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McGlaun, DeQuindre Returning Home
Some of DeQuindre McGlaun's crew [Annotator's Note: with the 333rd Bombardment Squadron, 94th Bombardment Group, 8th...
McDonald, Robert Returning Home
The war in Germany ended and Robert W. McDonald's operation [Annotator's Note: in the 8th Air Force] was transferred to...
Easterling, Lewis "Tom" Returning Home
Lewis Thomas Easterling and a few other prisoners made their way to Stuttgart [Annotator's Notes: Stuttgart, Germany]...
Buschmeier, Frank Returning Home
Frank Buschmeier got seven letters in one day at Stalag Luft IV. One of the men volunteered to read his letters for him...
Gournay, Harold Returning Home
Harold Gournay left Camp Lucky Strike and stopped in Southampton, England en route to the United States. The trip was...
Talley, Chester Returning Home
Chester L. Talley was on a fighter base in Foggia [Annotator’s Note: Foggia, Italy]. He also remembered when he heard...
Casey, Donald Returning Home
Donald E. Casey [Annotator’s Note: liberated from Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany on 29 April l1945] had been a...
Urice, Joe Returning Home
Joel Urice was a leading NCO [Annotator's Note: noncommissioned officer] on the troop carrier. It took 13 days to get...
Dymnicki, Francis Returning Home
Francis Dymnicki boarded a ship in England right after V-E Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945] to...
Kitowski, Charles Returning Home
When Charles Kitowski returned to Grosseto, the war had ended. The group [Annotator's Note: Kitowski was a member of...
Paul, John Returning Home
John Paul returned home on a 14 day boat trip to Southampton [Annotator's Note: Southampton, New York]. His original...
Smith, Bernard Returning Home
[Annotator's Note: Bernard Smith flew his final five missions with "bastard" crews or crews made of men who did not...
Joy, Carrol Returning Home
After the end of the war in Europe, Carrol Joy began to see people released to go home. He did know how many points he...
Wolyn, Monroe Returning Home
Monroe S. Wolyn remembers everyone was happy to be liberated. A bomb group flew in with B-17s [Annotator's Note: Boeing...
Gilmore, Selwyn Returning Home
Selwyn Gilmore came back to the United States aboard a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced...
Dolsen, Frank Returning Home
Frank Dolsen, [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war in Germany] was liberated by Patton [Annotator's Note: US Army...
Race, John "Jack Race" Returning Home
John T. "Jack" Race came back to the United states almost immediately. He spent several months enjoying being home. He...
Elliott, John Returning Home
John Elliott made one more mission after the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and...
Childs, Charles "Chuck" Returning Home
Charles Childs was sent by boat to the United States. His radar-navigator was sent back with him. Childs was a Captain...
Bueker, Robert Returning Home and Closing Thoughts
Robert Bueker returned to the United States in early July [Annotator's Note: July 1945]. He went to Reims, France first...
Notebaert, Richard Returning Home and Dealing with the Sand in Africa
Returning to the United States on a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo ship], Richard...
Machaud, Albert Returning Home and Postwar
[Annotator's Note: Throughout the segment, a chirp sound can be heard.] In March 1949, Albert "Al" Machaud received...
Krause, Joseph Returning Home and Postwar
Joseph Krause describes the medical conditions from which he suffers, some of which he attributes to his military...
Bala, Walter Returning Home and Postwar
Walter Bala completed 35 missions before he returned home. He had one mission where he thought for sure he was going to...
McGuire, Joseph Returning Home and Postwar Career
Joseph McGuire returned to the United States in 1944 and reported to Nashville [Annotator's Note: Nashville, Tennessee...
Guillory, Lloyd Returning Home and Postwar Life
Lloyd Guillory returned to the United States on a Matson cruise ship. There were 800 officers and nurses as passengers...
Stachel, Robert Returning Home and Recollections
Robert A. Stachel [Annotator's Note: a tail gunner in the 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group] flew 19...
Leese, Robert Returning Home and Reflections
With his orders in hand, Robert Leese left New Guinea by way of Nadzab and Finschhafen, and sailed on a transport ship...
Forstall, Earl Returning Home and Reflections
Earl Forstall landed in Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston, Massachusetts] when he returned home. They gave him a steak...
Dana, Newton Returning Home and Reflections
Newton Dana and his crew returned home by flying their bomber [Annotator's Note: a Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy...
Gierka, Eugene Returning Home and the War Ends
A 109 Focke-Wulf [Annotator's Note: either a German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aircraft or a Focke-Wulf Fw 190...
Mahoney, Timothy Returning Home and War's End
When Timothy Mahoney got to the 449th [Annotator's Note: 449th Bombardment Group, 47th Bombardment Wing, 15th Air Force...
McCowen, William Returning Home from Okinawa
William McCowen [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the Strategic Air Command of the US Air Force] said he was not going to...
Woodall, Wendall Returning Home from the War
Coming home was not a hard adjustment for Wendall Woodall. He and three others hired a guy to drive them to Kansas City...
Smith, William J. Returning Home with Bataan Survivors
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks William Smith where he was when he heard the news of the atomic bombs being...
Brewer, Chester Returning Home, Court Martial, and Medals
[Annotator's Note: Chester Brewer returned home after his 27th mission in Europe as a tail gunner on a Boeing B-17...

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