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Jucksch, William "Bill" Returning Home
The first thing the Americans did was open the German breweries, according to William Jucksch. They established...
Dolsen, Frank Returning Home
Frank Dolsen, [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war in Germany] was liberated by Patton [Annotator's Note: US Army...
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...
Rothenheber, Paul Returning Home
Paul Rothenheber was excited to be back home. He smoked alot of cigarettes at the time. When he would go home, he gave...
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...
Langrehr, Henry Returning Home and Acknowledging Those Who Helped
Henry Langrehr returned to the United States and got a 60 day furlough home. He met his parents and he got married...
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...
Varuso, Anthony Returning Home and Combat Memories
Anthony Varuso served in the Navy for three years and eight months. He had rotated back to the United States by the...
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...
Skardon, Ben Returning Home and Dealing with Post Traumatic Stress
When asked if he had difficulty adjusting when he got home, Ben Skardon said he could sleep soundly, but didn't want to...
Ram, Walter Returning Home and Dealing with the War
Walter Ram left Europe by ship on 3 June [Annotator's Note: 3 June 1945], and reached the United States on 11 June. Red...
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...
Polito, Felix Returning Home and Later Life
Felix Polito returned to the United States after the Kiska campaign. He was sent to Burlington, Vermont and was given a...
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...
Martin, James Returning Home and Postwar
[Annotator’s Note: There is a person off screen that relays the interviewer’s questions to the interviewee throughout...
Wells, Kenneth Returning Home and Postwar
After being wounded in Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] Kenneth Dwight Wells was taken to an airfield and...
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...
Rosenzweig, Abraham Returning Home and Postwar
Abraham Rosenzweig suffered from a punctured eardrum when an explosion occurred near his boat near the island [...
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...
Cook, Edward Returning Home and Postwar
Edward J. Cook was transferred to a Red Cross hospital ship somewhere in France. His arm was amputated because shrapnel...
Marolda, Theodore Returning Home and Postwar
Theodore Marolda returned to the United States via San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California]. It was...
Bala, Walter Returning Home and Postwar
Walter Bala completed 35 missions before he returned home. He had one mission where he thought for sure he was going to...
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....
McGuire, Joseph Returning Home and Postwar Career
Joseph McGuire returned to the United States in 1944 and reported to Nashville [Annotator's Note: Nashville, Tennessee...
Lee, Edward Returning Home and Postwar Experiences
Edward Allesandro had a lot of artifacts from Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Mariana Islands] that he picked up at...
Hever, John Returning Home and Postwar Life
John Hever noted that when they got to Seattle, Washington, there was no parade. The returning soldiers and sailors...
Ruiz, Nolan Returning Home and Postwar Life
As the war was ending, Nolan Ruiz's German captors had taken the prisoners and marched them west so that they could...
Gorman, Robert Returning Home and Postwar Life
Following the surrender of Germany, Robert Gorman and the 557th Field Artillery Battalion was assigned to occupation...
Smith, Thomas Returning Home and Postwar Life
After the war ended, Thomas J. Smith, Junior and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine...
Edward, Isaac Returning Home and Postwar Life
Isaac Edward returned to the same segregation at home, regardless of his uniform and service. After the war he went...
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...
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...

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