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Niec, Stanley Postwar and Reflections
Stanley John Niec decided not to stay in the Navy after the war. He used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill...
Fisher, Joseph War's End to Korean War
Joseph Fisher remembers that they would have air raids with one or two planes at a time. The Japs [Annotator's Note: a...
Wieland, Kenneth Reflections
Kenneth Wieland's most memorable experience of the war was coming home. He had served because all the other guys his...
Pierce, William "Bill" Guard Duty
After Parris Island, William Pierce went to Hingham, Massachusetts which housed a huge naval ammunition manufacturing...
Leese, Robert Air Combat on New Guinea
From Townsville, Australia, Robert Leese went to Port Moresby, New Guinea, which was still occupied in the north by the...
Fisher, Clayton Returning Home
Clayton Fisher thinks that the SBD [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber] was the great equalizer. The...
Hamilton, George Reflections on the War
George Hamilton’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was getting hit by a 50-foot wave and the ship shuttering....
Bubrig, Leander War’s End and Occupation Duty
[Annotator’s Note: Talking and other noises are audible in the background of this segment.] After the Americans secured...
Campbell, Donald Postwar Life
Donald Campbell returned to the United States on 4 July 1946. He married his childhood sweetheart. He was released from...
Nesossis, Richard Prewar Life to Deployment
Richard Lamey Nesossis was born in Beaumont, Texas in 1922. His father died two years after Nesossis' birth. Nesossis'...
Petrus, Andrew Fighting in the Aleutians
Andrew Petrus [Annotator's Note: with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division] invaded...
Celaya, Adolfo Iwo Jima
Adolfo V. Celaya reached Iwo Jima [Annotator’s Note: aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)]. The ship bombarded the...

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