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Jacobson, Martin War's End and Decommissioning the Team
Martin Jacobson was back in Pearl Harbor, having just missed the Battle of Leyte Gulf [Annotator's Note: Battle of...
Watson, Donald War's End and Going Home
Donald G. Watson stayed a month in Austria on occupation duty after the war's end then moved to Augsburg, Austria [...
Crews, Lorenzo War's End and Occupation
Lorenzo Dow Crews and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company I, 3rd Battalion, 397th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry...
Flanagan, Earl War's End and Occupation
Earl Flanagan and his unit [ Annotator's Note: 71st Infantry Division] headed into Austria, where they liberated the...
Delaune, Lawrence War's End and Occupation
[Annotator's Note: Lawrence J. Delaune, Sr. served with the 25th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized), 25th Infantry...
Gibson, Robert "Doby" War's End and Occupation
As the Germans were pushed farther into Germany, they put up less of a fight, according to Robert W. "Doby" Gibson. His...
Johnson, Kaare War's End and Occupation
Kaare Allan Johnson's unit [Annotator's Note: 596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company, 517th Parachute Infantry...
Gambino, Elroy War's End and Occupation
lroy Gambino and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division] built...
Birns, Sid War's End and Occupation
When the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16 December...
Longhoffer, Garland War's End and Occupation Duty
Garland Virgil Longhoffer was at a movie when he was told the Japanese surrendered. His area did not believe the news....
Marich, Robert War's End and Occupation Duty
After the Raid [Annotator's Note: the liberation of the Los Banos Internment Camp on 23 February 1945; Los Banos, Luzon...
Wergin, Earl War's End and Occupation Duty
On VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945], Earl Wergin [Annotator's Note: with the USS...
Staymates, Arthur War's End and Occupation Duty
As the war was coming to an end, Arthur Staymates and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st Battalion, 26th...
Schwartz, Bill War's End and Occupation Duty
Bill Schwartz's [Annotator's Note: assigned to the 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division] biggest nightmare...
Reed, Carlos War's End and Occupation Duty
Carlos Reed had to search all the houses and disarm all the civilians in Korea. He had to find the enemy from within....
Jackson, William War's End and Occupation Duty
William Jackson was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] when he heard of the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note:...
Conklin, Earl War's End and Occupation Duty in China
Among his fellow officers, Earl Conklin thought there were a couple who were marvelous fellows and he has kept in touch...
Kelley, John War's End and Postwar
Near the end of the war, while the 11th Airborne [Annotator's Note: 11th Airborne Division] was flown to Okinawa [...
Bielec, William War's End and Postwar
After the war ended in May 1945, William F. Bielec and his unit [Annotator's Note: 184th Ordnance Medium Maintenance...
Kight, Otis War's End and Postwar
Otis Kight was in flight school as the war was ending. He made it to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] as...
Westcott, Marvin War's End and Postwar
Marvin Westcott spent time aboard the USS Balch (DD-363) fighting the Japanese invasion of Alaska. There was no fleet...
Arend, Aloysius "Al" War's End and Postwar
Aloysius "Al" Arend was flown back to his outfit [Annotator's Note: 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division] on...
Smith, Clifford War's End and Postwar
The war in Europe ended for Clifford Smith, but he soon heard his division [Annotator's Note: at this time, Smith was...
Lansou, David War's End and Postwar Life
[Annotator's Note: You can hear someone off camera throughout this segment.] After his time on Iwo Jima [Annotator's...
Reitmeier, George War's End and Postwar Life
George Reitmeier was assigned to the Lorient sector of Brittany [Annotator's Note: Brittany, France] where he remained...
Donovan, Harry War's End and Postwar Life
[Annotator's Note: A person off camera comments in the background throughout this clip.] Harry A. Donovan did not...
Barton, Walter War's End and Postwar Life
Walter Henry Barton and his regiment [Annotator's Note: Cannon Company, 361st Infantry Regiment, 91st Infantry Division...
Magnifico, Charles War's End and Postwar Life
Charles Magnifico still suffers today from his injuries [Annotator's Note: Magnifico developed immersion foot syndrome...
Meader, Byron War's End and Postwar Life
Byron Herbert Meader's division [Annotator's Note: Meader was a member of Headquarters Company, 271st Infantry Regiment...
Forman, Edgar War's End and Reflections
Edgar R. "Ross" Forman [Annotator's Note: with Company A, 319th Engineer Combat Battalion, 94th Infantry Division in...
Rosenbaum, James War's End and Return Home
After the Japanese surrendered, James Stewart Rosenbaum thought he would be heading home, but he and his unit [...
Sussman, Marvin War's End and Returning Home
Following VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945], Marvin Sussman was stationed in the town of...
Haffner, Robert War's End and Returning Home
Robert Haffner was moved to Dresden [Annotator's Note: Dresden, Germany] after the war was declared over in the Pacific...
Martin, Oscar War's End and Returning to the United States
Oscar Otto Martin was in a nice town, living in a mayor's house on VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8...
Greene, Whayland War's End in Luzon
Whayland Harvel Greene [Annotator's Note: assigned to the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division] was slightly...
Siebert, Herbert War's End, Going Home and Discharge
While Herbert Siebert's regiment [Annotator's Note: Siebert was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 335th Infantry...

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