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Joseph Orlando reads of our servicemen committing suicide and he does not understand it. He knew men who were bitter...
Merle Jerome "Jerry" Pettis was on the Diligence [Annotator's Note: USS Diligence (WSC-135)] doing target practice with...
Back in North Dakota after the war, Verna White waited for six months for her husband to return home from occupation...
Monroe Scherer took advantage of the G.I Bill and went to NYU [Annotator's Note: New York University, New York, New...
Wallace Spencer is honored that he was able to serve. He did his job and it was an honor to do it. His hat helped him...
When Hugh Colbert was discharged from the US Army in November 1945 his father insisted that he take advantage of the GI...
Clyde Kenney sailed back to Baltimore, Maryland and after he was discharged he went back home to Cumberland, Maryland....
The war in the Pacific was over in August 1945. Donald Dean Paynter got out of the service that December. He had...
Louis Cardenas remembers they slept on boards. They had sacks and they put hay in them. They were not suffering. They...
Rothacker Smith felt the joy of liberation sweep over him when he saw American soldiers hoist the Stars and Stripes...
After the war and separation from the US Army Air Forces, David Oreck did not return to college and decided to go New...
William Smith went back to college and it was the hardest thing he ever did. When arriving home after being overseas,...
When Earl Roger Liston was discharged from the Army, he did not use the G.I. Bill. He helped pioneer the practice of...
Mervin Jensen wanted to get back home to civilian life. He was running up the ladder and he was pulling himself along...
Johnny Ngai says the trouble is that they [Annotator's Note: the Veterans Administration or VA] do not help you if you...
After the war, Revis Haslett and his dad bought a grocery store but he wished he had gone to school instead. The store...
James Anthony Saint Julien, Senior [Annotator's Note: deployed to the Philippines with the 766th Engineer Dump Truck...
World War 2 changed Edward C. Capron Jr.’s life completely because he was very easy going while he was working at the...
Paul Gibfried went home to arrange for a job when Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd...
Tokuji Yoshihashi returned home in June 1946. The colors for the 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat...
Ralph Gay went into the construction business when he returned home. He built houses. He used the G.I. Bill [Annotator'...
Philemon Andrews Saint Amant went to Washington [Annotator's Note: Washington, D.C.] and then went over to Africa [...
After the Japanese surrendered, George Beaugh was given orders to report to Coffeeville, Indiana. He and his wife could...
Charles Chartier returned to the United States around Christmas of 1946. The trip home was a lot shorter than the trip...
Alfiero Giamberardino started screaming about the war's end when they heard about it on the radio. The British were on...
Jacklyn Lucas likes the life he is living. He liked being in the military. He has done well for himself and has a good...
Following his discharge, Vernon Cummings had several jobs in Fort Wayne, Indiana and then decided to attend Purdue...
Z. Anthony Kruszewski wanted to go to England to study. He went to southern France with the Army. The French recognized...
Richard Klenoski's most memorable World War 2 experience was bailing out of his plane. He put both feet down and his...
Hans Siverts thought he would be going to the Pacific. They were pulling back and shutting down the hospital [Annotator...
Sol Lazinger did not have a girlfriend while he was in the service. He did enjoy one nurse while he was in a hospital...
Stanley Berman [Annotator's Note: with the 8th Air Force] was responsible for loading bombs and ammunition onto their...
Joel Urice was changed by the war in a lot of ways. He developed maturity. He did not like the conditions they lived...
After the war, Gene R. Jerabek moved to Julian [Annotator's Note: Julian, Illinois]. Her husband's work saved his job...

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