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Landry, Coleen Postwar Careers
Coleen Landry was surrounded by soldiers at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She felt that her...
Heneghan, James Postwar Celebrations and Thoughts
Doctor James B. Heneghan went to patriotic events at Soldier Field [Annotator's Note: in Chicago, Illinois]. That...
Bodis-Wollner, Ivan Postwar Hungary
Ivan Bodis-Wollner's father converted to Catholicism at some point. By Hungarian law, as an under-aged child, Bodis-...
Mineta, Norman Postwar Japan
Norman Mineta visited relatives while he was stationed in Japan [Annotator's Note: during the Korean War]. The...
Goldstein, Rosette Postwar Journeys to Germany
Rosette Goldstein went to Germany to accompany her mother premised on her going to where her father was murdered in...
Nakagawa, Ittsei Postwar Kure and Back to the United States
[Annotator's Note: Ittsei Nakagawa was in a factory in Hiroshima, Japan when the atomic bomb exploded over the city on...
Upham, Peggy Postwar Life
After the war ended, Peggy Upham went back home [Annotator's Note: to Dallas, Texas]. There was no money for her to go...
Bishop, Jacqueline Postwar Life
Jacqueline Bishop was extremely excited when the war ended. She was 15 years old. She remembers it was VJ-Day [...
Karle, Isabella Postwar Life
Isabella Karle worked at the University of Chicago labs during the year 1942. She and her husband ended their tenure...
Kleindienst, Alfons "Al" Postwar Life
Alfons Robert Kleindienst returned to America by himself after World War 2 from Munich [Annotator's Note: Munich,...
Yamamoto, Albert Postwar Life
Albert Yamamoto returned to America [Annotator's Note: in June 1947 after being in Japan for six years as an American...
Keulegan, Emma Postwar Life
Things were still hard at the end of the war. Rationing continued for about three months. Materials started coming back...
Daniel, Lora Postwar Life
When the war was over, Lora E. Daniel's job [Annotator's Note: at the Union Carbide Metallurgical Plant in Sheffield,...
Kruszewski, Z. Anthony Postwar Life
Z. Anthony Kruszewski wanted to go to England to study. He went to southern France with the Army. The French recognized...
Ream, John Postwar Life
John Ream remembers that if anyone kept a diary, the FBI [Annotator’s Note: Federal Bureau of Investigation] would...
Tolles, Martha Postwar Life
Martha Tolles got a phone call saying her husband was coming home. He wanted her to fly out to LA [Annotator’s Note:...
Tidmore, Roberta Postwar Life
Roberta Randolph "Randy" Tidmore was discharged in August 1946 as a sergeant. She used the G.I. Bill twice. She went to...
Leskovic, Elvia Postwar Life
Elvira Maria Katarina Algermissen Leskovec notes that the rebuilding [Annotator's Note: of Germany] after the war was...
Osborne, Loraine Postwar Life
Loraine Osborne knew that they had to get the planes out so they could be shipped overseas. The harder they worked, the...
Johnston, Lawrence Postwar Life and Career
Lawrence Johnston was at Stanford University helping to build a two mile long linear accelerator. A guy named Pinofsky...
Libby, Dolores Postwar Life and Career
Dolores McInnis Libby [Annotator's Note: a riveter at Consolidated Aircraft Corporation] worked on Franklin Avenue....
Crosby, Thomas Postwar Life and Naval Service
In 1953 Thomas Crosby enlisted in the Navy. He was competing as a diver for the University of Hawaii and attending...
Devoe, Susan Postwar Life and Reflections
Susan Magnuson Devoe and her family moved to Lima, Peru for her father's company in 1948, and stayed there until 1953...
Rosenzweig, Jennie Postwar Life and Thoughts on War
Jennie Rosenzweig dreads what is going on Iraq [Annotator's Note: Iraq War, 2003 to 2011]. We do not belong there. Wars...
Adam, Adolf Postwar Life in America
In 1976, Adolf Adam's work in a textile company brought him to the United States. He made a contract for three years...
Nathanson, Eva Postwar Life in Budapest
One day, Eva Nathanson's mother received a letter and went away for a few days. Her uncle was a phycologist that ran...
Rodgers, Brigitte Postwar Memories
When her family moved to the French Sector of West Berlin in 1950, Brigitte Rodgers noticed that she no longer had to...
Baranek, Martin Postwar Odyssey
Martin Baranek stopped in Modena, Italy, where he slept on the floor in a former military academy building operated by...
Schneider, Christa Postwar Optimism
After the war, Christa Schneider's family lived in the British Sector of Berlin [Annotator's Note: Berlin, Germany]....
Kruszewski, Z. Anthony POW Experience
Z. Anthony Kruszewski was in a POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] camp. The conditions were horrible. Many people...
Aalders, Johannes Preparing for Wartime
Johannes Aalders was born in February in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. He grew up with two younger sisters. His father...
Francis, Norman President of Xavier University
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Dr. Norman Francis to talk about becoming the President of Xavier University of...
Imahara, Walter Preventing Future Internment
Walter Imahara was into sports and attended the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. He learned that some of the politicians...
Hart, Howard Prewar and an Overview of Hart's Life
Howard Hart was born in Saint Louis in 1938. His father was a mining engineer in the Philippines prior to the war. His...
Howie, Alice Prewar and Family Life
[Annotator's Note: The interview starts mid-sentence.] Alice Howie was born in February 1925 in Barrineau Park, Florida...
Bradley, John Prewar and Postwar Philippines
John Bradley [Annotator's Note: born in Manila, Philippines to an American father and Australian mother in 1936]...

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