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Rans, Robert Returning Home
Robert Rans says that after being liberated from his prisoner of war camp in Romania, it was an unbelievable feeling to...
Medway, Irwin Returning Home
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip Irwin Medway looks at photographs, mostly off-camera, and reads statistics from...
Houdek, Thomas Returning Home
Thomas Houdek was liberated and sent to Riesa, Germany where he spent several weeks waiting for American troops to...
Van Huylenbrouck, Omer Returning Home
[Annotator's Note: Omer Van Huylenbrouck returned to the United States in June 1944 after flying 29 combat missions out...
Heffron, Edward "Babe" Returning Home
Edward "Babe" Heffron was looking forward to reuniting with a couple of broads [Annotator's Note: females] upon his...
Sapp, Walter Returning Home
Walter Sapp returned to the United States in April 1946. He tried to go to school. He selected four or five colleges he...
Mittelsdorf, Joseph Returning Home
Nagasaki [Annotator's Note: Nagasaki, Japan] was devastated [Annotator's Note: by the nuclear weapon dropped on...
Simpson, Joseph Returning Home
Joseph Simpson was discharged from the service on 26 February 1946. When he was in Bremerhaven, Germany preparing to...
Derrington, Clarence "Earl" Returning Home
Clarence Derrington flew home from Paris [Annotator's Note: in Paris, France] via New York [Annotator's Note: in New...
Light, Carl Returning Home
Carl Light returned home after the first of the new year [Annotator's Note: in 1946]. As an 18 year old, Light did not...
Skardon, Ben Returning Home and Dealing with Post Traumatic Stress
When asked if he had difficulty adjusting when he got home, Ben Skardon said he could sleep soundly, but didn't want to...
Martin, James Returning Home and Postwar
[Annotator’s Note: There is a person off screen that relays the interviewer’s questions to the interviewee throughout...
Marolda, Theodore Returning Home and Postwar
Theodore Marolda returned to the United States via San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California]. It was...
Ruiz, Nolan Returning Home and Postwar Life
As the war was ending, Nolan Ruiz's German captors had taken the prisoners and marched them west so that they could...
Howard, William Returning Home and Postwar Life
After the war ended, William Edwin Howard started a newspaper. He was sent to Darmstadt, Germany for a long time. He...
Rugeley, Robert Returning Home and Postwar Life
Robert S. Rugeley [Annotator's Note: with the 285th Signal Pigeon Company] oversaw prisoners at Dachau [Annotator's...
Bowsher, Walter Returning Home and Reenlistment
Walter Bowsher was sent to Guam [Annotator's Note: after his liberation from a prisoner of war camp in Japan] where he...
Penwell, Richard Returning Home and Reflections
Richard F. Penwell was supposed to be going back to New Bilibid Prison [Annotator's Note: Old Bilibid and New Bilibid...
Campisano, Frank Returning Home and Reflections
Frank Campisano was happy to go back home. He was single while in the military and was having a good time. He went...
Halloran, Walter Returning Home and Retirement
Walter Halloran flew back to the United States after his tour in Vietnam. It was exciting to return to his family. It...
Feldman, Henry Returning Home and the Planned Invasion of Japan
After fighting through France, Luxembourg, and Germany [Annotator's Note: as a member of Cannon Company, 121st Infantry...
Fisch, Robert Returning Home to the Russian Zone
Robert Fisch returned to Hungary which was in the Russian zone of occupation. The occupiers took from the returning...
Field, Edward Returning to Combat
After surviving ditching [Annotator's Note: in a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber], Edward Field returned to his...
Hyland, Everett Returning to Pearl Harbor
Everett Hyland had gone back to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in the 1960s and 1980s as a tourist. He thinks of Pearl Harbor...
Mancuso, Frank Reunions and Post War Life
During one of his breaks in Sicily, Frank Mancuso wrote a letter that was never answered. When he came back to the...
Koenigsberg, John Reunited with Family
John Koenigsberg was picked up by the underground and his parents did not know where he was. After the war, his parents...
Rice, Darold Reunited/Exploring
Darold Rice remembers boarding the ship to head back to the USA after the war was over. He joined up with a random...
Derrington, Clarence "Earl" Reuniting with Arthur Rubinstein
Clarence Derrington recounts meeting an individual in a stalag [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war camp] that was from...
Lesser, Benjamin Righteous Gentile
Benjamin Lesser experienced a horrific raid on the Bochnia Ghetto. Afterward, loud speakers demanded that anyone left...
Tennant, Harry Rocket Boats and Atomic Bombs
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer has Harry Tennant answer questions written to him.] They had rocket boats [Annotator...
Mc Murray, Steve Roi-Namur and Recovering in Hawaii
When he went into combat for the first time, Steve McMurray said he, like everyone else, was scared. When he came upon...
Rupp, Robert Rough Start to Occupation Duty
Robert Rupp did not really feel animosity towards the Nazi soldiers. He did not come across any concentration camps....
Zoltz, Hana Rounded Up and Sent to Auschwitz
Hana Zoltz arrived at Auschwitz by train. Many people had died during the forced journey. They were confined in the...
Brooks, Leonard Rounded Up by the Japanese
Leonard Brooks and his family continued to have bible studies and prayer meetings every day while waiting to find out...
Roy, William Roy's Films of the USS Yorktown (CV-5) at Midway
[Annotator's Note: William Roy reviews a series of motion pictures clips he captured during the Battle of Midway in...
Quigley, Tom Russians/End of War
Tom Quigley remembers how after the war ended, they were able to drive with the lights on their cars turned on. On his...

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