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Dahlberg, Melvin Life After Discharge
After being discharged, Melvin Dahlberg took two weeks off and then went to work as an auditor at a bank for the next...
Ikari, Norman Life after the Army
After he was separated from the Army, Ikari ended up in Los Angeles but he was a little lost. He had thoughts about...
Nordstrom, Clyde Life After the Military
Clyde Nordstrom was discharged in Seattle [Annotator's Note: Seattle, Washington] and went to Minneapolis [Annotator's...
Walter, Robert Life after the war
[Annotators Note: The tape skips at the beginning of this segment. The segment begins with Robert Walter talking about...
Madison, Robert Life After the War
Robert Madison said his "war was basically September of 1944 until December of 1944" when he was wounded. He did not...
Yates, Herman Life After the War
Herman Yates never fully recovered from his wounds in World War 2. He is still on the Veteran's pension plan. When he...
Schmitt, Warren Life after the war
Warren Schmitt was one of 14 survivors from his battery [Annotators Note: survivors of the Malmedy Massacre]. All 14 of...
Barfoot, Van Life After the War and Perspectives on Human Nature
Van Barfoot grew up on a farm and his family was all on the farm. They grew cotton and corn and made a living during...
Wells, Raymond Life After War
Raymond Wells retired from the service in June 1983. After retiring, he moved to Fort Worth, Texas but eventually...
Angst, Lawrence Life After War
Being picked up by his dad at the train station after the war is the most memorable experience of World War 2 for...
Hughes, Lowell Life After War
Lowell Hughes feels his war service made him grow up. That is the main thing. He was a man when he got out which might...
Smith, Clifford Life as a Medic
During World War 2, Clifford Smith thought he was on an adventure. He does not consider himself as a hero, conqueror,...
Cook, Francis "Frank" Life as a POW
Francis J. Cook remembers the Germans treating GIs harshly in the camps. Food was sparse. He lost about 60 pounds in...
VanDuzer, Raymond Life as a POW
At Stalag XII-A [Annotator's Note: in Limburg, Germany], Raymond VanDuzer and the other prisoners were assigned to...
Tallon, Donald Life as a Slave Laborer
Don Tallon [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war in Stalag II-B in Hammerstein, Pomerania, now Czarne, Poland, in...
Splichal, William Life as a Soldier
William Splichal was right in the war room. It was full of bright lights. There were maps all over the wall. They had...
Brooks, Morton Life at Stalag IX-B
Surrendering was not something Morton Brooks wanted to do, but after he was captured, he was held in a barn with other...
Mason, Leslie Life at Sugamo Prison
Leslie B. Mason, Junior did morning reports and accounts of the prisoners [Annotator's Note: at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo...
Gantz, Walter Life Before the Army
[Annotator's Note: There is a continuous buzzing sound throughout this clip.] Walter "Babe" Gantz does not know how he...
Swift, Robert Life Before the Army
Robert Swift was born in August 1925. He grew up on a farm without electricity. Everything was horse drawn. The farm...
Acevedo, Anthony Life Before the Army
Anthony Acevedo was born in San Bernardino, California and spent most of his childhood in Pasadena. His father was a...
Yoshihashi, Tokuji Life Before the War
Tokuji Yoshihashi was born in January 1923 in Pasadena, California. He was one of five children. Times were tough for...
Blanckenburg, William "Bill" Life Before the War
William Blanckenburg had an upper middle class upbringing, but they struggled during the Depression. Blanckenburg was...
Jameson, Andrew Life During the Bulge
Andrew George Jameson and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company L, 3rd Battalion, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry...
Colbert, Hugh Life in a POW Camp
After German forces captured Hugh Colbert and his unit from the 1st Battalion, 422nd Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry...
Gaj, Leonard Life in a POW Camp
Leonard Gaj describes his feelings towards Germans as a fruit tree. There is some good fruit and some bad fruit. He was...
Shapiro, Lester Life in Burma
Lester Shapiro did not know anything about getting a Bronze Star [Annotator's Note: the Bronze Star Medal is the fourth...
Smith, Rothacker Life in Captivity
Rothacker Smith, a medic in the 366th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division in Italy, was captured by German forces...
O'Rorke, James Life in Colorado
James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] labored at a Japanese port with an American prisoner named...
Scully, William Life in England
William Scully [Annotator’s Note: serving with Company C, 1st Battalion, 406th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry...
Tindal, Sullivan Life in Europe to Postwar Life
Sullivan Tindal recalls an instance when his superior officer would not give him enough K rations [Annotator's Note:...
Lombardo, Samuel Life in Fascist Italy
Samuel Lombardo saw that life was getting tougher and tougher under Mussolini [Annotator's Note: Italian Fascist...
Garbo, William Life in Foxholes
The Battle of the Driniumor River lasted for 45 days. William Garbo was attached to a regiment of the Army's Dixie...
Jaffe, Stanley Life In France
Dr. Stanley Jaffe had a lot of fun as a bachelor [Annotator's Note: while serving on a mobile surgical team with the...
Morgenthaler, David Life in Italy
David T. Morgenthaler was transferred to the Headquarters and Service Company [Annotator's Note: Headquarters and...
Lewter, Robert Life in Japan and Home
Robert Lewter would swap cigarettes for Japanese services. The Japanese used needles and sewed thread as straight as an...

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