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Nerison, James "Jim" Going to the Philippines, Discharge and Postwar Life
James Nerison was sent home because it was his turn. After a year, men in his outfit were sent home for a 30 day...
Ballew, Thomas Growing up in South Carolina
Thomas Ballew served with the 231st Searchlight Battalion which was attached to the 9th Air Force. Ballew was born in...
Morgan, Thomas Guadalcanal
Thomas Edgar Morgan, Sr. was discharged from the Marines as a Sergeant. While fighting on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note...
Hill, Rawley Guadalcanal Invasion and War's End
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee has difficulty speaking at times throughout this segment.] Rawley R. Hill [Annotator’s...
Ross, George Guam and Iwo Jima then Home
During George Vincent Ross's first night there [Annotator's Note: on Guam, mariana Islands], Marines were killed...
Hebert, Willie Roy Guam, China, and Home
The first time Willie Roy Hebert had ever been on a ship was when he was sent to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana...
Black, Louis Guarding the Panama Canal
Louis Black was assigned to the 28th Fighter Squadron known as the “Watchdogs of the Isthmus”. The duty in Panama was...
Willett, Richard Handling Combat
Different people handle combat in different ways. Richard Willett had a cousin who was a deeply religious family man...
Pringle, James He Wanted to Fight
James Pringle signed up to fight in the war. The majority of them [Annotator's Note: Black Americans] had. It was not...
Purvis, Frank Heading to Japan and the Korean War
[Annotator's Note: The interview starts at tape break and the conversation is mid-sentence about Frank Purvis' new baby...
Chinnis, Edward Heading to Japan, Typhoons and the End of the War
When Edward Chinnis reported aboard the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Dorchester (APB-46)], there was a third class...
Landry, Marian Headquarters Assignment
Jean "Marian" Alva Yancey Landry went to a huge building where she was assigned to a job with Marine Corps headquarters...
Lomell, Leonard "Bud" Hill 400, Rangers Past and Present and British Commandos
The Rangers de-trucked in Kleinhaus at about two in the morning of 7 December 1944 then marched a couple of miles to...
Martin, William Home
William Martin did not have enough points to go home, so he took a B-25 [Annotator's Note: North American B-25 Mitchell...
Honea, Chafer Home Again
Chafer Honea was in the 581st Antiaircraft Battalion [Annotator's Note: 581st AAA AW Battalion (Mobile)] after the war...
Inge, Herndon Home and Closing Thoughts
Herndon Inge, Junior got off the ship in New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] and got on ferry boats to Camp...
King, William Home and Last Thoughts
Coming back to the United States was better than going over for William King. King did not like the regimentation of...
Bath, Garland Home and Postwar Life
Garland Bath boarded a transport and went to either Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands] or Guam...
McDermott, James Home and Retirement
James McDermott was at Moosburg [Annotator’s Note: Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany] when the Germans surrendered. He...
Dearman, Alfred Home and the Korean War
Alfred Dearman had never seen a tv [Annotator's Note: television] and kept reading about them. Another of his buddy and...
Aldous, Robert Home and Then Korea
Robert G. Aldous and his crew were on Ie-Shima [Annotator's Note: Ie-Shima, Japan] at the time [Annotator's Note: of...
Lochra, Albert Home and War's End
Albert Pultz Lochra, Jr. went to London [Annotator's Note: London, England] on a three-day pass [Annotator's Note: an...
Guidry, Lewis Homecoming
Lewis Guidry returned home aboard a ship. He sailed on New Year's Day [Annotator's Note: 1 January 1946] from northern...
Emerson, Alonzo Homecoming and Reflections
Returning home from overseas, Alonzo Emerson remembers enjoying steak and fresh milk, two foods they didn't have while...
Labat, Ubert Homecoming Memories
When Ubert Labat was on his way to get his discharge from Camp Shelby, Mississippi, the train he traveled on was...
Blank, Calvin Hospital Duty
Calvin Blank was drafted into the Army [Annotator's Note: in 1945]. He was five foot six and weighed 118 pounds. When...
Fraser, Rodney Hospital Recuperation
Rodney Charles Fraser used to have wheelchair races down the hospital hallways [Annotator’s Note: he laughs]. The young...
Lemme, Thomas Hospital Stay and Postwar
Thomas Joseph Lemme remained in recovery in the hospital until the end of the war [Annotator's Note: he had been...
Field, Richard Hospital Stay and Postwar Berlin
[Annotator's Note: Richard Field served in the Army as a paratrooper with the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, then...
Slomka, Edwin Hospital Stay and Postwar Life
Edwin Slomka was in the hospital until June [Annotator's Note: June 1945], when he was shipped down to the George...
Stewart, Frank Hospital Stay, Going Home and Postwar Life
Frank Stewart was in the hospital on Espiritu Santos. After about ten days, he decided to go down the hall to the...
Williams, Robert Hospital Stays and Leaving the Military
The medics tagged Robert L. Williams with stating that he was suffering from combat exhaustion and he was brought to...
Scheerer, Richard Hospitalized
The following day, Richard Scheerer was sent to a hospital on shore. One day Scheerer had to have his lungs aspirated....
Squire, Vernon Hospitalized and Going Home
[Annotator's Note: Vernon Squire was wounded in a tank battle near Jülich, Germany on 25 February 1945.] His hands were...
LaRose, Bruce Hurtgen Forest and Battle of the Bulge
Bruce LaRose [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division] would go out to do...
Bowling, Don Hürtgen Forest to Home
The Hurtgen Forest [Annotator's Note: Battle of Hürtgen Forest, 19 September 1944 to 10 February 1945, Hürtgen (Hurtgen...

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