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Nannini, James War's End
Towards the end of World War 2, James Nannini was located at an outpost near Innsbruck [Annotator's Note: Innsbruck,...
Stone, Edward War's End
Edward Stone was aboard the USS Bumper (SS-333) after its first war patrol when it entered Subic Bay in the Philippines...
Ramsey, Frank War's End
Frank Ramsey [Annotator’s Note: stationed in England with the 368th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group,...
Stell, Cleston War's End
Cleston Stell was on the Enns River in Austria when Hitler killed himself and the war ended. He did not believe the...
Williams, Stanley War's End
[Annotator's Note: Stanley Richard Williams served in the Navy aboard the mortar ship USS LCI(M)-352 as a signalman and...
Garcia, Ray War's End
Ray Garcia and Al Nickels [Annotator's Note: later United States Air Force Colonel Albert B. Nickels] both made the Air...
Fried, J. M. War's End
J.M. "Jimmy" Fried, Jr. was in a hospital recovering from wounds when he learned about the end of war in Europe. He was...
Kidder, Remi War's End
Remi Kidder got the bed he always hoped he would have. [Annotator's Note: Kidder joined the Navy and served aboard the...
Rice, Rip War's End
Rip Rice did not have many interactions with civilians. [Annotator’s Note: Rice had just entered Holland.] They were...
Allen, W. "Bill" War's End
W. P. “Bill” Allen was assigned to the USS LST-523 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] hit a mine not far the...
Donovan, Robert War's End
Robert L. Donovan remembers that the Filipinos would take the leftovers from the soldiers after they would liberate an...
Bee, Donald War's End
Donald H. "Don" Bee served two years in the Navy. He heard about the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons...
Fristoe, Claud War's End
Claud Neal Fristoe, Jr. left New Guinea and was assigned to Leyte Gulf in the Philippines [Annotator's Note: Fristoe...
Harless, Paul War's End
Paul Harless was assigned to the USS John Rodgers (DD-574) as a boatswain’s mate second class. One of the last...
Rineer, Robert War's End
Robert Rineer was assigned to a crew as a radioman [Annotator’s Note: as part of the 443rd Operations Group, 10th Air...
Reissig, Floyd J. War's End
Floyd James Reissig was in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] when the war ended. When he got...
Waldman, Leon War's End
Leon Waldman’s unit [Annotator’s Note: 840th Bombardment Squadron, 483rd Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force] they got...
Townsend, Joseph War's End
Joseph Townsend started to lose his teeth in 1955. The dentist told him that all his teeth were cracked at the ridge....
Porche, Albert War's End
Albert Porche was in Italy when the war in Europe ended. The men were to be transferred to Sweden but with the end, the...
Moore, Hilar War's End
Hilar Moore was sent to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Northern Mariana Islands], which was the forward base for the...
Bleuler, Jack War's End
Jack H. Bleuler served as a tail gunner on a B-25 [Annotator's Note: North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber] with...
Morrison, Leila War's End
When the war ended, Leila Morrison [Annotator's Note: serving as an Army nurse in the 118th Evacuation Hospital in...
Drake, Joseph War's End
Joseph J. Drake fought all the way through to Pilsen, Czechoslovakia [Annotator's Note: Plzeň (Pilsen), Czech Republic...
Tanner, Theodore War's End
Theodore Robert Tanner was in the Philippines when the nuclear bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...
Boehm, Robert War's End
Robert Kenneth “Bob” Boehm [Annotator’s Note: a navigational equipment technician assigned to the 415th AACS (Army...
Lusco, Thomas War's End
Thomas Lusco Sr. remembers that at night, there were dogfights between the P-51s [Annotator's Note: North American P-51...
Phillips, Cass War's End
Cass Phillips flew toward New Guinea from Hawaii making several stops at small islands along the southwesterly route....
Rondinelli, Ricardo War's End
Ricardo R. Rondinelli and his unit [Annotator’s Note: 47th Bombardment Squadron, 41st Bombardment Group, Seventh Air...
Gallego, Anthony War's End
After receiving his wings and commission, Anthony “Tony” Gallego went home [Annotator’s Note: to Los Angeles,...
Woolf, Basil War's End
Basil Woolf looked about after the action at Walcheren Island and, to his dismay, only his ship [Annotator's Note: LCH-...
Sedran, Edwin War's End
[Annotator’s Note: The sound is choppy in this segment.] Edwin Sedran was assigned to Tinian [Annotator’s Note: Tinian...
Wellford, Harry War's End
Harry Walker Wellford [Annotator's Note: while serving as the radar officer aboard the USS Harrison (DD-573)] remembers...
Bates, Rex War's End
Rex James Bates served with the 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron in the Pacific. His plane crashed and he was...
Freeman, Bradford War's End
After being wounded in Belgium, Bradford Clark Freeman was sent back to England and didn't return to his company [...
Lippman, Robert War's End
When it came time to leave Burma [Annotator's Note: now Myanmar], Robert Lippman was told he would be part of the lead...
Bowersox, Warren War's End
While fighting in Europe, Warren Bowersox recalls returning from a contact patrol and being fired on by replacement...

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