European Theater of Operations (ETO)

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Berkman, Harold Postwar in Europe
Harold Berkman was still in Austria on 20 May [Annotator's Note: 1945] when his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company F,...
Nickerson, Edward Postwar in Saudi Arabia
[Annotator's Note: Edward Nickerson came home after Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945. The interviewer asks him if he...
Catalano, Erico "Harry" Postwar Jobs
Erico J. Catalano did not take advantage of the G.I. Bill. He went to work in a slipper factory in Florida with his...
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...
Knese, Benard Postwar Life
After D-Day [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], Bernard Knese had a 30-...
LaMura, Jerry Postwar Life
Jerry LaMura was sent to a hospital in Long Island [Annotator’s Note: Long Island, New York] and then to Washington D.C...
Whitaker, Fred Postwar Life
Fred Whitaker was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in July 1925. He had one sister. He enlisted on 17 June 1943. He...
Smith, Samuel Postwar Life
Samuel W. Smith was sent to North Carolina. In the middle of processing, they canceled their orders. They recognized...
Genrich, Howard Postwar Life
The trip home after Howard Genrich was discharged is a little blurry to him but he recalls hitchhiking and riding buses...
Sharp, Chester Postwar Life
[Annotator's Note: There is a sound of a clock ticking in the background]. Chester Sharp used the G.I. Bill to go to...
Tennant, Harry Postwar Life
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer has Harry Tennant answer questions written to him.] Harry Tennant was in the Naval...
Ruiz, Roberto Postwar Life
Robert "Bob” Ruiz [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the 389th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] managed a plant after the...
Laborde, Lucien Postwar Life
Lucien Laborde had asked his older brother to try to find him a piece of land that he could buy and begin farming. His...
Inscoe, Linwood S. Postwar Life
Linwood S. Inscoe was in Memphis, Tennessee on VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945]. He...
Peters, Bernard Postwar Life
Bernard Peters lost his hearing completely in one ear so he had to get out of the service. He went to work for a...
Toole, Edward Postwar life
Edward Thomas Toole thought transitioning to the Army was easy. He was a commissioned officer. It was interesting to...
Lebsack, Wayne Postwar Life
Wayne Lebsack was discharged in September 1945, and he returned home on crutches. He took advantage of the G.I. Bill...
Myers, Julia Postwar Life
Julia L. Myers went to Liege, Belgium. They had to clean the windows and scrub the floors of an abandoned hospital they...
Boyer, Robert Postwar Life
Robert Boyer used the G.I. Bill to buy a house and to get a bachelor's degree in psychology from Gettysburg College [...
Yip, Wallace Postwar Life
Wallace Yip, Sr. returned to China and got married after the war. He brought his wife back in 1947. She did not speak...
Kleindienst, Alfons "Al" Postwar Life
Alfons Robert Kleindienst returned to America by himself after World War 2 from Munich [Annotator's Note: Munich,...
Waldeck, Frank Postwar Life
After the war, Frank J. Waldeck was married, and his wife became pregnant. Waldeck was in a hurry to get his college...
Sussman, Marvin Postwar Life
Marvin Sussman struggled with readjusting to civilian life and had trouble making plans for his future. He attended...
Squire, Vernon Postwar Life
Vernon Squire realized that if he was going to make a success of his life, he was going to need to go to college. He...
Fleischer, Dave Postwar Life
Dave Fleischer had a friend with whom he went to enlist. His friend went into the Navy, but Fleischer wanted to enlist...
Colbert, Hugh Postwar Life
When Hugh Colbert was discharged from the US Army in November 1945 his father insisted that he take advantage of the GI...
Kenney, Clyde Postwar Life
Clyde Kenney sailed back to Baltimore, Maryland and after he was discharged he went back home to Cumberland, Maryland....
Paynter, Don Postwar Life
The war in the Pacific was over in August 1945. Donald Dean Paynter got out of the service that December. He had...
McGee, George Postwar Life
George Wesley McGee had no desire to stay in the Army on his return to the United States. They arrived in New York and...
Cardenas, Louis Postwar Life
Louis Cardenas remembers they slept on boards. They had sacks and they put hay in them. They were not suffering. They...
Heim, Henry Postwar Life
Henry Heim worried about his friends’ lives and the guys who were left over there. When he came home, he was assigned...
Jones, Robert Postwar Life
Robert Jones was on the Air Force All-star Football team and played in Nice, France on New Year's Day [Annotator's Note...
Liston, Earl Postwar Life
When Earl Roger Liston was discharged from the Army, he did not use the G.I. Bill. He helped pioneer the practice of...
Trauner, Walter Postwar Life
Walter Trauner’s father was a master baker. He made cakes with real cream, and pastries and donuts. Trauner worked in...
Kerner, John Postwar Life
John Kerner was in London, England for about ten days. He was on leave and only had to report back when the ship was to...
Capron, Ed Postwar Life
World War 2 changed Edward C. Capron Jr.’s life completely because he was very easy going while he was working at the...

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