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Martin, William Home
William Martin did not have enough points to go home, so he took a B-25 [Annotator's Note: North American B-25 Mitchell...
Liberato, Louis Home
Louis Liberato came home to Norfolk, Virginia on the USNS General Simon B. Buckner. He stayed a couple of days there...
Ronson, Harold Home and Closing Thoughts
Harold Ronson came home in the late summer of 1946. There was no big band or homecoming. His father had remarried the...
King, William Home and Last Thoughts
Coming back to the United States was better than going over for William King. King did not like the regimentation of...
Hall, Clayton Home and Married
After returning home, Clayton Hall went to work with an oil company for a week. He then went to work in a harvest field...
Phillips, Robert Home and the Korean War
Robert Philips came home, took advantage of the G.I. Bill and went to the University of Oregon [Annotator's Note: in...
Dearman, Alfred Home and the Korean War
Alfred Dearman had never seen a tv [Annotator's Note: television] and kept reading about them. Another of his buddy and...
Aldous, Robert Home and Then Korea
Robert G. Aldous and his crew were on Ie-Shima [Annotator's Note: Ie-Shima, Japan] at the time [Annotator's Note: of...
Guitard, Robert Home Community Hit Hard
Robert Guitard took a Baltic [Annotator's Note: Baltic means relating to the Baltic Sea in Europe] trip and went to...
Ridyard, Herbert Home, Marriage, and Education
When Herbert W. Ridyard sailed the Atlantic [Annotator's Note: Atlantic Ocean] back to the United States, he never was...
Daniels, Don Homecoming
Coming home from Japan was a joyous time for Don Daniels. His brother was already out of the service. They tried to get...
Somogyi, Peter Homecoming
Peter Somogyi returned to his hometown and met his mother's cousin, Mickey, and some other male survivors [Annotator's...
Emerson, Alonzo Homecoming and Reflections
Returning home from overseas, Alonzo Emerson remembers enjoying steak and fresh milk, two foods they didn't have while...
Blank, Calvin Hospital Duty
Calvin Blank was drafted into the Army [Annotator's Note: in 1945]. He was five foot six and weighed 118 pounds. When...
Pena, William Hospital Experiences
William Pena arrived at the aid station. The medic that had been attached to him and his men joked that they had...
Simons, F.M. Hospital Stay
Looking back, F.M. Richard Simons and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 3rd Battalion, 87th Mountain Infantry...
Lemme, Thomas Hospital Stay and Postwar
Thomas Joseph Lemme remained in recovery in the hospital until the end of the war [Annotator's Note: he had been...
Slomka, Edwin Hospital Stay and Postwar Life
Edwin Slomka was in the hospital until June [Annotator's Note: June 1945], when he was shipped down to the George...
Morgan, George Hospital then Discharge
George Morgan waited on his orders to attend the Naval Prep School for the Naval Academy. Something was delaying them...
Swan, Robert How I Got in the Navy
Robert Swan joined the Navy to avoid the draft. He was flying in Missoula where was going to school. He only had a year...
Szafran, Daniel How Life Changed and Reflections
Daniel Szafran survived the Holocaust and combat in Israel after the war. He felt good being in Palestine after...
Buckley, James Human Interactions
In the whole time James Buckley was on duty in the Pacific [Annotator's Note: as Deck Officer on the USS LST-1013], he...
Nathanson, Eva Hungarian Revolution and Immigration
In 1956, the Hungarian Revolution [Annotator’s Note: 23 October to 10 November 1956] started. Eva Nathanson was told to...
Marcus, Bernard Hunting Nazis and Russian Spies
Bernard Marcus deployed from New York to Le Havre, France and then to Paris. He stayed at a delightful hotel in Paris....
Hogan, Moses Hunting Submarines
Moses Hogan doesn't think movies about Pearl Harbor are authentic. After Pearl Harbor, Hogan was on a destroyer [...
Bowling, Don Hürtgen Forest to Home
The Hurtgen Forest [Annotator's Note: Battle of Hürtgen Forest, 19 September 1944 to 10 February 1945, Hürtgen (Hurtgen...
Talley, Chester Idaho to Casablanca
Chester L. Talley was born in Idaho in 1921. He grew up with one older brother and one older sister. His father was a...
Braitman, Simon Immigrating to the United States
Simon Braitman says that the Jews were marched from Zwoleń to Garbatka [Annotator's Note: both in Poland] by foot and...
Lesser, Benjamin Immigrating to the United States
Benjamin Lesser wrote a book titled Living a Life that Matters. Despite living a deprived childhood, he was able to...
Polonski, Bluma Immigrating to the United States
Bluma Polonski does not find it hard to talk about her experience of the Holocaust [Annotator's Note: also called the...
Auld, Lorene Implementing the G.I. Bill
Lorene Auld had been working for about a year at Douglas Aircraft Company when the acting president of Murray State...
Murray, Charles Importance of History
Charles Murray feels that it is important to study all wars. The history of this country is based on warfare and...
Raquepau, John Importance of the War
John "Jack" Raquepau guesses that outside of the Revolution [Annotator's Note: American Revolutionary War, or, American...
Peto, George Importance of World War 2
While approaching Wana Draw on Okinawa, George Peto noticed some movement in the brush off to his left. He realized...
Reitmeier, George In and Out of the ASTP
After completing high school, George Reitmeier applied, was accepted, and joined the Army Specialized Training Program...
Robinson, Stewart In the Navy
Stewart W. Robinson was born in March 1925 in Liverpool, Pennsylvania. One of 16 children, he grew up on a farm. Times...

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