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Hurley, Wallace Postwar Life and Career
Wallace Hurley was discharged as a Private First Class in 1946. He never used the G.I. Bill for education because he...
Medway, Irwin Postwar Life and Career
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip Irwin Medway looks at photographs, mostly off-camera, and reads statistics from...
Yeagley, Richard Postwar Life and Career
[Annotator's Note: Richard Yeagely was part of the Army of Occupation in Europe after the war ended.] They had food and...
Lee, Arthur Postwar Life and Career
Arthur Lee returned to the United States in December 1945 by way of the Aleutians, landing at Seattle, Washington. From...
Dearey, Bernard Postwar Life and Career
Bernard Allen Dearey got married in 1950. When the Korean War [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 25 June 1950 to 27 July...
Jameson, Andrew Postwar Life and Career
Andrew George Jameson's objective was to continue his education [Annotator's Note: after the war]. He had been drafted...
Paret, Peter Postwar Life and Career
After the war, Peter Paret attended King's College in London, England for graduate studies under Dr. Michael Howard,...
Gibson, Robert "Doby" Postwar Life and Career
When Robert W. "Doby" Gibson got out of the service in 1946, he reenlisted for three more years. He was not sent to the...
Caplan, Lester Postwar Life and Career
After being separated from the Army at Fort Meade, Maryland on 6 March 1946, Lester Caplan used the G.I. Bill to...
Nussenbaum, Seymour Postwar Life and Career
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Seymour Nussenbaum got out of the service in...
Frothingham, Richard Postwar Life and Career
Because Richard Frothingham didn't get along with his stepmother, he had some problems returning to civilian life, but...
Raby, Glynn Postwar Life and Career
When Glynn G. Raby, Jr. came home, he could not enjoy his 30-day leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a...
Slack, Otis Postwar Life and Closing Thoughts
Otis Arthur Slack took pilot training using the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's...
Wise, Curtis Postwar Life and Closing Thoughts
Curtis Winfred Wise had no trouble adjusting to civilian life. He did not use the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I...
Roed, Harold Postwar Life and Education
Harold Roed [Annotator's Note: with the 82nd Airborne Division after the war ended] returned to Fort Bragg [Annotator's...
Armentaro, Louis Postwar Life and Family
When Louis J. Armentaro got back home, he was successful as a machinist. He started two businesses. He also started a...
DeForest, Harold Postwar Life and Helping Veterans
After leaving the service, Harold DeForest wanted to go to the Chrysler Institute to study engineering but he had to go...
Carder, Theodore Postwar Life and Reflections
Theodore Noel Carder stayed there [Annotator's Note: in a hospital in Van Nuys, California after returning to the...
Carter, Paul Postwar Life and Reflections
When Paul Carter arrived in the United States and learned that he would be getting 60 days of leave, he was overjoyed....
Terrebonne, Leo Postwar Life and Reflections
Leo Terrebonne was discharged as a Private First Class [Annotator's Note: PFC] in 1946, and went back into the...
Cohen, Benjamin Postwar Life and Reflections
Benjamin Wolf Cohen returned to the United States right before the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons...
Siebert, Julian Postwar Life and Reflections
Julian Siebert was asked soon after the war in Europe if he was ready to go back home. He boarded a ship and returned...
Van Matre, Russell Postwar Life and Reflections
Russell Van Matre [Annotator's Note: who had served in the 2nd Infantry Division in Europe, discharged in October 1945...
Fallon, John Postwar Life and Reflections
After the war, John T. Fallon was asked to stay in. He considered it but would have had to stay in Germany. He decided...
Swift, Robert Postwar Life and Reflections
When Robert Swift had gone into the war he was a farm boy. While he was overseas his brother-in-law talked his father...
Jackson, James Postwar Life and Reflections
James Thomas Jackson left the service after the Korean War [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953...
Hull, Lester Postwar Life and Reflections
Lester Hull used the GI Bill after he was discharged and returned to the University of Connecticut. He and his wife had...
Gulotta, James Postwar Life and Reflections
James Gulotta got back home in January 1946. He wanted to pick up his studies so after about a two week rest he went...
Benson, Norman Postwar Life and Reflections
Norman Gustaf Benson used the G.I. Bill after the war to attend the University of Maine [Annotator's Note: in Orono,...
Freedman, Henry "Hank" Postwar Life and Reflections
After his homecoming, Henry Freedman met a man at Auburn who was from Atlanta. The two men would hitchhike to Atlanta...
Griffis, James Postwar Life and Reflections
James A. Griffis recently started to think about all the guys that did not get to live a life. He has been retired for...
Gabour, James Postwar Life and Reflections
After VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945], James Anthony Gabour was going on his fourth year...
Gordon, Fred Postwar Life and Reflections of World War 2
Fred Gordon was enjoying life after the war. He was in Czechoslovakia waiting to be sent home. In the meantime, he was...
Griffenhagen, George Postwar Life and Returning to Europe
After the war, George Griffenhagen went back to pharmacy school. He went to Fresno State for one year then went to the...
Tunnicliff, Ed Postwar Life and the 1949 Rose Bowl
After Ed Tunnicliff was discharged, he was recruited by several university football teams. Tunnicliff thought he was...

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