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Mestayer, Angus Returning home
Angus Francis Mestayer's outfit [Annotator's Note: 1st Marine Air Wing] was split in half while he was on Green Island...
Asher, Adolph Returning Home
Adolph Edward Asher was transferred back from Germany. A colonel had known him in the States [Annotator's Note: United...
Rudloff, George Returning Home
In November 1945, George Rudloff left India to return to the United States via troopship. He travelled to Bombay, India...
Sapp, Walter Returning Home
Walter Sapp returned to the United States in April 1946. He tried to go to school. He selected four or five colleges he...
Goble, Joseph Returning Home
Joseph Goble was sent to a hospital ship [Annotator's Note: in New Hebrides] and given treatment for the leg wounds he...
Crowley, Daniel Returning Home
Daniel Crowley received new clothing and had received lots of food while in Ashio [Annotator's Note: Ashio, Japan]....
Leonard, Edward Returning Home
Edward J. Leonard asked about submarines getting the Queen Mary because the war was still going on when he was sent...
Horne, Floyd "Bud" Returning Home
Floyd Horne's combat tour ended 10 August 1944. He went up to Chorley [Annotator's Note: Chorley, England] for three...
Stevens, Phineas Returning Home
When Phineas Stevens left Leyte Gulf [Annotator's Note: Battle of Leyte, Philippines, 17 October to 26 December 1944]...
Kaiser, Raymond Returning Home
[Annotator's Note: For pilots like Raymond Kaiser, combat tours went by time in China, instead of by number of missions...
Molen, Herman Returning Home
Herman Molen remembers when they found out they were free. [Annotator’s Note: Molen and others were liberated from a...
Keller, Richard Returning Home
Richard Keller [Annotator's Note: with Company E, 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division] got evacuated after...
Mittelsdorf, Joseph Returning Home
Nagasaki [Annotator's Note: Nagasaki, Japan] was devastated [Annotator's Note: by the nuclear weapon dropped on...
Simpson, Joseph Returning Home
Joseph Simpson was discharged from the service on 26 February 1946. When he was in Bremerhaven, Germany preparing to...
Jaccarino, Richard Returning Home
Once he was back in the United States, Richard Jaccarino traveled by train, dropping off soldiers and train cars all...
Derrington, Clarence "Earl" Returning Home
Clarence Derrington flew home from Paris [Annotator's Note: in Paris, France] via New York [Annotator's Note: in New...
Williams, Earl Returning Home
Earl Williams used to play baseball and softball with his unit [Annotator's Note: 318th Port Company, 512th Port...
Smithson, Jack Returning Home
Jack A. Smithson was not in Europe for too long after the war was over. When he had enough points [Annotator's Note: a...
McGlaun, DeQuindre Returning Home
Some of DeQuindre McGlaun's crew [Annotator's Note: with the 333rd Bombardment Squadron, 94th Bombardment Group, 8th...
Carithers, Calvin Returning Home
Calvin Carithers went to Quantico, Virginia for more training. He then provided instruction for other embassy guards....
McDonald, Robert Returning Home
The war in Germany ended and Robert W. McDonald's operation [Annotator's Note: in the 8th Air Force] was transferred to...
Easterling, Lewis "Tom" Returning Home
Lewis Thomas Easterling and a few other prisoners made their way to Stuttgart [Annotator's Notes: Stuttgart, Germany]...
Buschmeier, Frank Returning Home
Frank Buschmeier got seven letters in one day at Stalag Luft IV. One of the men volunteered to read his letters for him...
Martin, Robert Returning Home
Robert Martin was in the service from August [Annotator's Note: 14 August 1945] until the day before he was 21 years...
Dye, Jack Returning Home
Jack Dye was still in the Navy when the war was over. They took their load of fuel to Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan...
Lopez, Lionel Returning Home
Lionel Lopez was shot in the back and it came out of his chest. He was taken to a field hospital. The doctor stitched...
Gournay, Harold Returning Home
Harold Gournay left Camp Lucky Strike and stopped in Southampton, England en route to the United States. The trip was...
Pickens, Olin Returning Home
After being approved to go home [Annotator’s Note: following liberation from a prisoner of war camp in Germany], Olin...
Yates, Herman Returning Home
[Annotator's Note: Herman Yates recovered from the surgery he underwent after being hit by a mortar round in France.]...
Talley, Chester Returning Home
Chester L. Talley was on a fighter base in Foggia [Annotator’s Note: Foggia, Italy]. He also remembered when he heard...
Kopp, Alois Returning Home
Alois Kopp and his fellow POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] left Saigon on a boozy flight to Calcutta. The POWs...
Lewis, Noah Returning Home
Noah Lewis could not believe how many people were killed by the atomic bomb. He was shown a before and after picture of...
Larson, William Returning Home
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks William Larson to talk about the process of returning to the United States.] A...
LaRose, Bruce Returning Home
Bruce LaRose [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, veteran of North Africa...
Lawler, Daniel Returning Home
Daniel J. Lawler went into Peking, China [Annotator's Note: modern day Beijing, China] after Okinawa [Annotator's Note...
Heinly, Robert Returning Home
Robert Harvey Heinly [Annotator's Note: with the 3463rd Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company] got orders to turn all his...

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