War's End

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Baker, Sterling Pearl Harbor and VJ-Day
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Sterling Baker if he recalls a wide variety of ships being hit. He does not]....
Guzman, Nicanor Pearl Harbor to Japan's Surrender
On 7 December 1941, Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] was attacked by the Japanese and the...
O'Hara, Richard Pearl Harbor to Tinian
Richard O'Hara and his father were in the kitchen and heard the news of the bombing of Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...
Aust, Abner Pete Everest and Crashing During a Test Flight
Abner Aust was at Iwo Jima, Japan when the Japanese formally surrendered. He was the first pilot to go home on 11...
DiFulco, Jerome Philippines
Jerome Paul DiFulco landed in the Philippines [Annotator's Note: with Company A, 117th Engineer Combat Battalion, 37th...
Galbraith, Wendell Pilot Error and No Beer
Wendell Galbraith has never told a story about the time he learned what it was like to go down in a plane while not...
Goldberg, Edwin Pilot Performance
[Annotator's Note: There is a background humming noise throughout this interview.] Edwin “Pete” Goldberg [Annotator’s...
Linkous, Melvin Pilsen
Melvin Linkous was in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia at the end of the war. It was peaceful for him while they waited for the...
Pribyl, William Pipeline Statistics and Specifications
After William J. Pribyl inventoried the pipeline, it was dismantled and cut up for scrap, under the Army's conditions...
Burrus, William Plauen and Germans
William Burrus was going through Plauen [Annotator's Note: Plauen, Germany] when he met a young German girl. It was a...
Alair, Gene Post War Recruiting Duty
Gene Alair received some schooling at government expense back when he was married. He had been sent back to Harvard...
Nannini, James Postwar
[Annotator’s Note: This video clip begins with James Nannini talking about a non-related topic.] Nannini returned to...
Grimes, Vodioe Postwar
Voniedoe "Voni" or "Bus" Grimes [Annotator's Note: serving in the US Army’s 246th Ordnance Battalion] only encountered...
Jones, Gerry Postwar
At war's end, Gerry Jones was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] preparing to invade mainland Japan. They...
Cockrell, James Postwar
James Cockrell [Annotator's Note: with the 10th Engineer Combat Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division] was in France when...
Morgenthaler, David Postwar
David T. Morgenthaler started a new company in Erie, Pennsylvania after he was discharged in 1945. He married and began...
Dorsey, Eugene Postwar
Eugene Dorsey was assigned to the Navy Armed Guard and spent fourteen months in the Mediterranean on various transport...
Pike, Henry Postwar
Henry Quinton Pike returned to the United States to be trained as a platoon instructor but he did not like that duty....
Smith, Carrol Postwar
Carrol Smith did occupation duty in Nagasaki, Japan. The Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese...
Ellzey, William Postwar
After World War 2, William C. Ellzey remained in the Navy until 1961. He was assigned to the USS Forrestal (CV-59) in...
Horstman, Bette Postwar
[Annotator's Note: There is a person in the background moving about the room throughout this clip.] Once the war had...
Bruce, John Postwar
[Annotator’s Note: various noises in the background throughout this segment.] John Bruce served in the army as a radio...
Rodrigues, Alfred Postwar
Alfred Rodrigues was involved with new construction at the Brooklyn Navy Shipyard [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn Navy Yard...
Ventura, Nicholas Postwar
Nicholas Ventura Sr. [Annotator’s Note: with the 351st Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division] served occupation...
O'Leary, Frank Postwar
Frank H. O'Leary took a job as the clothing quartermaster at Camp Lejeune [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp...
Grubb, Paul Postwar
After Paul James Grubb returned home on a transport [Annotator's Note: after completing 50 missions in Europe as a tail...
Bianconi, Anthony Postwar
Anthony Bianconi [Annotator's Note: a musician and ammunition loader on the cruiser USS Philadelphia (CL-41)] was...
Ward, George Postwar
George C. Ward remained in Burma after the war [Annotator’s Note: he was deployed to the China-Burma-India Theater in...
Windisch, Lutz Postwar
Lutz Windisch and his fellow prisoners [Annotator's Note: he was taken prisoner by Russian forces near Breslau, Poland...
Oman, Mort Postwar
Mort Oman [Annotator’s Note: was assigned to Headquarters Battery, 251st Field Artillery Battalion as a fire control...
Pritchard, James Postwar
James H. "Jim" Pritchard's unit [Annotator's Note: 28th Infantry Regiment, 5th Marine Division] was sent to Sasebo on...
Charles, Howard Postwar
Following his liberation [Annotator's Note: from a Japanese prisoner of war camp], Howard Robert Charles arrived by air...
Cowart, Thomas Postwar
Thomas Cowart was in the hospital in Liege, Belgium when the war ended [Annotator's Note: he had been wounded in combat...
Beilman, Robert Postwar
After the Germans surrendered [Annotator's Note: in May 1945], Robert Lewis Beilman and his unit [Annotator's Note: 1st...
Graff, Richard Postwar
Richard Graff's sister, a nurse, started working in a hospital in California after the war. After a weekend together,...
Clark, Charles Postwar
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hum throughout the interview.] Charles William "Tom" Clark was near Vipiteno [...

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