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Pickens, Olin Returning Home
After being approved to go home [Annotator’s Note: following liberation from a prisoner of war camp in Germany], Olin...
Kopp, Alois Returning Home
Alois Kopp and his fellow POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] left Saigon on a boozy flight to Calcutta. The POWs...
Dymnicki, Francis Returning Home
Francis Dymnicki boarded a ship in England right after V-E Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945] to...
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...
Dorsey, Mason Returning Home and Concentration Camps
When Mason Dorsey was returning to the United States, he says that if they would have said they were returning to...
Fulco, Joseph Returning Home and Experiences in Germany
Joseph P. Fulco returned to New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York], where he entered a hospital before being...
Vaughn, Odell Returning Home and Postwar Career
Odell Vaughn's reunion with his wife and new child was great. His boy was 21 months old when Vaughn first saw him....
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...
Biondo, Frank Returning Home and Postwar Life
Frank Biondo was not doing much after the war was over. He took a furlough [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for...
Grimes, James Returning Home and Postwar Life
James William Grimes kept in touch with his family by writing letters occasionally. He had a girlfriend in high school...
Davis, Romay Returning Home and Racism
Romay Catherine Johnson Davis [Annotator's Note: a Private in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the...
Shawn, Gilbert Returning to American Lines
Eventually, Gilbert S. Shawn was brought to the American lines [Annotator's Note: by the Belgian Resistance or...
Williams, Kenneth Returning to His Squadron and Home
Kenneth R. Williams [Annotator’s Note: a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the 355th Fighter Group, 354th...
Glusing, Benjamin Returning to the 208th Military Police Company
After graduating from Officer Candidate School, Benjamin Albert Glusing became a second lieutenant and was given orders...
Stewart, Roy Reunions
Roy Stewart thinks about Iwo Jima every day [Annotator's Note: he was with the 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...
Mancuso, Frank Reunions and Post War Life
During one of his breaks in Sicily, Frank Mancuso wrote a letter that was never answered. When he came back to the...
Williams, Kenneth Reunions and Postwar
Kenneth R. Williams’ [Annotator’s Note: a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the 355th Fighter Group, 354th...
Koenigsberg, John Reunited with Family
John Koenigsberg was picked up by the underground and his parents did not know where he was. After the war, his parents...
Joyce, Josefine Reuniting with John Joyce
Josefine "Piepsi" Joyce was asked by John [Annotator's Note: she had met John Joyce when he was on occupation duty in...
Christiansen, Ejnar Running the Caribbean
Ejnar Christiansen spent the summer of 1940 in Jacksonville, Florida as a cadet on the Danish Merchant Marine training...
Rickel, Robert Scary Missions
Robert "Bob" Rickel went on a mission to Anklam [Annotator's Note: Anklam, Germany with the 524th Bombardment Squadron...
Livaudais, James Screw Ups
James Livaudais remembers some of the men in his company who were not exactly the best soldiers. One was named James...
Johnson, Malcolm Second Japanese Attack
Malcolm Johnson was a civilian contractor working on Wilkes Island when the Japanese attacked Wake Island. He...
Barber, Clyde Second Overseas Deployment
For Clyde Barber’s second deployment, he returned to Patrol Squadron 11 (VP-11) stationed at Kaneohe Bay Naval Air...
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...
Reynolds, Holly Seeing Famous People and Writing Letters for Servicemen
In Warrenpoint, Ireland, Holly Reynolds always had more than one date. Reynolds saw a show in Washington DC called Back...
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...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 10
They [Annotator's Note: the Japanese] let some of the Red Cross packages go to pot. They would put them in store house...
Smith,James "Horse Collar" Segment 10
James Smith watched the battle [Annotators Note: the battle of Gavutu] from Tulagi. [Annotators Note: Smith gets off...
Baldwin, Lewis "Jack" Segment 12
Jack feels that World War II is important enough that they shouldn't take it out of the history books. He felt it was...
Bell, Bryan Segment 2
At Ft. Benning, Bell ended up training with the 79th Infantry Division. As an officer, Bell remembers going through...
Bacon, Giles Segment 2
Giles Bacon remained at Merritt Island for five months before transferring to Quantico, Virginia. He then transferred...
Galloway, Thomas Segment 2
Galloway lost his radio at one point and had to join up with another radio operator. Galloway recalls one afternoon...
Hawk, John Segment 5
After leaving the aid station [Annotator’s Note: near Chambois, France on August 20, 1944] Hawk was looked at by...
Crain, Joe Segment 5
The Germans would use flares at night and drop them over the American convoy. At night this would illuminate the fleet...

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