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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...
London, James Returning Home
James Harvard London returned to Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston, Massachusetts] on the same ship that took him to...
Anschau, Martin Returning Home
Martin J. Anschau was seasick 12 of 13 days returning home on the ship. He could not eat anything. Food smelled bad. He...
Wold, Vernon Returning Home
Vernon Wold came home by ship [Annotator's Note: on 1 May 1946]. He went to Fort Sheridan, Chicago [Annotator's Note:...
Roed, Harold Returning Home
Harold Roed [Annotator's Note: with the 515th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 13th Airborne Division] had a furlough [...
Albertson, Arthur Returning Home
Arthur Albertson spend all his time trying to figure out how he was going to get through the war. He had to let...
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...
Kays, George Returning Home
George Kays had completed five years of service and had a wife and child at home. He was sent a telegram in Germany...
Boyer, Ralph Returning Home
Ralph Boyer served as a bombardier with the 560th Bombardment Squadron, 388th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force at...
Trauner, Walter Returning Home
Walter Trauner remembers the people were nice. They were taken over by the Nazis. He had cousins who were in the German...
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...
Higgins, Gordon Returning Home
While waiting to go home, Gordon Higgins drove a jeep and an ambulance. He also ran a "pro station," where soldiers...
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...
Mero, Robert Returning Home
Robert Mero's decoration [Annotator's Note: see clip titled Earning the Bronze Star] gave him an advantage in the...
Asher, Adolph Returning Home
Adolph Edward Asher was transferred back from Germany. A colonel had known him in the States [Annotator's Note: United...
Wilkins, Byron Returning Home
Byron Othello Wilkins stopped at a gasthaus while traveling on a bicycle with other ex POWs. Wilkins saw an American...
Sapp, Walter Returning Home
Walter Sapp returned to the United States in April 1946. He tried to go to school. He selected four or five colleges he...
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...
Molen, Herman Returning Home
Herman Molen remembers when they found out they were free. [Annotator’s Note: Molen and others were liberated from a...
Smithson, Jack Returning Home
Jack A. Smithson was not in Europe for too long after the war was over. When he had enough points [Annotator's Note: a...
Berkman, Harold Returning Home
Harold Berkman returned to the United States via New York harbor. He arrived at night with the Statue of Liberty and...
McGlaun, DeQuindre Returning Home
Some of DeQuindre McGlaun's crew [Annotator's Note: with the 333rd Bombardment Squadron, 94th Bombardment Group, 8th...
Carithers, Calvin Returning Home
Calvin Carithers went to Quantico, Virginia for more training. He then provided instruction for other embassy guards....
McDonald, Robert Returning Home
The war in Germany ended and Robert W. McDonald's operation [Annotator's Note: in the 8th Air Force] was transferred to...
Easterling, Lewis "Tom" Returning Home
Lewis Thomas Easterling and a few other prisoners made their way to Stuttgart [Annotator's Notes: Stuttgart, Germany]...
Motil, Joseph Returning Home
Joseph Motil had a feeling that the soldier he was next to was run over by his own tank. Motil got to England and he...
Buschmeier, Frank Returning Home
Frank Buschmeier got seven letters in one day at Stalag Luft IV. One of the men volunteered to read his letters for him...
Martin, Robert Returning Home
Robert Martin was in the service from August [Annotator's Note: 14 August 1945] until the day before he was 21 years...
Gournay, Harold Returning Home
Harold Gournay left Camp Lucky Strike and stopped in Southampton, England en route to the United States. The trip was...
Yates, Herman Returning Home
[Annotator's Note: Herman Yates recovered from the surgery he underwent after being hit by a mortar round in France.]...
Kopp, Alois Returning Home
Alois Kopp and his fellow POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] left Saigon on a boozy flight to Calcutta. The POWs...
Larson, William Returning Home
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks William Larson to talk about the process of returning to the United States.] A...
Heinly, Robert Returning Home
Robert Harvey Heinly [Annotator's Note: with the 3463rd Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company] got orders to turn all his...
Casey, Donald Returning Home
Donald E. Casey [Annotator’s Note: liberated from Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany on 29 April l1945] had been a...

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