Liberty and Leave

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Brewer, Chester Returning Home, Court Martial, and Medals
[Annotator's Note: Chester Brewer returned home after his 27th mission in Europe as a tail gunner on a Boeing B-17...
Jenkins, Samuel Returning Home, Service Discharge and Reflecting on the Battle of Lanzerath
For Samuel Jenkins, returning to the United States was much easier than going to Europe. He just laid in his bunk and...
Massey, Joseph Returning Stateside
Joseph Massey returned to the United States aboard the SS Samuel Ashe. On the third day of the trip they ran into a...
Field, Edward Returning to Combat
After surviving ditching [Annotator's Note: in a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber], Edward Field returned to his...
Schafer, Leon Returning to Home Port
Leon Schafer and the crew [Annotator's Note: of the USS LST-502] got orders home in November 1944. They could not wait...
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...
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...
Graham, Marvin Returning to the United States
After Marvin Raymond Graham was released from the hospital [Annotator's Note: in Wendling, England], he was sent to a...
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...
Doss, Arles Road Trip and Taking Prisoners
Arles J. Doss was north of Dallas [Annotator's Note: Dallas, Texas] when Germany surrendered. When the Germans...
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...
Clark, Earl Role as Supply Officer and Intelligence Officer
Earl Ervin Clark says that the 10th Mountain Division [Annotator's Note: Clark was a regimental staff officer in the...
Hayashi, Shizuya Rome
Shiyuza Hayashi walked to Rome [Annotator's Note: Rome, Italy] with his unit [Annotator's Note: Company A, 100th...
Wayne, William Roosevelt Dies and Japan Surrenders
William Wayne got out of the hospital and was in the Marine Transit Center in Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl...
Marovelli, Robert Rotation Back to the United States
Robert Marovelli arrived in San Francisco with his uniform a shambles, and the orders for new clothes had been fouled....
Nolan, Warren ROTC Life on Campus
Warren Nolan was in Naval ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps] at Tulane University, New Orleans,...
Shaw, Roger Round Trip Run to Australia
Roger Shaw was 22 years old when he returned to the United States. When he got back to the United States, he went up...
Stachel, Robert Russia, Italy, and Final Missions
Robert A. Stachel [Annotator's Note: a tail gunner in the 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group did a...
Wicklund, John Sailing for Leyte
On 28 August [Annotator's Note: 28 August 1944], LST-1047 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank], the ship to which...
Reed, Raymond Saving Audie Murphy
Raymond A. Reed went from Reykjavik [Annotator's Note: Reykjavik, Iceland] to Keflavik [Annotator's Note: Keflavik,...
Towle, John Scotland and Leave in London
John W. Towle spent time in Scotland after arriving from the United States on the Queen Elizabeth. He rode a train from...
Oman, Mort Searching for Prisoners
Mort Oman [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 251st Field Artillery Battalion as a fire controller] took part in the...
Langrall, Clarke Second Voyage Aboard the SS Vernon L. Kellogg
On his second voyage [Annotator's Note: as an engineering officer aboard the SS Vernon L. Kellogg], Clarke Langrall was...
Cruise, Leslie Securing Normandy and Cherbourg
[Annotator's Note: Leslie Cruise continuously refers to a book that he has on his lap.] Leslie Cruise remarks that...
Guitard, Robert Seeing Europe
The Army had events for the soldiers who had fought the war. They could go to Switzerland, Paris [Annotator's Note:...
Monpat, Raymond Segment 1
Monpat was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He went to E.D. White High School for one year then quit and went...
Holloman, William Segment 1
Holloman was born in Saint Louis, Missouri in 1924. His father worked for the US Postal Service from 1919 until 1969.As...
Hanna, Homer H. Segment 1
Hannas family was living in Texas when he joined the Army in July 1938 in Lubbock. He took his basic training at Ft....
Ettlinger, Harry Segment 10
Ettlinger asked Jacque, a Frenchman, to help him go to Baden Baden to find his grandfather's collection and the man...
Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 10
When the war started everyone started working with what they had. Merrill's group patrolled up and down the Hawaiian...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Segment 11
Theodore Finkbeiner does not know why his unit was pulled out of its positions. When they moved into their new...
Ward, Harold Segment 11
It was amazing to Harold Ward to see how quickly they dumped stuff after the war was over. They were heading back to...
Baum, Abraham "Abe" Segment 12
The end of the war was approaching. Baum went to the command platoon, to Abrams, to get permission to rejoin the troops...
Baker, Vernon Segment 2
Vernon Baker went to Camp Wolters, Texas for basic training and experienced segregation. He got onto a bus when he...
Finkbeiner, Theodore Segment 2
Theodore Finkbeiner shipped out of Cape Cod aboard the USS George Washington [Annotators Note: SS George Washington] in...
Shoens, Robert Segment 2
The Army Air Corps knew that they needed to get the best pilots. Robert Shoens took his training in January of February...

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