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Lowell Rodrigue was assigned to a special unit and sent to Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Peleliu, Palau Islands], but the...
Wayne McKinnon Gilmore was working in an office helping with transfer lists to send Marines back to the United States...
Marvin Raymond Graham and his English bride, Pat, traveled to Panama City, Florida until after the was over. They found...
At San Diego [Annotator's Note: Naval Medical Center San Diego, California], Amelia Taylor was out shopping when she...
Ernest "Ernie" Andrus was on USS LST-124 [Annotator's Note: a Landing Ship, Tank] until just before the end of the war...
Joseph F. McGee Junior flew near Nagasaki [Annotator's Note: Nagasaki, Japan as a member of 460th Fighter Squadron,...
George Reitmeier was assigned to the Lorient sector of Brittany [Annotator's Note: Brittany, France] where he remained...
Herbert L. Seubert remained in the United States after his return home. He was assigned to New Castle Army Air Base [...
Henry T. Meyer took boxing lessons under Jack Dempsey [Annotator's Note: William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey; American...
Fred Gemmel's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Laffey (DD-724)] was assisted into a port after sustaining damage [...
William S. “Bill” Beamish [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 77th Bombardment Squadron] was stationed on Attu [...
Cecil K. Bell crossed near Corsica to Southern France [Annotator's Note: during Operation Dragoon, Provence, Southern...
[Annotator's Note: A person off camera comments in the background throughout this clip.] Harry A. Donovan did not...
John Poole was in Innsbruck for a couple of weeks [Annotator's Note: following the German surrender on 8 May 1945]. It...
The French were happy that Benjamin "Dusty" Rhoads and American forces were in France. [Annotator's Note: Rhoads was in...
The Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16 December 1944...
Milton Fernandez left the Galapagos Islands and sailed for Hawaii. At that time, the Japanese were everywhere in the...
When Robert Bassemir arrived at Cologne [Annotator's Note: Köln (Cologne), Germany with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 415th...
Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine and the other internees at Santo Tomas [Annotator's Note: Santo Tomas Internment Camp,...
Charlie Lomax [Annotator's Note: a Naval officer in a special communications task force in the Naval Amphibious Forces...
Walter Henry Barton and his regiment [Annotator's Note: Cannon Company, 361st Infantry Regiment, 91st Infantry Division...
When Warren William "Bill" Allen, Junior's unit [Annotator's Note: Battery C, 335th Field Artillery Battalion, 87th...
Charles Magnifico still suffers today from his injuries [Annotator's Note: Magnifico developed immersion foot syndrome...
Colin Joseph Mayne [Annotator's Note: a waist gunner on a Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber, with the 564th...
James "Jim" L. Brooks [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the 307th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, 15th Air Force] was...
Reverend Doctor Lamar Edward Smith joined the Navy in late 1945. He was in boot camp [Annotator's Note: San Diego,...
Ennis C. Warren completed his missions [Annotator’s Note: Warren was flight engineer on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress...
George Grugett and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 380th Bombardment Squadron, 310th Bombardment Group, 57th Bombardment...
George W. McCarthy had lost 57 pounds when he was liberated from a prisoner of war camp. It did not take him very long...
James L. Wheeler was sent to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Northern Mariana Islands] to train for the Battle of Japan....
Norman Johnson was on a 45 day leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] and by the...
Bernie Smith’s husband was United States Army Captain William “Bill” Smith, an officer in an artillery battalion in the...
Mary R. Stricklan celebrated V-E Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945] with her future husband. His...
Mary Frances Dorothy Wood was still in college and was delighted when the war ended in Europe. It was terrible to learn...
[Annotator’s Note: The interviewee pauses and speaks slowly throughout this clip.] In September 1945, William Ward...

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