G.I. Bill

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Nummer, Richard Postwar
Richard Nummer returned to the United States in July 1946 after being in Japan for nine months. While on the trip home...
Morgenthaler, David Postwar
David T. Morgenthaler started a new company in Erie, Pennsylvania after he was discharged in 1945. He married and began...
Delaune, Lawrence Postwar
Lawrence J. Delaune, Sr. returned home [Annotator's Note: in February 1946 after serving occupation duty in Japan] and...
Dorsey, Eugene Postwar
Eugene Dorsey was assigned to the Navy Armed Guard and spent fourteen months in the Mediterranean on various transport...
LaNier, Joseph Postwar
Joseph LaNier did not know what he would do after the service. He was reserve and not regular Army. Consequently, his...
Fadem, Leroy Postwar
After the war, Leroy Fadem's ship [Annotator's Note: USS LST-871] was in the first task group to enter Nagasaki harbor...
Pike, Henry Postwar
Henry Quinton Pike returned to the United States to be trained as a platoon instructor but he did not like that duty....
Nicholas, John Postwar
After Okinawa, John Nicholas and the USS Gayety [Annotator's Note: USS Gayety (AM-239)] were sent to sweep for mines in...
Carson, Benjamin Postwar
Benjamin Carson was on Guam when the war in the Pacific came to an end. All of the ship whistles and horns were blowing...
Maxwell, Robert Postwar
Robert Maxwell stayed in the military shortly after recuperating from his foot wound. [Annotator's Note: Maxwell...
Espree, Elmo Postwar
At the end of the war, Elmo Espree was transported through the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean...
Arrow, Kenneth Postwar
Following World War 2, Dr. Kenneth Arrow pursued his PhD in Economics from Columbia University. During this time, the G...
Brannan, Joseph Postwar
Joseph Brannan was changed by the Second World War. He had started college prior to the war, but was not enthusiastic...
Villarrubia, Forrest Postwar
Forrest Villarrubia was home from the Pacific by December 1945, but he had to continue in the service because he did...
Schrader, William Postwar
During his time in the Samar Islands, the Philippines, William Schrader [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 23rd...
Eisenach, John Postwar
[Annotator’s Note: Can hear airplanes flying overhead throughout segment.] While in Occupation Germany, John R....
Ratcliff, Henry Postwar
Henry Ratcliff almost arrived home after his outfit did [Annotator's Note: 860th Aviation Engineer Battalion, 5th Air...
Rinas, Bruno Postwar
Bruno S. Rinas began working on a rented farm and eventually got better. He believes that if you leave many things...
Ruck, Elmore Postwar
Elmore Ruck used the G.I. Bill and attained a mechanical engineering degree after the war. He attends reunions but...
Glass, Murray Postwar
Murray Glass hated the Nazis. For years after the war, he had no use for Germans. The German denial of the Holocaust...
Gillis, Jack Postwar
Jack A. Gillis returned home and used the G.I. Bill to go to college. He had problems with English in college [...
Cole, Homer Postwar
When the war ended in Europe, Homer Cole was sent to Alexandria, Louisiana to begin training on B-29s [Annotator's Note...
Peterson, Cleveland Postwar
Cleveland Peterson did not take advantage of the GI Bill for education, but he did use it to build a house. After the...
Gaffney, James Postwar
James Gaffney discusses transition back into civilian life and his home life with two new children following his return...
Lombardo, Samuel Postwar
Samuel Lombardo did not think much of the German people. He felt they were negligent in allowing Hitler's [Annotator's...
Brainard, William Postwar
After William White Brainard returned home and was discharged from the Air Force in San Antonio [Annotator’s Note: San...
Madden, Jack Postwar
Jack Madden was in Europe when the war ended. He was delighted. He had not followed the course of the war too closely...
Fontana, Frank Postwar
Frank Fontana and his battalion [Annotator's Note: 93rd Medical Gas Treatment Battalion] had to turn in all their...
Varone, Francis "Dick" Postwar
Francis John "Dick" Varone wanted to stay in the Marine Corps while he was overseas [Annotator's Note: with the 5th...
Hollis, Frederick Postwar
Frederick Hollis was drafted in August 1952. He had 16 weeks of Army basic training in Fort Bliss, Texas, eight weeks...
Gemperline, Eugene Postwar
After a brief furlough [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time], Eugene J. Gemperline was...
Johnson, Burton Postwar
Burton Johnson remembers when he heard of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death. Harry Truman was not a surprise as...
Pritchard, James Postwar
James H. "Jim" Pritchard's unit [Annotator's Note: 28th Infantry Regiment, 5th Marine Division] was sent to Sasebo on...
Guyote, Walter Postwar
After the war ended with Japan [Annotator’s Note: 15 August 1945], Walter Guyote made a few trips to Japan [Annotator’s...
Cowart, Thomas Postwar
Thomas Cowart was in the hospital in Liege, Belgium when the war ended [Annotator's Note: he had been wounded in combat...
Winslow, Lawson Postwar
Lawson Tracy Winslow, Junior decided to use the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's...

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