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Cuniff, Claude War's End and Postwar
Claude Clifton Cuniff, Junior [Annotator's Note: assigned to the USS President Hayes (APA-20)] was at San Pedro [...
Johnson, Wallace War's End and Postwar
[Annotator’s Note: Sound and video are not in sync throughout segment.] Wallace Johnson served aboard the USS Jamestown...
Savage, Robert War's End and Postwar
While overseas, Robert Savage was aware of Japanese propaganda that was being broadcast. Savage says Tokyo Rose [...
Hollingsworth, Chester War's End and Postwar
Chester Hollingsworth was in the Pacific when the bombs were dropped [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...
Kight, Otis War's End and Postwar
Otis Kight was in flight school as the war was ending. He made it to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] as...
Hamilton, George War's End and Postwar
George Hamilton was assigned to a skeleton crew aboard the USS Orleck (DD-886) in Norfolk, Virginia when he first heard...
Bednarczyk, Leo War's End and Postwar
[Annotator's Note: The audio and video freeze throughout this clip.] Before VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over...
Dufour, O'Hearn War's End and Postwar
After getting back to the United States [Annotator’s Note: after surviving the sinking of the USS Preston (DD-379) in...
Ashford, Willard War's End and Postwar
Willard Ashford [Annotator’s Note: assigned to the 134th Naval Construction Battalion in Guam] was preparing to invade...
Norberg, Willard "Bill" War's End and Postwar
Bill Norberg [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6)] returned to Bremerton, Washington via Pearl Harbor [...
Knapp, William War's End and Postwar
Following the Battle of Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg; 1 April to 22...
Dahlstrom, Russell War's End and Postwar
The V-12 program [Annotator’s Note: V-12 US Navy College Training Program, 1943 to 1946] disbanded when the war was...
Johnson, Jean "JD" War's End and Postwar
Jean D. "JD" Johnson [Annotator's Note: a radioman on the USS Balao (SS-285) enjoyed free time at Brisbane [Annotator's...
Thompson, Judge War's End and Postwar
Judge Gordon Thompson recalled preparing for the invasion of mainland Japan in the Leyte Gulf, Philippines. He recalled...
Rodrigue, Lowell War's End and Postwar Career
Lowell Rodrigue was assigned to a special unit and sent to Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Peleliu, Palau Islands], but the...
Ussery, Jake War's End and Postwar Career Path
Jake Ussery and the Langley [Annotator's Note: USS Langley (CVL-27)] were ordered back to San Diego. That was his base...
Taylor, Amelia War's End and Postwar Careers
At San Diego [Annotator's Note: Naval Medical Center San Diego, California], Amelia Taylor was out shopping when she...
Andrus, Ernest War's End and Postwar Endeavors
Ernest "Ernie" Andrus was on USS LST-124 [Annotator's Note: a Landing Ship, Tank] until just before the end of the war...
Gemmel, Fred War's End and Postwar Life
Fred Gemmel's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Laffey (DD-724)] was assisted into a port after sustaining damage [...
Donovan, Harry War's End and Postwar Life
[Annotator's Note: A person off camera comments in the background throughout this clip.] Harry A. Donovan did not...
Leaming, Jack War's End and Postwar Life
Towards the end of the war, Jack Leaming's prisoner of war camp at Osaka [Annotator's Note: Osaka, Japan] had burned...
Lomax, Charles "Charlie" War's End and Postwar Life
Charlie Lomax [Annotator's Note: a Naval officer in a special communications task force in the Naval Amphibious Forces...
Smith, Lamar War's End and Postwar Service
Reverend Doctor Lamar Edward Smith joined the Navy in late 1945. He was in boot camp [Annotator's Note: San Diego,...
Mayes, Davis War's End and Reflection
Davis Gordon Mayes heard about the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan through the radio receivers while he was...
Munch, Melvin War's End and Reflections
Melvin Munch would have been part of the invasion force for assaulting the Japanese home islands. The atomic bombs kept...
Gimbut, Raymond War's End and Reflections
After Eniwetok [Annotator's Note: Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands], Raymond Gimbut sailed to California, then to the...
Beyer, Walter War's End and Reflections
[Annotator's Note: The video is glitchy in this segment] Walter Louis Beyer served in the Pacific Theater in World War...
Crawford, William War's End and Reflections
[Annotator’s Note: The interviewee pauses and speaks slowly throughout this clip.] In September 1945, William Ward...
Riggs, William War's End and Reflections
After the conclusion of World War 2, William Riggs' only thought upon arriving home was to seek out a job away from the...
Lamm, Allen War's End and Reflections
Allen Lamm was concerned for his safety on Okinawa. He did not realize that the splatters in the water were coming from...
Shatz, Ewalt War's End and Return Home
Ewalt "Walt" Shatz was serving stateside near the war's end. He was assigned to shore patrol in Hollywood [Annotator's...
Dixon, Richard War's End and Returning Home
Richard Tempus Dixon's time in the Philippines was interesting. Some of the natives got hold of some hand grenades and...
Bost, Ben War's End and Returning Home
Ben Ray Bost loved getting Marines on board ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LSM-316], especially those from North...
Lowry, Robert War's End and The National WWII Museum
Robert "Bob" Lowry left the Navy as a Seaman 1st Class. When he was young in Greenwood [Annotator's Note: Greenwood,...
Grossman, Sidney War's End in the Philippines
Sidney Grossman was assigned to a PT Boat [Annotator's Notes: patrol torpedo boat] and was going to be part of the...
Fisher, Joseph War's End to Korean War
Joseph Fisher remembers that they would have air raids with one or two planes at a time. The Japs [Annotator's Note: a...

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