Peterson, Cleveland Returning Home
Cleveland Peterson made the trip home aboard a Liberty ship. He had flown to Calcutta first, then rode a British train...
Cervantes, Enrique "Henry" Returning Home
Enrique Cervantes flew two additional missions in Europe after the German fighter crashed into his B-17 [Annotator's...
Baum, Irving Returning Home
Irving Baum slept, had breakfast and went back in [Annotator's Note: to the Dachau concentration camp complex near...
Boyer, Ralph Returning Home
Ralph Boyer served as a bombardier with the 560th Bombardment Squadron, 388th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force at...
Heilbrun, Herbert Returning Home
Herbert Heilbrun packed up his gear and left for home without his crew. Heilbrun decided to take a ship home instead of...
Cauble, Raymond Returning Home
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Raymond Cauble to talk about a jeep he and some men built.] In North Africa,...
Carlson, Donald Returning Home
Donald Albert Carlson did a lot of training and was assigned an airplane and a crew [Annotator's Note: in preparation...
Marshall, James Returning Home
After finishing 31 missions, James "Jim" Marshall laid around, went to the PX [Annotator's Note: post exchange], played...
Rudloff, George Returning Home
In November 1945, George Rudloff left India to return to the United States via troopship. He travelled to Bombay, India...
Cleveland, Carleton Returning Home
[Annotator's Note: It is very difficult to understand Carleton Cleveland due to sound issues throughout this clip.]...
Horne, Floyd "Bud" Returning Home
Floyd Horne's combat tour ended 10 August 1944. He went up to Chorley [Annotator's Note: Chorley, England] for three...
Kaiser, Raymond Returning Home
[Annotator's Note: For pilots like Raymond Kaiser, combat tours went by time in China, instead of by number of missions...
Molen, Herman Returning Home
Herman Molen remembers when they found out they were free. [Annotator’s Note: Molen and others were liberated from a...

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