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Jett, Arley War's End, Returning Home and Reflections
Near the end of the war, Arley Jett's unit [Annotator's Note: 262nd Signal Construction Company] was constructing...
Ford, John Wartime and Postwar Experiences
John Holton Ford was deployed to France and joined the 3rd Army [Annotator’s Note: he was a second lieutenant battalion...
Underwood, Antoinette Wartime Nursing Experiences
Antoinette Underwood and the hospital staff [Annotator's Note: of the 129th General Hospital] knew an invasion was...
Schultz, Philip Wartime Photographs
Philip Schultz reviews photographs in his collection of various on and off duty activities while in Europe during and...
Rosenbloom, Myers War’s End
Myers Bernard Rosenbloom left Nagasaki [Annotator's Note: Nagasaki, Japan] and went 7,000 miles across the ocean back...
Tyner, Grover War’s End
Grover Tyner was sent overseas to Naples, Italy, and operated a medical dispensary with the 310th Bomb Group [Annotator...
Daquana, Joseph War’s End
Before VJ Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945], Joseph Daquana was reassigned to the USS...
Sieck, Albert War’s End
Albert Sieck served as a pilot with the 22nd Bombardment Squadron, 14th Air Force, which was the Flying Tigers [...
Foy, John War’s End
Toward the end of the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive,...
Colgan, William War’s End
William Colgan served overseas with the 79th Fighter Squadron, 86th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force and flew in P-40s [...
Gomberg, Clarence "Code" War’s End & Postwar
Clarence Gomberg served as a medic on Hospital Train 5, also referred to as the 78th Hospital Train. The first time he...
Payn, Thomas War’s End and Discharge
Thomas Payn discussed how the allied ships detected U-boats [Annotator's Note: German submarines], and what happened...
Schraub, Jesse War’s End and Discharge
Jesse Schraub served in the Army as a mortarman in Company A of the 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion and took part in...
Campbell, John War’s End and False Histories
The war was over and John Scott Campbell was working at Montgomery Ward [Annotator's Note: American department store...
Camacho, Arturo War’s End and Home
When Japan surrendered, Camacho remembers, the emperor spoke on the radio. He recalls that his Japanese boss was called...
McGlohon, John War’s End and Homecoming
The fact that John McGlohon is one of the living eye witnesses to the first atomic explosion, and that he was on site...
Weinreich, Frieda War’s End and Liberation
Frieda Weinreich remembered two girls who ran away from a work camp and ended up coming to the Parschnitz Slave Labor...
Horton, Alan War’s End and Occupation
Allen Horton had a long leave on Ulithi, where the mail that had been collecting for some time finally reached the...
Barnett, William War’s End and Occupation Duty
William M. Barnett [Annotator’s Note: with the 222nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division] first saw a dead G.I. [...
Pantuso, Frank War’s End and Occupation Duty in China
Frank Pantuso was relieved when President Truman [Annotator's Note: Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United...
Saunders, David War’s End and Occupation Duty in Korea
David R. Saunders recalled when they announced that the war was over. Everyone was hooping and hollering. When he...
Ryan, John War’s End and Occupation of Germany
[Annotator's Note: The audio level of this interview is very low.] On VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day,...
Meyers, William War’s End and Postwar
William S. Meyers, Jr. [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 929th Field Artillery Battalion, 104th Infantry Division]...
Bass, Stewart War’s End and Postwar
Stewart Bass and his squadron [Annotator's Note: Torpedo Squadron 9 (VT-9)] attacked Japanese supply ships with bombs...
Cottrell, Edwin War’s End and Postwar
[Annotator’s Note: Birds chirping in the background is audible throughout this segment.] Edwin B. Cottrell and his unit...
Hissey, Paul War’s End and Postwar
Paul Hissey remembered when the war ended all the fighter planes were destroyed because they did not want them to fall...
Paschal, Robert War’s End and Postwar
Robert W. Paschal and his crew [Annotator’s Note: serving in the 613th Bombardment Squadron, 401st Bombardment Group]...
Ollar, Vernon War’s End and Postwar
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee speaks slowly and pauses several times throughout segment.] Before the Germans...
Pope, Everett War’s End and Postwar Life
[Annotator’s Note: The interview is outside, so there is background noise throughout this clip.] After his mission on...
Davis, Arthur War’s End and Postwar Life
The USS Missouri (BB-63) was in the Brooklyn Navy Yard when Arthur Davis designed its camouflage. Davis remembers it...
Stewart, Roy War’s End and Return Home
Roy Stewart was back on Maui [Annotator's Note: the 4th Marine Division occupied an area of Maui, Hawaii unofficially...
Trim, Carl War’s End and Returning Home
Carl Trim says the tensest time on any trip at sea was when the captain would call everyone to general quarters [...
David, James War’s End and Returning Home
James Warren David recalled a time while he was in Pool Boat 12 when a Chaplain and local representative wanted to go...
Vargas, Jay War’s End and Welcoming the Troops Home
Jay R. Vargas remember discussing with neighbors what was going in Europe and the Pacific. Everyone in his town found...
Smith, Louis War’s End, Going Home and Postwar Life
Louis Smith was transported to a hospital in Aiea Heights, Oahu, Hawaii, and after a week, he volunteered for officers...
Wilson, Anderson War’s End, Going Home and Reflections
Anderson Wilson was on leave in Paris [Annotator's Note: Paris, France] when the war ended. When they had first arrived...

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