Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Penwell, Richard Returning Home and Reflections
Richard F. Penwell was supposed to be going back to New Bilibid Prison [Annotator's Note: Old Bilibid and New Bilibid...
Campisano, Frank Returning Home and Reflections
Frank Campisano was happy to go back home. He was single while in the military and was having a good time. He went...
McLain, Cecil Returning Home and Reunion Stories
Cecil Ezell McLain stopped in Singapore before heading home and witnessed five people die and several people blinded by...
Jacobs, Jr., Walter Returning Home and the Louisiana Maneuvers
[Annotator's Note: Walter Jacobs served in the Army as a squad leader in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 306th Infantry...
Slack, Otis Returning Home and War’s End
Otis Arthur Slack was on Amchitka [Annotator's Note: Amchitka Island, Alaska] when the Japanese withdrew [Annotator's...
Woodall, Wendall Returning Home from the War
Coming home was not a hard adjustment for Wendall Woodall. He and three others hired a guy to drive them to Kansas City...
de Jonge, Wim Returning Home then Immigrating to America
Wim de Jonge returned to Holland where found that the government was not willing to pay his three and a half years of...
Smith, William J. Returning Home with Bataan Survivors
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks William Smith where he was when he heard the news of the atomic bombs being...
Green, Arthur Returning Home, Discharge, and Reflections
Arthur George Green spent about a year on occupation duty in Japan [Annotator’s Note: stationed in Kyushu and Shikoku...
Bannai, Paul Returning Home, Politics and Reflections
While Paul Bannai was in Japan, he knew his family would be able to leave their internment camp. He was given...
Schmittgens, Leo Returning Home, Postwar Life and Reflections
Leo William Schmittgens was finally able to return home [Annotator's Note: after seven months of occupation duty in...
Kynett, Gerald Returning Home, Postwar Service and Reflections
Gerald Kynett returned to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii], where he was held up for some time....
Warne, Therese Returning to America
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: An American child prisoner in the Philippines during World War 2] was...
Prince, Robert Returning to Camp
[Annotator's Note: Robert Prince helped liberate the Cabanatuan Prison Camp, Cabanatuan City, Luzon, Philippines on 30...
Wilson, James Returning to Guadalcanal
James Wilson did not see the bullets coming when he got shot [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of the Tenaru River,...
Goodrich, James Returning to Iwo Jima After the War
Many years after the war, James Goodrich went back to Iwo Jima. The visit helped him a lot with his own feelings about...
Muri, James Returning to Midway
James Muri believes that his gunner shot up a Japanese antiaircraft gun crew on the Akagi but the Japanese claim that...
Hyland, Everett Returning to Pearl Harbor
Everett Hyland had gone back to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in the 1960s and 1980s as a tourist. He thinks of Pearl Harbor...
Mikus, John Returning to Reorganize
John Mikus, Jr. almost got shot when he got back to the United States. He wanted to call home. The women Marines had...
Glusing, Benjamin Returning to the 208th Military Police Company
After graduating from Officer Candidate School, Benjamin Albert Glusing became a second lieutenant and was given orders...
Johnson, John Returning to the Front, VJ-Day and Postwar Service
John E. Johnson went back to the ship, but not all his crewmates did. After replacements came from a nearby receiving...
O'Rorke, James Returning to the Philippines
James Richard O'Rorke was assigned to a Japanese baron and his beautiful home which was safe between Nagasaki [...
Roy, William Returning to the United States
[Annotator's Note: William G. Roy served in the Navy as a Photographer's Mate 2nd Class aboard the aircraft carrier USS...
McKay, Wallace Returning to the United States
Wallace McKay caught a merchant ship back to the United States. It took six weeks to make it back and he was only given...
Rees, Holly Returning to the United States and Discharge
At the 68th Field Hospital, Holly Rees was carried into a Quonset hut and laid on the floor, where he waited while more...
Brooks, Leonard Returning to the United States, Being Drafted and Occupation Duty
On 23 February [Annotator's Note: 23 February 1945] they were out [Annotator's Note: of the Los Baños internment camp...
Lucas, Jack Returns to Iwo Jima
Jacklyn Lucas returned to Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] in 1985. He has been back there three times and...
Tarrant, Eugene Reunion Groups, Discrimination and Reflections
They [Annotator's Note: Eugene Tarrant and the other officers of the USS San Francisco Veterans Association] decided to...
Stewart, Roy Reunions
Roy Stewart thinks about Iwo Jima every day [Annotator's Note: he was with the 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...
Yusen, Jack Reunions
Jack Yusen ran into Bud Comet one day in Seattle. The Navy was launching the USS Copeland (FFG-25). Comet found Yusen...
Whitten, Sumner Reunions and Quality Crewmen
Sumner Whitten is proud to have survived the Battle of Midway. A few years ago he was contacted about Battle of Midway...
Hyland, Everett Reunions and Ship Morale
[Annotator's Note: Everett Hyland served in the Navy as a radio operator on the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) and was aboard...
Rogers, Wilbur Rewards and Accolades
Wilbur Rogers laughs at remembering the reward for picking up a downed pilot: ice cream. For each man a ship picked up...
Allen, James Richard O'Kane
[Annotator's Note: James Allen served in the Navy as a Fireman 2nd Class in the submarine service and was aboard the...
Barrick, Calvin Richard O'Kane
Calvin Barrick thinks that Dick O'Kane [Annotator's Note: US Navy Rear Admiral Richard H. O'Kane was the commanding...
Mc Murray, Steve Roi-Namur and Recovering in Hawaii
When he went into combat for the first time, Steve McMurray said he, like everyone else, was scared. When he came upon...

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