Life in the Field/aboard ship

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Thomason, David Returning Home
They [Annotator's Note: David Thomason and the other survivors of the USS Mannert L Abele (DD-733) which had been sunk...
Smith, Bernard Returning Home
[Annotator's Note: Bernard Smith flew his final five missions with "bastard" crews or crews made of men who did not...
Cole, Wendell Returning Home
[Annotator's Note: Wendell Delavan Cole suffers from Parkinson's disease and needs the assistance of his son to...
Lesniewski, Joseph Returning Home
Joseph Lesniewski got on a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo ship]. There were only 19...
Sherman, Joyce Returning Home
Joyce Sherman left the service and got married. She does not think she was really any different due to the war. Maybe...
Shapiro, Lester Returning Home
Lester Shapiro could have stayed in the service and been a Warrant Officer. He was discharged at Fort Dix [Annotator's...
Childs, Charles "Chuck" Returning Home
Charles Childs was sent by boat to the United States. His radar-navigator was sent back with him. Childs was a Captain...
Bueker, Robert Returning Home and Closing Thoughts
Robert Bueker returned to the United States in early July [Annotator's Note: July 1945]. He went to Reims, France first...
Loidolt, Raymond Returning Home and Closing Thoughts
Raymond Loidolt took a Navy destroyer back to the United States from China. They went through mines [Annotator's Note:...
Notebaert, Richard Returning Home and Dealing with the Sand in Africa
Returning to the United States on a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo ship], Richard...
Jaber, Anton Returning Home and Joining the Air Force
After the Germans surrendered, the units moved back gradually. Anton Jaber thinks he went through every one of the...
Pigott, Terrell Returning Home and Postwar
Terrell Lavern Pigott sailed home on the the West Point [Annotator's Note: USS West Point (AP-23)], which was a sister...
Brasel, Robert Returning Home and Postwar
Robert J. "Bob" Brasel and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 1st Platoon, Battery C, 389th Antiaircraft Artillery (...
Machaud, Albert Returning Home and Postwar
[Annotator's Note: Throughout the segment, a chirp sound can be heard.] In March 1949, Albert "Al" Machaud received...
Brown, Charles Returning Home and Postwar
About two weeks after war in Europe ended, Charles R. Brown [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters Company, 66th Armored...
Hanning, David Returning Home and Postwar
David Hanning was assigned as an assistant to a lieutenant and then to the headquarters of an adjutant general where he...
Howard, William Returning Home and Postwar Life
After the war ended, William Edwin Howard started a newspaper. He was sent to Darmstadt, Germany for a long time. He...
Engel, Robert Returning Home and Postwar Life
The day the war ended, Robert Engel was in a town in Germany. The manure and urine from cows were kept in the town for...
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...
Feldman, Henry Returning Home and the Planned Invasion of Japan
After fighting through France, Luxembourg, and Germany [Annotator's Note: as a member of Cannon Company, 121st Infantry...
Mahoney, Timothy Returning Home and War's End
When Timothy Mahoney got to the 449th [Annotator's Note: 449th Bombardment Group, 47th Bombardment Wing, 15th Air Force...
Boeke, Robert Returning Home then off to the Pacific
Robert Boeke [Annotator's Note: with 341st Infantry Regiment, 86th Infantry Division] was leading the division in his...
Reitman, Seymour Returning Home to Racism
Seymour Reitman returned to the United States on the SS George Washington [Annotator's Note: USAT George Washington]....
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...
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...
Gerhard, Winnecken Returning to Germany
Winnecken Gerhard returned to his homeland after the war. He sailed on a Liberty Ship which took much longer than 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...
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 [...
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...
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...
Hirsch, Leon Road Shows
Leon Hirsch reported to an inhospitable major general in Wiesbaden, Germany on orders to assist in developing road...
Snyder, Kenneth Roi-Namur, Okinawa, and Home
Kenneth T. Snyder, Sr. arrived on Kwajalein [Annotator's Note: Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands] and was met by a...
Shirley, John Rome to Southern France
John Shirley [Annotator’s Note: a sergeant with the 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division serving in Italy] was...
Campbell, John Roosevelt, Truman and the US Merchant Marine
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks John Campbell about the relationship between President Franklin Delano...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Roosevelt, Truman, and Home
Charles Wesley Borders heard about Roosevelt's [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the...
Nolan, Warren ROTC Life on Campus
Warren Nolan was in Naval ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps] at Tulane University, New Orleans,...

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