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Cresswell, Robert War's End
Robert Nichols Cresswell [Annotator’s Note: a truck driver in the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion] was bivouacked with...
Auerbach, Gerald War's End
In late May 1945, Gerald Auerbach's crew was chosen to become the lead crew in the squadron [Annotator's Note: 881st...
Leavy, Eugene War's End
As the war was nearing its end, Eugene T. Leavy and a friend went into Backnang [Annotator’s Note: Backnang, Germany]...
Yamamoto, Albert War's End and Aerial Bombardments
Albert Yamamoto [Annotator's Note: a Japanese American living in Japan during World War 2] was attending school in...
Raby, Glynn War's End and Discharge
Glynn G. Raby, Jr. was transferred to the 3rd Army and moved to Czechoslovakia. They arrived in pro-German territory,...
Bollich, James War's End and Going Home
James Bollich was going to work [Annotator's Note: Bollich was a prisoner of war in Mukden, Manchuria, China] when he...
Cole, John War's End and Leyte
John H. Cole was on his way to Japan for the invasion when the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped...
Love, John War's End and Liberation
John Edward Love and hundreds of other POWs' [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] continued to mine [Annotator's Note:...
Altman, Daniel War's End and Nuremburg Trials
[Annotator’s Note: Voices can be heard in the background throughout the segment.] Daniel Altman and his unit [Annotator...
Crews, Lorenzo War's End and Occupation
Lorenzo Dow Crews and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company I, 3rd Battalion, 397th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry...
Delaune, Lawrence War's End and Occupation
[Annotator's Note: Lawrence J. Delaune, Sr. served with the 25th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized), 25th Infantry...
Longhoffer, Garland War's End and Occupation Duty
Garland Virgil Longhoffer was at a movie when he was told the Japanese surrendered. His area did not believe the news....
Schwartz, Bill War's End and Occupation Duty
Bill Schwartz's [Annotator's Note: assigned to the 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division] biggest nightmare...
Behr, Peter War's End and Postwar
Peter "Pete" Behr [Annotator's Note: with Company B, 1st Battalion, 383rd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division]...
Struble, Charles War's End and Postwar
Charles Struble learned about the atomic bombs being dropped after the aircraft returned [Annotator's Note: nuclear...
Currier, Al War's End and Postwar
Al Currier returned [Annotator's Note: from Attu Island, Alaska as a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 159th Infantry...
Dufour, O'Hearn War's End and Postwar
After getting back to the United States [Annotator’s Note: after surviving the sinking of the USS Preston (DD-379) in...
Bell, Cecil War's End and Postwar Life
Cecil K. Bell crossed near Corsica to Southern France [Annotator's Note: during Operation Dragoon, Provence, Southern...
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....
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....
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]...
Malec, Henry War's End, an Emergency and a German General
Henry Malec was atop a hill when the war ended. He was with several other men and Lieutenant Lewis [Annotator's Note:...
Frydman, Louis Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Louis Frydman felt the Warsaw ghetto uprising was just a matter of choosing how to die. [Annotator's Note: Frydman...
Rendelman, Ed Wartime Experiences
Ed Rendelman found that just surviving the war was the best experience he had in the combat. Seeing those wounded...
Joyce, Josefine Wartime Germany
Josefine "Piepsi" Joyce went to work outside Vienna, Austria for the Luftwaffe [Annotator's Note: German Air Force]....
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...
Strait, Perry Wartime Sea Duty
Perry Strait saw he had signed up for the USMS [Annotator's Note: United States Maritime Service] but was assured if he...
Campbell, John War’s End and False Histories
The war was over and John Scott Campbell was working at Montgomery Ward [Annotator's Note: American department store...
Strobel, Clarence War’s End and Honor Guard
Clarence Strobel [Annotator’s Note: assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 188th Glider Infantry Regiment (redesignated...
Jaccarino, Richard War’s End and Liberating South Korea
After Richard Jaccarino was released from the hospital, he was sent to a replacement depot on Saipan, and within a...
Easterling, Lewis "Tom" War’s End and Liberation
[Annotator’s Notes: Lewis Thomas Easterling, a fighter pilot in the 365th Fighter Squadron, 358th Fighter Group, 9th...
Ryan, John War’s End and Occupation of Germany
[Annotator's Note: The audio level of this interview is very low.] On VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day,...
Hissey, Paul War’s End and Postwar
Paul Hissey remembered when the war ended all the fighter planes were destroyed because they did not want them to fall...
Dobbs, Clarence "Jack" War’s End, Going Home, and Discharge
Clarence Lee "Jack" Dobbs was still on Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] when the atomic bombs were...
Kruse, Shirley WASP Training
Shirley Chase Kruse was taking flying lessons and she met a lady who she became friendly with. Her friend recommended...
Wicklund, John Weaponry and Therapies
John Wicklund says the most effective weapon the infantry used was the Browning Automatic Rifle [Annotator's Note: BAR...

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