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Lamm, Edwin Reflections
Edwin Lamm's most memorable experience of World War 2 was picking up a crash of a B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated...
Levee, Harris Reflections
Harris H. Levee's most memorable experience of World War 2 was climbing up and down the nuclear reactor [Annotator's...
Welch, Richard Reflections
Richard Welch's most memorable experience of World War 2 was being on patrol off the West Coast looking for Japanese...
Malone, Dorothy "GiGi" Reflections
Dorothy Malone talked to her mother about her experiences in the war. There was one guy waiting to get a ride on one of...
Haynes Sr., James Reflections
James E. Haynes Sr. remembers before overseas deployment being in a PX [Annotator's Note: post exchange] in...
Samuelson, Arne Reflections and Final Thoughts
Arne Samuelson [Annotator’s Note: who served in Europe with the 99th Infantry Battalion (Separate), a unit of...
Rupp, William Reflections and PT-305
William Rupp felt there were no particularly memorable experiences during World War 2 for him. He showed up and did his...
Honz, Burdell Reflections on Pearl Harbor and Postwar Life
Burdell S. Hontz was a witness to one of the most historical days in this nation's history [Annotator's Note: the...
Williams, Bernice Reflections on Service
Bernice Williams' experience as woman Marine [Annotator's Note: US Marine Corps Women's Reserve] in World War 2 has...
Engel, Russell "Russ" Reflections on Training, Stuttgart, and awards.
[Annotator’s Note: This interview is conducted in a question and answer style]. Russell Engel was a navigator in the...
Brooks, Curtis Reflections, the Cold War and the Future
Curtis Brooks does not really think about the atomic bombs being dropped on Japan. That it hastened the end of the war...
Mealor, David Return Home
After David Lamar Mealor contracted a bad case of jungle rot in New Guinea, he was shipped back to the United States on...
Metcalf, James Return Home & Postwar
After returning from his leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time], James W. Metcalf...
Davis, William Return Home and Postwar
[Annotator’s Note: There is background noise throughout this segment.] William Isham Davis [Annotator’s Note: serving...
Gilman, John Return Home and Postwar Life
[Annotator's Note: Muffled talking can be heard in the background throughout this segment.] John Sanford Gilman ended...
Stecher, Fred Return Home And War's End
In December 1944 while in Attlebridge, England, Fred A. Stecher was transferred to 466th Bombardment Group, 8th Air...
Beaugh, George Return to America
In August 1944, George Beaugh returned to the United States after flying 31 missions on a B-17 [Annotator's Note:...
Cale, Sterling Return to Hawaii, Marriage, and Deployment to Korea
Sterling Cale returned from the various Pacific islands where he was stationed to Honolulu and the hospital at Fort...
Marks, James Return to Land Duty
James Marks was at Attu Island, Alaska but did not go ashore. He recalls seeing the American soldiers going ashore, up...
Armstrong, James Return to the United States, Education, Marriage and Reflections
James Armstrong first spoke to his family upon his return to Tampa, Florida. It was a great relief to see his mother...
Haines, Joseph Returning Home
Joseph Haines was glad to get back home. Nobody was happier to see him than his mother. He arrived back in the United...
Goebel, Robert Returning Home
Robert J. "Bob" Goebel's last mission [Annotator's Note: with the 308th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, 12th Air...
Houdek, Thomas Returning Home
Thomas Houdek was liberated and sent to Riesa, Germany where he spent several weeks waiting for American troops to...
Fisher, Clayton Returning Home
Clayton Fisher thinks that the SBD [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber] was the great equalizer. The...
Littig, Charles Ross Returning Home
Charles Littig rode an LST [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship Tank] back to the United States [Annotator's Note: after the...
Bodson, Henry Returning Home
Henry Bodson [Annotator's Note: with the 39th Field Artillery Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division] got leave [Annotator's...
Moore, Calvin Returning Home
Calvin Moore expected things to be different at home after the war. He went to Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine...
Scherer, Monroe Returning Home
On 31 December 1945, Monroe Scherer landed in Tokyo [Annotator's Note: Tokyo, Japan; after leaving occupation duty in...
Bourg, Alton Returning Home
Alton Bourg does not remember where he heard about the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...
Albertson, Arthur Returning Home
Arthur Albertson spend all his time trying to figure out how he was going to get through the war. He had to let...
Peterson, Cleveland Returning Home
Cleveland Peterson made the trip home aboard a Liberty ship. He had flown to Calcutta first, then rode a British train...
Cervantes, Enrique "Henry" Returning Home
Enrique Cervantes flew two additional missions in Europe after the German fighter crashed into his B-17 [Annotator's...
Edwards, Troy Returning Home
Troy Edwards and his unit [Annotator's Note: Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 14 (CASU-14)] reached Guadalcanal and set up...
Boyer, Ralph Returning Home
Ralph Boyer served as a bombardier with the 560th Bombardment Squadron, 388th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force at...
Stix, Charles Returning Home
Charles Stix left Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] after the atomic bombs [Annotator’s Note: Nuclear...
Marshall, James Returning Home
After finishing 31 missions, James "Jim" Marshall laid around, went to the PX [Annotator's Note: post exchange], played...

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