War's End

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Hecht, Lester Giving Churchill a Cigar
Lester Hecht was having a beer on liberty in Honolulu [Annotator's Note: Honolulu, Hawaii] when the man next to him,...
Roysdon, Glen Glider Pilot
Glenn Roysdon lives in Billings, Montana. [Annotator’s Note: There is a brief pause in the interview.] He and his...
Damonte, Emmanuel Going Home
When the 32nd Division [Annotator's Note: 32nd Infantry Division] was called back, Emmanuel Damonte was transferred to...
Romano, Joseph Going Home
Joseph Romano had mixed feelings about going home. He got disappointed when he went to Camp Kilmer [Annotator's Note:...
O'Donnell, Joseph Going Home and Being Called a Coward
[Annotator's Note: Joseph O'Donnell was liberated by British troops and taken to Hamburg, Germany in 2 May 1945.] They...
Bosworth, Paul Going Home, Being Discharged and Reflections
The camp [Annotator's Note: Camp Lucky Strike, between Cany and Saint-Valery, France] was Seventh Heaven. They [...
Griffith, Leon Going Home, Shell Shock, and Thoughts
[Annotator's Note: Leon Griffith was a rifleman in Company A, 6th Ranger Battalion and took part in the Raid at...
Goyette, Donald Ground Attacks on Saipan
At the end of the war, Donald F. Goyette says, the United States could put 130 B-29s [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29...
Bowron, Robert Growing up in Alabama
Robert “Bob” Bowron was born in Birmingham [Annotator’s Note: Birmingham, Alabama] in January 1927. He recalled when...
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...
Haslauer, Warren Guam to Home
After finishing up in Guam [Annotator's Note: Second Battle of Guam, 21 July to 10 August 1944 at Guam, Mariana Islands...
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...
Toledo, Bill Guam, Iwo Jima, and War's End
Bill Toledo was sent from Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands with Headquarters Company, 3rd...
Baxter, Lionel Guard Duty at Buchenwald
The worst thing [Annotator's Note: about the war] for Lionel Baxter was that after the war was over, he was a guard at...
Willett, Richard Guarding American Prisoners at Fort Bragg
Richard Willett went to Fort Bragg [Annotator's Note: Fort Bragg, North Carolina]. He had a girlfriend in Washington, D...
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...
Moskin, Alan Guilt, PTSD, and Fear
Alan Moskin says there is something called "guilt" [Annotator's Note: for killing in combat]. It is hard to put into...
Freeman, Leslie "Vincent" Halting at the Elbe River
After the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16 December...
Scales, James Hawaii and the War's End
Returning to Maui [Annotator's Note: returning to Maui, Hawaii from Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands] was the first...
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...
Trahan, Clifton Healing, War's End and Going Home
Clifton Trahan was hospitalized in Africa after being burned in a submarine attack while serving aboard the merchant...
Armstrong, Henry Helping Gunskirchen Inmates
[Annotator's Note: Henry Armstrong served in the Army on a forward observer team in Battery B, 607th Field Artillery...
Bridgforth, Carolyn Her Husband is Home
Carolyn Bridgforth met her husband at Camp Shelby [Annotator's Note: Camp Shelby near Hattiesburg, Mississippi] when he...
Weber, Norman Hitler Youth Camp and American Advances
Norman Weber is shocked by his experience in the Hitler Youth [Annotator's Note: a youth organization of the Nazi Party...
Schneider, Irwin Hollandia and Mios Wundi
Irwin Schneider arrived at Hollandia just after the landings there. There was no opposition to the assault. He had not...
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...
Liberato, Louis Home
Louis Liberato came home to Norfolk, Virginia on the USNS General Simon B. Buckner. He stayed a couple of days there...
Ronson, Harold Home and Closing Thoughts
Harold Ronson came home in the late summer of 1946. There was no big band or homecoming. His father had remarried the...
Shimp, Marcella Home and Closing Thoughts
Minnie Marcella Oleskey Shimp [Annotator's Note: a Pharmacist's Mate in the United States Navy Nurse Corps] returned...
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...
McDermott, James Home and Retirement
James McDermott was at Moosburg [Annotator’s Note: Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany] when the Germans surrendered. He...
Phillips, Robert Home and the Korean War
Robert Philips came home, took advantage of the G.I. Bill and went to the University of Oregon [Annotator's Note: in...
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...
Guitard, Robert Home Community Hit Hard
Robert Guitard took a Baltic [Annotator's Note: Baltic means relating to the Baltic Sea in Europe] trip and went to...

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