Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Leaming, Jack War's End and Postwar Life
Towards the end of the war, Jack Leaming's prisoner of war camp at Osaka [Annotator's Note: Osaka, Japan] had burned...
Fernandez, Milton War's End and Postwar Life
Milton Fernandez left the Galapagos Islands and sailed for Hawaii. At that time, the Japanese were everywhere in the...
Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" War's End and Postwar Life
Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine and the other internees at Santo Tomas [Annotator's Note: Santo Tomas Internment Camp,...
Meader, Byron War's End and Postwar Life
Byron Herbert Meader's division [Annotator's Note: Meader was a member of Headquarters Company, 271st Infantry Regiment...
Mayes, Davis War's End and Reflection
Davis Gordon Mayes heard about the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan through the radio receivers while he was...
Munch, Melvin War's End and Reflections
Melvin Munch would have been part of the invasion force for assaulting the Japanese home islands. The atomic bombs kept...
Gimbut, Raymond War's End and Reflections
After Eniwetok [Annotator's Note: Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands], Raymond Gimbut sailed to California, then to the...
Beyer, Walter War's End and Reflections
[Annotator's Note: The video is glitchy in this segment] Walter Louis Beyer served in the Pacific Theater in World War...
Wheeler, James War's End and Reflections
James L. Wheeler was sent to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Northern Mariana Islands] to train for the Battle of Japan....
Crawford, William War's End and Reflections
[Annotator’s Note: The interviewee pauses and speaks slowly throughout this clip.] In September 1945, William Ward...
Riggs, William War's End and Reflections
After the conclusion of World War 2, William Riggs' only thought upon arriving home was to seek out a job away from the...
Lamm, Allen War's End and Reflections
Allen Lamm was concerned for his safety on Okinawa. He did not realize that the splatters in the water were coming from...
Nesossis, Richard War's End and Reflections
Richard Lamey Nesossis was at home on leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] in...
Kellegrew, Kent War's End and Reflections
Kent Butzer Kellegrew does not remember when he was discharged but remembers that he was on Guam [Annotator's Note:...
Shatz, Ewalt War's End and Return Home
Ewalt "Walt" Shatz was serving stateside near the war's end. He was assigned to shore patrol in Hollywood [Annotator's...
Rosenbaum, James War's End and Return Home
After the Japanese surrendered, James Stewart Rosenbaum thought he would be heading home, but he and his unit [...
Carroll, Orville War's End and Returning Home
While on Guam, Orville Carroll and some men built a small bamboo chapel, where they would sing without instruments....
Dixon, Richard War's End and Returning Home
Richard Tempus Dixon's time in the Philippines was interesting. Some of the natives got hold of some hand grenades and...
Bost, Ben War's End and Returning Home
Ben Ray Bost loved getting Marines on board ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LSM-316], especially those from North...
Mayer, Philip War's End and Returning Home
Philip Mayer was a sergeant [Annotator's Note: in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division]...
Harrison, Joseph "Joe" War's End in Japan
Two or three weeks after Joseph L. Harrison arrived back on Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands], the atomic...
Greene, Whayland War's End in Luzon
Whayland Harvel Greene [Annotator's Note: assigned to the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division] was slightly...
Grossman, Sidney War's End in the Philippines
Sidney Grossman was assigned to a PT Boat [Annotator's Notes: patrol torpedo boat] and was going to be part of the...
Grimes, Vodioe War's End on Saipan
Voniedoe "Voni" or "Bus" Grimes [Annotator's Note: serving in the US Army's 246th Ordnance Ammunition Battalion] sewed...
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...
Caraway, John War's End, Hitting a Mine and Back to Civilian Life
John Caraway's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Bridge (AF-1)] was anchored in the harbor at Okinawa when he heard about the...
Stokes, Howard War's End, Occupation Duty and Postwar Life
[Annotator's Note: Howard Warren Stokes served in the 27th Infantry Division. Soon after the war's end, he was sent...
Neiman, Leon War's End, Reflections, and Final Thoughts
Leon J. Neiman was at a pool room when he heard the bomb had been dropped [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...
Bostick, Thomas War's End, Returning Home and Racial Discrimination
The news [Annotator's Note: of the atomic bombs being dropped] reached Thomas J. Bostick's unit [Annotator's Note:...
Micklich, Richard Wars End and Reflections
Richard Micklich recalls the relief and happiness he felt on VE Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May...
Wolf Guts, Clarence Wartime
Clarence Wolf Guts [Annotator's Note: a code-talker – a person employed by the military to use a little-known language...
Schrader, William Wartime
William Schrader was born in February 1926 in Hollywood, Florida. An only child, his father moved the family to...
Banyas, Martin Wartime and Stateside Incidents
Martin Banyas and his gunners did a good job as the last line of defense for the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Santa Fe (...
Warne, Thomas Wartime in Hawaii
The day after the Pearl Harbor attack [Annotator's Note: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941...
Wellford, Harry Wartime Incidents
Harry Walker Wellford [Annotator's Note: while serving as radar officer aboard the USS Harrison (DD-573)] remembers...
Cassidy, John Wartime Romance
John Cassidy recalled a regular day in his division included an early rise, a shower, breakfast and "quarters" which...

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