Returning home

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Bridgforth, Carolyn Her Husband is Home
Carolyn Bridgforth met her husband at Camp Shelby [Annotator's Note: Camp Shelby near Hattiesburg, Mississippi] when he...
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...
Lorenzen, Angus His Father’s Liberation and Being Repatriated
More tanks came in on 4 February [Annotator's Note: 4 February 1945], and they placed guards all around as there were...
Kaiser, Raymond His Proudest Missions
[Annotator's Note: Raymond Kaiser returned to the United States after flying 116 missions in China.] Kaiser was in the...
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...
Scherer, Monroe Holidays in Korea
Some weeks after Monroe Scherer arrived in Korea, some of the older members went back to the United States. Scherer...
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...
Honea, Chafer Home Again
Chafer Honea was in the 581st Antiaircraft Battalion [Annotator's Note: 581st AAA AW Battalion (Mobile)] after the war...
Loring, Bud Home and Bomber Crews
[Annotator's Note: Bud Loring was in London, England after being rescued in France.] Loring was asked where he wanted...
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...
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...
Leibold, William Home and Hospitals
William Leibold spoke to his wife Grace for the first time in years while he was in Oakland. She wanted to visit but he...
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...
Hall, Clayton Home and Married
After returning home, Clayton Hall went to work with an oil company for a week. He then went to work in a harvest field...
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...
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...
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...
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...
McCowen, William Home from the Korean War
When William McCowen [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the Strategic Air Command of the US Air Force] came home from Korea...
Nacey, Ed Home Then Japan and China
Edward Nacey and his crew got new pilots and went to bomb Peel [Annotator's Note: Peel, Netherlands]. Having seen what...
Ridyard, Herbert Home, Marriage, and Education
When Herbert W. Ridyard sailed the Atlantic [Annotator's Note: Atlantic Ocean] back to the United States, he never was...
Daniels, Don Homecoming
Coming home from Japan was a joyous time for Don Daniels. His brother was already out of the service. They tried to get...
Somogyi, Peter Homecoming
Peter Somogyi returned to his hometown and met his mother's cousin, Mickey, and some other male survivors [Annotator's...
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...
Hanley, Fiske Homecoming
The only help Fiske Hanley remembers getting from the Red Cross while he was overseas was the loan of two books when he...
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...
Pena, William Hospital Experiences
William Pena arrived at the aid station. The medic that had been attached to him and his men joked that they had...
Mikus, John Hospital on Guam
John Mikus, Jr. was never attacked from the air [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26...
Fraser, Rodney Hospital Recuperation
Rodney Charles Fraser used to have wheelchair races down the hospital hallways [Annotator’s Note: he laughs]. The young...
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...

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