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Hall, William Postwar Service
William Hall settled down after the war with the Marines but grew angry with the Marine Corps and quit. He did not like...
Schmitt, Warren Postwar Service
When Warren Schmitt returned from Okinawa, he had to be sent to San Diego for hospitalization. By the time he recovered...
Spraker, Elmer Postwar Service
When he was on shore leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] in occupied Japan,...
Brunt, Julian Postwar Service and Additional War Stories
Julian Gould Brunt returned home from World War 2, was discharged from the Army, and enrolled at Mississippi State...
Long, Donald Postwar Service and Careers
Donald Long had enough points after the war to be discharged from the Navy, but he and his wife elected for him to...
Goldsborough, William Postwar Service in Japan
When the war ended, William Goldsborough didn't have enough points [Annotator's Note: a point system was devised based...
Caplan, Lester Postwar Service in Korea
After Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], Lester Caplan traveled to Busan, Korea, and was sent to the ASCOM...
Waggoner, Wesley Postwar Service Including Korea
Wesley Waggoner returned home and continued his military career. He spent time in the Navy reserves and trained with...
Campbell, John Postwar Silence and Teaching History
For about 60 years, John Campbell never said or did anything Merchant Marine. He just put it aside. He thinks it is why...
Will, George Postwar Social Change
George Will says that the Cold War was inevitable after World War 2 because Josef Stalin [Annotator's Note: Russian...
Poliseno, Dominick Postwar Stress
Once he was discharged and got home, Dominick Frank Poliseno could not go out for two weeks. He didn't want to meet...
Donovan, Harry Postwar Success
[Annotator's Note: A person off camera comments in the background throughout this clip.] Harry A. Donovan became a...
Rans, Robert Postwar Thoughts
Robert Rans was discharged from the US Army Air Forces in 1946. He immediately applied and was accepted at Notre Dame [...
Jordan, James Postwar Thoughts
James Jordan was lucky. He married a wonderful girl from Scranton [Annotator's Note: Scranton, Pennsylvania]. She...
Morrow, John Postwar Thoughts
John Morrow volunteered to stay in the service after the war ended in Europe. The atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki...
Mermelstein, Seymour "Cy" Postwar Thoughts
Seymour Mermelstein went to Bluefield Junior College in West Virginia for two years and then Rider College in Trenton,...
Carlson, Donald Postwar Thoughts
Donald Albert Carlson was fortunate to be in the service for two and a half years. He took advantage of the G.I. Bill,...
Silvia, Joseph Postwar Thoughts
Joseph Silvia thought the caste system in India was odd. The Americans lived like kings compared to the British there....
Nickerson, Edward Postwar Thoughts
Edward Nickerson flew home from England to Bangor, Maine. He vaguely remembers coming home. His mother met him. His...
Ellis, Frederick Postwar Thoughts
Frederick Ellis was relieved [Annotator's Note: of his command of USS LST-1026] and went to San Francisco [Annotator's...
Gorman, Ted Postwar Thoughts
[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...
Marca, Carl Postwar Thoughts
Carl Marca was drafted into service for World War 2. He wanted to get one year in with IBM [Annotator's Note:...
Blatnik, Robert Postwar Trauma and Relief
Upon his arrival in the United States, Robert Joseph Blatnik was transferred from a hospital in South Carolina to one...
Dyson, Freeman Postwar Use of Nuclear Energy
Freeman Dyson was concerned with safety in the use of nuclear energy. Unfortunately, one means of learning lessons is...
Doundoulakis, Helias Postwar Work
Helias Doundoulakis [Annotator's Note: with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in Salonika, Greece,] eluded the...
Barnes, William Postwar, Korea and After
William Lee Barnes was aboard the Bunker Hill [Annotator's Note: USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)] while his crew mates were...
Cahoon, Robert Postwar, Strategic Air Command, and Reflections
After being discharged, Robert Cahoon returned to Pickens, Mississippi. He did not have a difficult time readjusting to...
Rinas, Bruno POW in the Philippines
Bruno Rinas thought Camp O’Donnell [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war camp] was a hell hole. There was no water for...
Connelly, John POW Life and War's End
John J. Connelly was captured by Germans when he bailed out of his plane and was transferred to Stalag Luft IV [...
Floravante, Emile Preparing for D-Day and Che Guevara
Alfred Alvarez was about 16 years old when Pearl Harbor happened [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor...
Schafer, Leon Preparing to Invade Japan
Leon Schafer reported to CINPAC [Annotator's Note: Commander-in-Chief Pacific; US Navy Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz...
Francis, Norman President of Xavier University
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Dr. Norman Francis to talk about becoming the President of Xavier University of...
Black, Jerome Prewar and Postwar Life
Jerome Harold Black was born in November 1921 in Brooklyn, New York. He was eight when, in 1929, his dad bought a dress...
Irby, Ray Prewar and Postwar Life
Ray Dennis Irby was born in November 1924 in Meridian, Mississippi. He had four brothers and two sisters. He was the...
Fitzmorris, James Prewar and Postwar Life
[Annotator's Note: The clip begins with Fitzmorris already talking.] James Fitzmorris finished high school and it was...
O'Hara, Richard Prewar and Postwar Lives
Richard O'Hara had one brother three and a half years older than him who went in the Marines earlier than O'Hara. He...

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