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Laborde, John Leaving Tokyo
John Laborde spent a full year in Tokyo, Japan from 29 August 1945 until 20 August 1946 as member of MacArthur's [...
Stein, Murray Liberation
Murray Stein remarked that they were liberated by the 104th Division [Annotator's Note: 104th Infantry Division]. Stein...
Freedman, Henry "Hank" Liberation
Henry Freedman and his fellow POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] were anxiously awaiting their American...
Marsh, Alexander Liberation and Discharge
Alexander Marsh could sense the war was drawing to a close, and his colleagues who had been in artillery could identify...
Gaterman, Walter Liberation, Going Home and Reflections
Walter Gaterman saw the Russians liberate his camp on 23 April [Annotator's Note: Stalag IV-B near Mühlberg, Germany...
Higgins, Malcom Liberation, Going Home, Getting Married and Going to College
After they [Annotator's Note: Malcolm Higgins and his fellow newly liberated prisoners of war, or POWs] got through the...
Skaggs, Jack Liberation, Returning Home, and Discharge
Following the Japanese surrender, Jack Skaggs and his fellow POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] made an American...
Notebaert, Richard Life After Combat
By Christmas of 1943, Richard Notebaert was home. His new baby was four months old, and his little family spent two...
Engel, Russell "Russ" Life After Discharge
[Annotator’s Note: This interview is conducted in a question and answer style]. Russell Engel was a navigator in the...
Johnson, Erwin Life after Liberation
Erwin Johnson spent his furloughs in New Orleans, Louisiana. After his furloughs were exhausted, he went to Camp Shelby...
Lauderdale, Dell Life After the Military
Dell Lauderdale retired from the military and went to work for a private security company called Wackenhut Security. He...
Hecht, Lester Life After the War
Lester Hecht returned to San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] on a Coast Guard boat. He was sent...
Schmitt, Warren Life after the war
Warren Schmitt was one of 14 survivors from his battery [Annotators Note: survivors of the Malmedy Massacre]. All 14 of...
Oliver, Byron Life After the War and Reflections
After being discharged from the Marine Corps, Bryon Oliver returned home. He returned to his old job, then moved to...
Scott, Donald Life Back at Home
Donald Scott, a returning prisoner of war, says he brought home a lot of things he gathered up in Germany, such as...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Life before the war
Olen Grant was born in Benton, Arkansas on 5 April 1923. After his father returned from World War I, he moved to Benton...
Oliver, Byron Life on Guam
Bryon Oliver boarded a ship in Norfolk, Virginia. Twenty one days after passing through the Panama Canal, Oliver was at...
Reeder, John Long Road to Retirement
In late summer of 1951 John Reeder returned to the United States. He was immediately sent to Quantico, Virginia for a...
Alaniz, George Looking For Work
George Alaniz was in Texas when the war ended. He was married and his wife was pregnant. He was discharged before the...
Kaylor, Emmett Los Banos, Going Home and Postwar Life
[Annotator's Note: Emmett Keylor served in the Army as a fuze setter on a 105mm gun crew in the 472nd Airborne Field...
Munch, Melvin Making Ice Cream and Baking
Melvin Munch was discharged in 1946. He had volunteered to be the unit baker while on Okinawa because the traditional...
Fogg, Floyd Marine Brotherhood
Revisiting the time of his enlistment in the Marine Corps, Floyd Fogg said he signed up before he finished high school...
Lauderdale, Dell Marine Corps Service
Dell Lauderdale was 18 years old and working on the family farm for his father when he decided to join the Marines [...
Morrow, John Max Effort and the End
John Morrow recalls MEs, Maximum Effort missions [Annotator's Note: for a maximum effort mission, every bombardment...
Beck, Carl Maxing Out His Credit in Europe
Carl Beck was in Berchtesgaden, Germany when his unit [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute...
Rolfson, Jack Memorable Missions
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer pauses the interview to adjust the camera.] Jack Rolfson went to work for American...
Leopold, Vernon Military Intelligence
Because of the frost bite problem with his feet, Vernon Leopold was given limited service for six months after his...
Honz, Burdell Military Service Stateside and Postwar
Burdell S. Hontz and his unit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Squadron, 11th Bombardment Group] were shipped back to...
Lehker, Roland Military Training and Service Stateside
After 16 months of school at Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning [Annotator's Note: now...
Savage, Frank Mindanao and Returning Home
Frank Savage was surprised to be relieving the 31st Infantry Division on Mindanao. That division was hit hard in the...
Evans, Lewis Missions on the Ship
Lewis S. Evans wrote letters to his girlfriend back at school, and there was one time that he did not receive any for...
Lovell, James Naval Academy Education, Deployment and Flying Navy Fighters
The war ended while James Lovell was a senior in high school and he remembers V-J Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over...
Downing, James Naval Instructor and Postwar
James Downing did not return to the USS West Virginia (BB-48) after it was repaired. He served on the USS South Dakota...
Addison, Robert New Georgia, Going Home and Future Generations
[Annotator's Note: Robert Addison served in the USMC as a mortar man in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.] After Bloody...
Dickinson, Robert New Sub and Out
When he heard that the war had ended, Robert Dickinson was disappointed that he wasn't going back to combat in the...
Fisher, David Nighttime Combat Missions
David Fisher and his crewmates, flew night combat missions off the island of Guam. Originally designed as a high-...

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