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Reale, Albert Post-War and Reflections
After V-J Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945], Albert Reale spent another six months in the...
Dobbs, Clarence "Jack" Post-War Career
He took the advice of Eleanor Roosevelt, and Jack Dobbs went right to work, hauling building supplies. He established a...
Oral history interview with Ray Felts on 15 September 2016 Post-War Life and Reflections
Ray Felts married in late 1949 to a girl he met at church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He didn't have much trouble getting back...
Wilkins, Byron Post-War Life and Relfections
Byron Othello Wilkins saw men with different patches representing different divisions when he was captured. [Annotators...
Befera, Victor Postwar
Victor Befera was a replacement for those stationed overseas, and those stationed with the most points [Annotator's...
Nummer, Richard Postwar
Richard Nummer returned to the United States in July 1946 after being in Japan for nine months. While on the trip home...
Mason, Alfred Postwar
Heywood Mason [Annotator's Note: assigned to a Machine Records Unit] was guarding German prisoners of war at Camp Lee [...
Nicholas, John Postwar
After Okinawa, John Nicholas and the USS Gayety [Annotator's Note: USS Gayety (AM-239)] were sent to sweep for mines in...
Smith, Carrol Postwar
Carrol Smith did occupation duty in Nagasaki, Japan. The Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese...
Carson, Benjamin Postwar
Benjamin Carson was on Guam when the war in the Pacific came to an end. All of the ship whistles and horns were blowing...
Maxwell, Robert Postwar
Robert Maxwell stayed in the military shortly after recuperating from his foot wound. [Annotator's Note: Maxwell...
Espree, Elmo Postwar
At the end of the war, Elmo Espree was transported through the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean...
Brannan, Joseph Postwar
Joseph Brannan was changed by the Second World War. He had started college prior to the war, but was not enthusiastic...
Grapes, Opal Postwar
Opal Grapes returned to the United States to study tropical medicine. She spent several months at Camp Siebert, Alabama...
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...
Rinas, Bruno Postwar
Bruno S. Rinas began working on a rented farm and eventually got better. He believes that if you leave many things...
Ruck, Elmore Postwar
Elmore Ruck used the G.I. Bill and attained a mechanical engineering degree after the war. He attends reunions but...
Clay, Russell Postwar
Russell Clay has some regrets that he did not serve more than six years in the Navy. He enjoyed his service and could...
Towle, John Postwar
John W. Towle returned home to Tennessee and married his wife in May 1945. Although he had attended the same high...
Glass, Murray Postwar
Murray Glass hated the Nazis. For years after the war, he had no use for Germans. The German denial of the Holocaust...
Wheeler, Berle Postwar
Berle Wheeler attended college at the University of Oklahoma [Annotator's Note: in Norman, Oklahoma] and then...
Addison, Robert Postwar
Following departure from New Georgia, Robert Addison [Annotator’s Note: with the 1st Marine Raider Battalion] reached...
Milkis, Abe Postwar
Abe Milkis took a train home from New York. [Annotator’s Note: he arrived in New York after he returned from Europe...
Frongello, Arthur Postwar
When the war started, Arthur Frongello was still in high school, but joined the Navy anyway. When he left the Navy,...
Malec, Henry Postwar
Henry Malec did not have sufficient points to return home immediately after the war ended. He was subject to being...
Grubb, Paul Postwar
After Paul James Grubb returned home on a transport [Annotator's Note: after completing 50 missions in Europe as a tail...
Bianconi, Anthony Postwar
Anthony Bianconi [Annotator's Note: a musician and ammunition loader on the cruiser USS Philadelphia (CL-41)] was...
Wessen, Theodore Postwar
Theodore Wessen and the USS Pirate (AM-257) performed minesweeping operations off Korea and then went to Sasebo, Japan...
Madden, Jack Postwar
Jack Madden was in Europe when the war ended. He was delighted. He had not followed the course of the war too closely...
Uthes, Roy Postwar
Roy Uthes was in Myitkyinā when word was received about the end of the war with Japan. After the war he was flown out...
Pritchard, James Postwar
James H. "Jim" Pritchard's unit [Annotator's Note: 28th Infantry Regiment, 5th Marine Division] was sent to Sasebo on...
Charles, Howard Postwar
Following his liberation [Annotator's Note: from a Japanese prisoner of war camp], Howard Robert Charles arrived by air...
Guyote, Walter Postwar
After the war ended with Japan [Annotator’s Note: 15 August 1945], Walter Guyote made a few trips to Japan [Annotator’s...
Auerbach, Herbert Postwar
When the war in Europe ended, Herbert Auerbach found out there was a point system set up to determine who went home and...
Cowart, Thomas Postwar
Thomas Cowart was in the hospital in Liege, Belgium when the war ended [Annotator's Note: he had been wounded in combat...
Arceneaux, Arthur Postwar
Arthur Joseph Arceneaux Junior returned home via San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California]. He made a lot of...

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