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On VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945], Earl Wergin [Annotator's Note: with the USS...
As the war was coming to an end, Arthur Staymates and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st Battalion, 26th...
Carlos Reed had to search all the houses and disarm all the civilians in Korea. He had to find the enemy from within....
Harold Ashton's crew flew over 100 missions including his missions in the Atlantic. He was sent back to the United...
Harvey Mittleman and his unit [Annotator's Note: with the 58th Naval Construction Battalion, also known as Seabees] was...
Warren Leo Lodholz was in Nancy, France when the war concluded in Europe in May 1945. His unit [Annotator's Note:...
Clarence Edward "Ed" Riggs, Jr., returned to the United States on 31 August 1944. He contacted his parents by phone a...
William Currier [Annotator's Note: while serving as a radarman aboard the USS Hall (DD-583)] headed back to the United...
Peter "Pete" Behr [Annotator's Note: with Company B, 1st Battalion, 383rd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division]...
Near the end of the war, while the 11th Airborne [Annotator's Note: 11th Airborne Division] was flown to Okinawa [...
Charles Struble learned about the atomic bombs being dropped after the aircraft returned [Annotator's Note: nuclear...
Allen Porter [Annotator's Note: with Company B, 303rd Engineer Combat Battalion, 78th Infantry Division] began most of...
Sam L. Miller was discharged from the Navy as a Yeoman 3rd Class [Annotator's Note: at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard...
The last thing Kenneth J. Hanson [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 410th Infantry Regiment, 103rd Infantry Division]...
Claude Clifton Cuniff, Junior [Annotator's Note: assigned to the USS President Hayes (APA-20)] was at San Pedro [...
Jones Quincy Adams, Jr.'s worst mission was his third mission because it was the first with heavy flak [Annotator's...
While overseas, Robert Savage was aware of Japanese propaganda that was being broadcast. Savage says Tokyo Rose [...
Chester Hollingsworth was in the Pacific when the bombs were dropped [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...
After the success of the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter...
Ralph “Bud” Ginrich was not changed by his POW [Annotator’s Note: prisoner of war] experiences. Some Germans were...
Otis Kight was in flight school as the war was ending. He made it to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] as...
[Annotator's Note: There is another person in the room off screen that interjects to help interviewee with the...
Al Currier returned [Annotator's Note: from Attu Island, Alaska as a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 159th Infantry...
Hewitt Brian Gomez returned home mid July 1945 for leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of...
Marvin Westcott spent time aboard the USS Balch (DD-363) fighting the Japanese invasion of Alaska. There was no fleet...
George Hamilton was assigned to a skeleton crew aboard the USS Orleck (DD-886) in Norfolk, Virginia when he first heard...
[Annotator's Note: The audio and video freeze throughout this clip.] Before VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over...
After getting back to the United States [Annotator’s Note: after surviving the sinking of the USS Preston (DD-379) in...
Willard Ashford [Annotator’s Note: assigned to the 134th Naval Construction Battalion in Guam] was preparing to invade...
Bill Norberg [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6)] returned to Bremerton, Washington via Pearl Harbor [...
Chester L. Talley was sent overseas and eventually stationed in Foggia, Italy as a radio repairman for the 15th Air...
Aloysius "Al" Arend was flown back to his outfit [Annotator's Note: 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division] on...
The war in Europe ended for Clifford Smith, but he soon heard his division [Annotator's Note: at this time, Smith was...
Joe Crandall experienced the most difficult combat when his unit [Annotator’s Note: the 635th Tank Destroyer Battalion...
After Sydney Levit rejoined his unit [Annotator's Note: Company A, 193rd Glider Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne...
Jean D. "JD" Johnson [Annotator's Note: a radioman on the USS Balao (SS-285) enjoyed free time at Brisbane [Annotator's...

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