Postwar life

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Pedersen, Allen Postwar
Allen Pedersen used the G.I. Bill briefly. He quickly obtained a job. It was a little difficult at first but things...
Befera, Victor Postwar
Victor Befera was a replacement for those stationed overseas, and those stationed with the most points [Annotator's...
Grimes, Vodioe Postwar
Voniedoe "Voni" or "Bus" Grimes [Annotator's Note: serving in the US Army’s 246th Ordnance Battalion] only encountered...
Langsam, Dora Postwar
Dora Langsam was sent to Sweden by the Red Cross. She was provided shelter and help as well as clothing and other...
Jones, Gerry Postwar
At war's end, Gerry Jones was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] preparing to invade mainland Japan. They...
Olson, David Postwar
David Olson left the European Theater as an S3 officer in charge of plans, training and gunnery. Not too many men in...
Cockrell, James Postwar
James Cockrell [Annotator's Note: with the 10th Engineer Combat Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division] was in France when...
Morgenthaler, David Postwar
David T. Morgenthaler started a new company in Erie, Pennsylvania after he was discharged in 1945. He married and began...
Mason, Alfred Postwar
Heywood Mason [Annotator's Note: assigned to a Machine Records Unit] was guarding German prisoners of war at Camp Lee [...
Hood, George Postwar
George Hood returned home after the war. He flew in from the Pacific and then cross country. He had a little money and...
Van Eaton, Jack Postwar
[Annotator’s Note: There is a person off camera prompting the interviewee to answer the interviewer’s questions...
Delaune, Lawrence Postwar
Lawrence J. Delaune, Sr. returned home [Annotator's Note: in February 1946 after serving occupation duty in Japan] and...
Uchida, Togue Postwar
Togue Uchida found a job at a photography studio after he returned home from Europe. His first job was to photograph...
Dorsey, Eugene Postwar
Eugene Dorsey was assigned to the Navy Armed Guard and spent fourteen months in the Mediterranean on various transport...
Daniel, Randolph Postwar
Randolph Daniel headed back to the farm [Annotator’s Note: home was in Marshall County, Alabama] but could not find a...
McDowell, Bowdre Postwar
After Easter 1946, Bowdre McDowell returned home and pursued a college education. He graduated with a marketing degree...
Fadem, Leroy Postwar
After the war, Leroy Fadem's ship [Annotator's Note: USS LST-871] was in the first task group to enter Nagasaki harbor...
Lux, Gerald Postwar
After Reaching Japan, Gerald Wayne Lux and his ship [Annotator’s Note: USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)] escorted captured...
Pike, Henry Postwar
Henry Quinton Pike returned to the United States to be trained as a platoon instructor but he did not like that duty....
McKeel, Sam Postwar
After World War 2, Sam S. McKeel was assigned as quartermaster on LST-492 [Annotator's Note: a Landing Ship, Tank]. He...
Buschmeier, Frank Postwar
Frank William Buschmeier returned to the United States after being a prisoner of war in Europe for nine months. He was...
Maxwell, Robert Postwar
Robert Maxwell stayed in the military shortly after recuperating from his foot wound. [Annotator's Note: Maxwell...
Amoss, Walter "Jimmy" Postwar
Walter Amoss reached the Imperial Hotel [Annotator's Note: in Tokyo, Japan] where the headquarters for MacArthur [...
Ellzey, William Postwar
After World War 2, William C. Ellzey remained in the Navy until 1961. He was assigned to the USS Forrestal (CV-59) in...
Pedrick, Sam Postwar
Sam Pedrick worked on his farm after the war. He mainly trained horses, but also did work with dogs. He was a religious...
Schrader, William Postwar
During his time in the Samar Islands, the Philippines, William Schrader [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 23rd...
Ratcliff, Henry Postwar
Henry Ratcliff almost arrived home after his outfit did [Annotator's Note: 860th Aviation Engineer Battalion, 5th Air...
Horstman, Bette Postwar
[Annotator's Note: There is a person in the background moving about the room throughout this clip.] Once the war had...
Rinas, Bruno Postwar
Bruno S. Rinas began working on a rented farm and eventually got better. He believes that if you leave many things...
Eads, Arthur Postwar
Arthur L. Eads met his wife not long after he returned home from World War 2. He married her in February 1946. He...
Ruck, Elmore Postwar
Elmore Ruck used the G.I. Bill and attained a mechanical engineering degree after the war. He attends reunions but...
Tyner, Grover Postwar
After Grover Tyner left the Army and signed up for the Reserves, he attended seminary school in the fall of 1946 on the...
Rodrigues, Alfred Postwar
Alfred Rodrigues was involved with new construction at the Brooklyn Navy Shipyard [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn Navy Yard...
Celaya, Adolfo Postwar
Adolfo V. Celaya returned to the United States and joined his father in a one-bedroom apartment in Tucson [Annotator’s...
Nance, Stanley Postwar
Stanley Boyd Nance served with the 11th Armored Division and was selected to be part of a top secret organization,...
Wheeler, Berle Postwar
Berle Wheeler attended college at the University of Oklahoma [Annotator's Note: in Norman, Oklahoma] and then...

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