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Dyson, Freeman Postwar Attitudes
Freeman Dyson observed a strong sense of tragedy within Europeans during the postwar years. Its genesis was from World...
Breen, Vernon Postwar Austria
In Salzburg [Annotator's Note: Salzburg, Austria], Vernon Breen participated in a Mass for the Fallen in the city's...
Neyland, Leedell Postwar Career
Leedell Neyland returned home and he could not get into the school where he wanted to. He had to wait until the next...
Fagot, Rosemary G. Postwar Career and Appreciating the United States
Rosemary Fagot remembers the difficulties she had translating for the United Fruit Company because of the cultural...
Kawamoto, Yukio Postwar Career and Foreign Relations
Yukio Kawamoto was a precious child for his parents. The draft got him and he went to war. Kawamoto worked for the...
Moshovitis, James Postwar Career and Reflections
James Moshovitis didn't want a career in the Navy, and used the G.I. Bill to accomplish a two year degree in business,...
Winter, William Postwar Career in Politics
William Winter had no inclination to stay in the Army after the war. He was fortunate to have come through the war...
Geller, Robert Postwar Europe and Return Home
During the occupation of Germany, Robert Geller mostly waited around to earn enough points to return home for discharge...
Fatora, Jerome Postwar Experiences
After the war in Europe ended, Jerome Fatora was sent to Czechoslovakia to train for the fighting in Japan. While he...
Madison, Robert Postwar Experiences
Since there was a war, Robert Madison said, he was grateful that he got to serve, even though there was discrimination...
Bodis-Wollner, Ivan Postwar Hungary
Ivan Bodis-Wollner's father converted to Catholicism at some point. By Hungarian law, as an under-aged child, Bodis-...
Sarosi, George Postwar in Hungary
George A. Sarosi and his mother lived in Szeged from 1945 to 1948. They returned to Budapest after that. No battles for...
Oka, Walter Postwar Interrogation of Liberated POWs
Walter Oka said the conditions under which the POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] were transported were sparse,...
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...
Nakagawa, Ittsei Postwar Kure and Back to the United States
[Annotator's Note: Ittsei Nakagawa was in a factory in Hiroshima, Japan when the atomic bomb exploded over the city on...
Toledo, Bill Postwar Life
After a furlough [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time], Bill Toledo [Annotator's Note:...
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...
Yamamoto, Albert Postwar Life
Albert Yamamoto returned to America [Annotator's Note: in June 1947 after being in Japan for six years as an American...
Smith, Rothacker Postwar Life
Rothacker Smith felt the joy of liberation sweep over him when he saw American soldiers hoist the Stars and Stripes...
Ngai, Johnny Postwar Life
Johnny Ngai says the trouble is that they [Annotator's Note: the Veterans Administration or VA] do not help you if you...
St. Julian, James Postwar Life
James Anthony Saint Julien, Senior [Annotator's Note: deployed to the Philippines with the 766th Engineer Dump Truck...
Keulegan, Emma Postwar Life
Things were still hard at the end of the war. Rationing continued for about three months. Materials started coming back...
Gehrett, John Postwar Life
John Gehrett [Annotator's Note: as a Supply Officer of a Navy D2 Supply Unit] participated in the occupation of Japan...
Dawson, Ruffin Postwar Life
There was a lot of Uncle Sam [Annotator's Note: Uncle Sam; a common national personification of the federal government...
Hebert, Willie Roy Postwar Life and Atomic Bombs
Willie Roy Hebert had no trouble adjusting to civilian life. He was in the ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer...
Armentaro, Louis Postwar Life and Family
When Louis J. Armentaro got back home, he was successful as a machinist. He started two businesses. He also started a...
Aldouby, Sara Postwar Life and Military Service
After being liberated from the concentration camps, Sara Aldouby's father wanted to go to Israel while her mother...
Kahn, William Postwar Life and Reflections
After the war, William Kahn attended college at the University of Maryland through the G.I. Bill. He worked briefly as...
Gibfried, Paul Postwar Life and Reflections
Paul Gibfried does not think he would have served if he had not been drafted. He did love being in the Navy. His first...
Moore, Calvin Postwar Life and Thoughts
Calvin Moore used his G.I. Bill to buy a house and go to school. The G.I. Bill was important to post World War 2...
Dixon, Leon Postwar Life and Thoughts
Leon Dixon started his own company after the war. He worked a good while to save up money. He worked at the Kaiser...
Nathanson, Eva Postwar Life in Budapest
One day, Eva Nathanson's mother received a letter and went away for a few days. Her uncle was a phycologist that ran...
Jones, James Postwar Life in Europe
James B. Jones started working for the Graves Registration Program. He went all over Europe looking for dead soldiers...
Rieman, Carl Postwar Naval Service and Reflections
Carl Rieman keeps up with a few of the surviving member of his squadron [Annotator's Note: Composite Squadron 94 (VC-94...
Davis, Romay Postwar Race Relations in the US
Romay Catherine Johnson Davis finished schooling in New York [Annotator's Note: at Traphagen School of Fashion in New...
Boyles, Edward Postwar Reflections
Edward E. Boyles remarked that about 90 percent of the Japanese soldiers would rather die than bring embarrassment to...

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