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The war in the Pacific was over in August 1945. Donald Dean Paynter got out of the service that December. He had...
George Wesley McGee had no desire to stay in the Army on his return to the United States. They arrived in New York and...
Leo Denault was discharged on 10 March 1946. He came back on a troop carrier ship. It took seven days. It was awful. He...
Lawrence Yatsu got a medical discharge. He had been in the hospital for over six months when he got his CDD, or...
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...
Walter Atwood took a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo ship] home. One night, the...
Salvatore Famularo was sent home on a C-54 [Annotator's Note: Douglas C-54 Skymaster cargo aircraft]. There were no...
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...
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...
Upon returning to the United States in mid 1946, Manuel Ruiz turned down the opportunity for a promotion if he agreed...
24 March 1945, Paul Wilson's unit [Annotator's Note: with Company A, 193rd Glider Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne...
[Annotator's Note: There is white noise throughout this clip.] James L. Lowder's older brother was working in the...
The military taught Richard Baile discipline. It also gave him another education. The combination of his college...
John Laborde arrived home from his service in the Pacific Theater went back to law school. He feels it was a mistake...
After he left the Army [Annotator's Note: in 1947], Allen Ray Sibley took a test for his GED [Annotator's Note: acronym...
Arnold Horn remembers that they [Annotator’s Note: the 45th Infantry Division] went through Munich [Annotator’s Note:...
William Kracov entered Austria [Annotator's Note: near war's end as a scout for heavy weapons Company M, 3rd Battalion...
Fredi Van Pelt was on furlough [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] in Wilmington,...
Earl Angel returned to the United States in November 1945. His infant daughter had trouble sleeping at night until the...
Robert Stoop was discharged in January 1946 as a First Lieutenant. He did not want to stay in as he had a good job...
Although Francis Neilson was a war veteran, he was not yet 21 when he got out of the armed services, and couldn’t get a...
Hans Siverts thought he would be going to the Pacific. They were pulling back and shutting down the hospital [Annotator...
William Stewart was set to get discharged. He was considered surplus and could get out six months early. They fought...
Lionel Lopez met his wife on his first leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time]. They...
Lloyd Rogers remembers the new B-25 [Annotator's Note: North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber] was a better...
Robert S. Gibbs was separated [Annotator's Note: discharged] in November 1945. He entered college in January 1946 at...
William Cassady’s last mission was Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945; Iwo...
Mahlen Arledge arrived at home from his overseas service without fanfare or even a greeting. He was glad to get back to...
Harold Watters [Annotator's Note: with the 355th Engineer General Service Regiment] passed the State of Liberty on his...
Everett Hyland's wounds still bother him. He had a nerve check done on him in San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego,...
Morton William Werner returned to San Francisco [Annotator’s Note: San Francisco, California] and then took a train to...
Calvin Blank was a PFC [Annotator's Note: Private First Class] by the time the war ended. When he returned home, he...
Roberta Randolph "Randy" Tidmore was discharged in August 1946 as a sergeant. She used the G.I. Bill twice. She went to...

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