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Dixon, Leon Postwar Life and Thoughts
Leon Dixon started his own company after the war. He worked a good while to save up money. He worked at the Kaiser...
Alter, Joseph Postwar Life and Thoughts
After the war ended in Europe, being transferred to the Pacific was kind of voluntary. Joseph Alter had made a...
Brown, Robert Postwar Life and Thoughts
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer repeats Robert Brown's story of working on the atomic bomb test incorrectly.] Little...
Jones, James Postwar Life in Europe
James B. Jones started working for the Graves Registration Program. He went all over Europe looking for dead soldiers...
Resta, Francis "Fran" Postwar Life, Education and Career
After he was discharged, Francis Resta attended college to study engineering, but when that didn't make sense to him,...
Kuskie, Glen Postwar Military Service and Reflections
Glen Kuskie had survived being a Japanese prisoner of war in the Philippines and he finally returned to the United...
Flanagan, Earl Postwar Military Career
Earl Flanagan was discharged in 1946 and returned home to his mother and sister. He found it difficult to adjust back...
Hever, John Postwar Military Service
After the war was over, John Hever was sent into Shanghai, China. He said he went into the city a couple of times and...
Hastings, Wilford Postwar Military Service
After the conclusion of World War 2, Wilford E. Hastings decided to re-enlist for the Army for one more year and was...
Witmeyer, John "J.J." Postwar Occupation
After he recovered sufficiently in the hospital, John Witmeyer was sent back to the front lines in January of 1945...
Sciortino, Philip Postwar Occupation Duty
When Philip Sciortino and his ship entered Japanese waters, the sea appeared to be completely mined. An invasion of...
Sibley, Allen Postwar Occupation of Iwo Jima
Allen Ray Sibley has a story about the Japanese General [Annotator's Note: Imperial Japanese Army General Tadamichi...
Mero, Robert Postwar Privileges on Occupation Duty
Through the "Stars and Stripes" [Annotator's Note: American military newspaper] newsletter and other means, Robert Mero...
Davis, Romay Postwar Race Relations in the US
Romay Catherine Johnson Davis finished schooling in New York [Annotator's Note: at Traphagen School of Fashion in New...
Holt, Thomas Postwar Reflections
Thomas Michael Holt [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] had access to a hidden radio. With the new POWs [Annotator's...
Acevedo, Anthony Postwar Relationships
After he was liberated, Anthony Acevedo increased his body weight from 87 pounds to 100 pounds. It took a while for him...
Goldsborough, William Postwar Reserve Duty
When he returned to the United States, William Goldsborough was mustered out of Fort Meade [Annotator's Note: Fort...
Mabarac, Raymond Postwar Service
When the war in Europe ended and the men of Raymond Mabarac's division [Annotator's Note: Mabarac was a member of...
Gallo, Peter Postwar Service
Peter Gallo was involved in an incident that got him into trouble in Korea. A Japanese officer came in and was chasing...
Brunt, Julian Postwar Service and Additional War Stories
Julian Gould Brunt returned home from World War 2, was discharged from the Army, and enrolled at Mississippi State...
Pribyl, William Postwar Service and Reflections
William J. Pribyl left Calcutta {Annotator's Note: Calcutta, India] on 3 May 1946 on a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note:...
Goldsborough, William Postwar Service in Japan
When the war ended, William Goldsborough didn't have enough points [Annotator's Note: a point system was devised based...
Caplan, Lester Postwar Service in Korea
After Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], Lester Caplan traveled to Busan, Korea, and was sent to the ASCOM...
Singlaub, John Postwar Service with the US Army and CIA
John Singlaub wanted to be a regular Army officer after the war ended. He immediately applied for the integration of...
Doi, Jimmy Postwar Service, Visiting Family and Scaling Monte Carchio
Jimmy Doi stayed in the Army until 1949. He had reenlisted as a quartermaster because he did not want to be in the...
Poliseno, Dominick Postwar Stress
Once he was discharged and got home, Dominick Frank Poliseno could not go out for two weeks. He didn't want to meet...
Courant, Hans Postwar Studies
Hans Courant and the others went back to Los Alamos where he was told that he would be released to go back to college....
Jordan, James Postwar Thoughts
James Jordan was lucky. He married a wonderful girl from Scranton [Annotator's Note: Scranton, Pennsylvania]. She...
Baxter, Lionel Postwar Thoughts
Lionel Baxter did not have much to celebrate with when the war was over. Baxter was discharged in November 1945 in...
Mermelstein, Seymour "Cy" Postwar Thoughts
Seymour Mermelstein went to Bluefield Junior College in West Virginia for two years and then Rider College in Trenton,...
Blatnik, Robert Postwar Trauma and Relief
Upon his arrival in the United States, Robert Joseph Blatnik was transferred from a hospital in South Carolina to one...
Bell, Harry Postwar Trip to Bad Orb
After they left France, Harry Bell's wife joined him and they toured Switzerland and Germany. They flew into Frankfurt...
Roberts, John Postwar Trip to Belgium
In 1999, the Belgians who were with John M. Roberts on his tour gave him a rose to put on the grave [Annotator's Note:...
Roberts, John Postwar Trips to Europe
When John M. Roberts rejoined his unit after escaping capture, he had not had a chance to tell anyone what he had been...
Jenkins, Samuel Postwar Vist to Belgium and Germany
Samuel Jenkins has only been back to Belgium once. It was a very eerie feeling. They saw where their foxholes had been...
Davis, Romay Postwar Women's Progress
Romay Catherine Johnson Davis feels that her contribution to World War 2 was not enough and that she should have worked...

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