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[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee taps a cup throughout the segment.] Caroline Bailey Pratt and her family returned to...
Clifford Albert Hahn was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] when he heard about the dropping of the atomic...
After the war, Edward Field was given the task of flying ground troops home via France and North Africa. He was later...
After leaving his post [Annotator's Note: in the Metallurgical Laboratory] at the University of Chicago [Annotator's...
At the conclusion of World War 2, Richard R. Ruess had 85 points [Annotator's Note: a point system was devised based on...
Edmund Frodyma [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 3rd Armored Division] moved...
James "Jim" Geisler was in the Panama Canal when he learned of the Japanese surrender [Annotator's Note: Victory Over...
Lyle Bird was assigned as a signalman and bugler aboard the USS Okanogan (APA-220) in the Pacific at the end of the war...
Although Archibald Higgins thought he would fly home. That did not happen. He sailed on a ship from Manila. The voyage...
After being injured at Elbe River, Germany, Joseph Venerloh was sent to England to recover in a hospital. He was hoping...
After the war ended in Europe, it was a possibility that John B. Butz and his crew would be needed again to fight Japan...
Hewitt Brian Gomez and his crew [Annotator's Note: 857th Bombardment Squadron, 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional)]...
Alfred Taddeo became an instructor at Melbourne, Florida where he met several former VF-10 [Annotator's Note: Fighting...
When Kenneth H. Bailey was getting ready to go to England, the First Sergeant would say they could do what they wanted...
Isadore Bronstein and the 97th Infantry Division [Annotator's Note: Bronstein was an assistant BAR man in Company C,...
At the end of the war, James Thomas Womack was in the process of being transferred off the USS Rehobath (AVP-50) to...
After Richard Edward Gile was discharged from the Army, he took advantage of the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I....
For Thomas E. Warne the war ended on 14 August 1945 when the Japanese surrendered to the Americans. He supported the...
Jack Albert Del Monte felt great returning home after the war. He had been away for 30 months. He was a replacement for...
The war affected Robert Ledford because it made him grow up fast. He went into the service at 18 years old and by 19 he...
Robert Tyler Oakes easily adjusted to civilian life. He was glad to be home. He does not recall any posttraumatic...
Rob Roy Ratliff worked for the CIA [Annotator's Note: Central Intelligence Agency] after World War 2. While working in...
[Annotator's Note: A person interrupts the interview throughout this segment.] After the war ended, John Edward Pierce...
Jack Appel transitioned to the United States through Camp Lucky Strike [Annotator's Note: one of the transit and...
After the war ended, Henry "Buck" Weaver spent the next six months disposing of airplanes at the Ground Forces...
Edward Moore Penick was separated from service and returned to the University of Arkansas [Annotator’s Note: in...
James J. Hill flew with VMF-211 [Annotator's Note: Marine Fighting Squadron 211 (VMF-211)] as the war ended. He learned...
After returning home from his service in World War 2, William Graham Jameson enrolled at the University of Rochester [...
Ralph C. Franklin attended Columbia University [Annotator's Note: in New York, New York] graduate school. He thought...
Adolph William Amundson recalled that by the time he arrived at the island [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], the...
Robert Francis Jones was a Chief Petty Officer stationed at Martha’s Vineyard Naval Air Station [Annotator’s Note:...
Edward O. Wood, Senior was assigned to the submarine tender, USS Holland (AS-3), as a replacement radio man stationed...
Lynward Joseph "Buddy" or "Bud" Adams' most memorable experiences of World War 2 was getting aboard ship and his time...
Daniel Crowley was a prisoner of war of the Japanese during World War 2. In 1942, when General Wainwright [Annotator's...
After the war ended, the captain of the USS Hampden County (LST-803) threw a huge party in Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam...

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