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Nathanson, Eva Postwar Life in Budapest
One day, Eva Nathanson's mother received a letter and went away for a few days. Her uncle was a phycologist that ran...
Jones, James Postwar Life in Europe
James B. Jones started working for the Graves Registration Program. He went all over Europe looking for dead soldiers...
Franzky, Gerhard Postwar Life in the UK and US
Gerhard Franzky's home in Leipzig was occupied by the Russians. Having already been to Russia once before, Franzky had...
Resta, Francis "Fran" Postwar Life, Education and Career
After he was discharged, Francis Resta attended college to study engineering, but when that didn't make sense to him,...
Rodgers, Brigitte Postwar Memories
When her family moved to the French Sector of West Berlin in 1950, Brigitte Rodgers noticed that she no longer had to...
Poulson, Ernest Postwar Military Career
Ernest L. Poulson was sent to Hill Field [Annotator's Note: now Hill Air Force Base, Utah] as the assistant operations...
Flanagan, Earl Postwar Military Career
Earl Flanagan was discharged in 1946 and returned home to his mother and sister. He found it difficult to adjust back...
Bonelli, William Postwar Military Career
William Patrick Bonelli was never injured in combat. The closest he got was shrapnel hitting his pilot's chair. He...
Strait, Donald Postwar Military Service
After Donald Strait came back to the United States he got married and worked in the Office of Flying Safety in Winston-...
Hastings, Wilford Postwar Military Service
After the conclusion of World War 2, Wilford E. Hastings decided to re-enlist for the Army for one more year and was...
Lomax, Charles "Charlie" Postwar Naval Service
Charlie Lomax was in the Reserves [Annotator's Note: US Naval Reserve] about eight years. That was mostly training one...
Witmeyer, John "J.J." Postwar Occupation
After he recovered sufficiently in the hospital, John Witmeyer was sent back to the front lines in January of 1945...
Sciortino, Philip Postwar Occupation Duty
When Philip Sciortino and his ship entered Japanese waters, the sea appeared to be completely mined. An invasion of...
Baranek, Martin Postwar Odyssey
Martin Baranek stopped in Modena, Italy, where he slept on the floor in a former military academy building operated by...
Schneider, Christa Postwar Optimism
After the war, Christa Schneider's family lived in the British Sector of Berlin [Annotator's Note: Berlin, Germany]....
Race, John "Jack Race" Postwar Pilot Life
John T. "Jack" Race was flying very important people around in a regular line C-47 [Annotator's Note: Douglas C-47...
Mero, Robert Postwar Privileges on Occupation Duty
Through the "Stars and Stripes" [Annotator's Note: American military newspaper] newsletter and other means, Robert Mero...
Davis, Romay Postwar Race Relations in the US
Romay Catherine Johnson Davis finished schooling in New York [Annotator's Note: at Traphagen School of Fashion in New...
Reese, Lloyd Postwar Reflections
Lloyd Reese had been a prisoner-of-war after his Consolidated B-24 Liberator had been shot down over Ploesti, Romania....
Acevedo, Anthony Postwar Relationships
After he was liberated, Anthony Acevedo increased his body weight from 87 pounds to 100 pounds. It took a while for him...
Bachmann, George Postwar Reunions
In 1983, George W. Bachmann, Junior [Annotator's Note: a waist gunner in the 367th Bombardment Squadron, 306th...
Mabarac, Raymond Postwar Service
When the war in Europe ended and the men of Raymond Mabarac's division [Annotator's Note: Mabarac was a member of...
Brunt, Julian Postwar Service and Additional War Stories
Julian Gould Brunt returned home from World War 2, was discharged from the Army, and enrolled at Mississippi State...
Shook, Hal Postwar Service and Reflections
He has no memory of VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945], but Harold Shook remembered that on...
Singlaub, John Postwar Service with the US Army and CIA
John Singlaub wanted to be a regular Army officer after the war ended. He immediately applied for the integration of...
Doi, Jimmy Postwar Service, Visiting Family and Scaling Monte Carchio
Jimmy Doi stayed in the Army until 1949. He had reenlisted as a quartermaster because he did not want to be in the...
Rans, Robert Postwar Thoughts
Robert Rans was discharged from the US Army Air Forces in 1946. He immediately applied and was accepted at Notre Dame [...
Jordan, James Postwar Thoughts
James Jordan was lucky. He married a wonderful girl from Scranton [Annotator's Note: Scranton, Pennsylvania]. She...
Baxter, Lionel Postwar Thoughts
Lionel Baxter did not have much to celebrate with when the war was over. Baxter was discharged in November 1945 in...
Mermelstein, Seymour "Cy" Postwar Thoughts
Seymour Mermelstein went to Bluefield Junior College in West Virginia for two years and then Rider College in Trenton,...
Carlson, Donald Postwar Thoughts
Donald Albert Carlson was fortunate to be in the service for two and a half years. He took advantage of the G.I. Bill,...
Nickerson, Edward Postwar Thoughts
Edward Nickerson flew home from England to Bangor, Maine. He vaguely remembers coming home. His mother met him. His...
Blatnik, Robert Postwar Trauma and Relief
Upon his arrival in the United States, Robert Joseph Blatnik was transferred from a hospital in South Carolina to one...
Bell, Harry Postwar Trip to Bad Orb
After they left France, Harry Bell's wife joined him and they toured Switzerland and Germany. They flew into Frankfurt...
Roberts, John Postwar Trip to Belgium
In 1999, the Belgians who were with John M. Roberts on his tour gave him a rose to put on the grave [Annotator's Note:...
Roberts, John Postwar Trips to Europe
When John M. Roberts rejoined his unit after escaping capture, he had not had a chance to tell anyone what he had been...

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