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Jackson, James Postwar Life and Reflections
James Thomas Jackson left the service after the Korean War [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953...
Benson, Norman Postwar Life and Reflections
Norman Gustaf Benson used the G.I. Bill after the war to attend the University of Maine [Annotator's Note: in Orono,...
Pizzolongo, Paul Postwar Life and Service
After being discharged from the Army, Paul Pizzolongo joined the National Guard, then returned to the Army and then...
Darphin, Irma "Irma Boulet" Postwar Life and Thoughts
Irma Darphin was in Rennes, France when her brother looked her up. He was a captain in the 156th Infantry National...
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...
Radke Azvedo, Ingrid Postwar Life in the American Sector
Ingrid Radke-Azvedo survived the bombings of Berlin, Germany [Annotator's Note: Berlin was bombed 363 times between...
Hever, John Postwar Military Service
After the war was over, John Hever was sent into Shanghai, China. He said he went into the city a couple of times and...
Hastings, Wilford Postwar Military Service
After the conclusion of World War 2, Wilford E. Hastings decided to re-enlist for the Army for one more year and was...
Conter, Louis "Lou" Postwar Naval Career
Louis Conter returned to the United States for night fighter training. When he received his commission in New Guinea,...
Biernacki, Chester Postwar Navy Service
Chester Biernacki returned to the United States and had two companies assigned to him. He then volunteered to go to the...
Baranek, Martin Postwar Odyssey
Martin Baranek stopped in Modena, Italy, where he slept on the floor in a former military academy building operated by...
Schneider, Christa Postwar Optimism
After the war, Christa Schneider's family lived in the British Sector of Berlin [Annotator's Note: Berlin, Germany]....
Holt, Thomas Postwar Reflections
Thomas Michael Holt [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] had access to a hidden radio. With the new POWs [Annotator's...
Taylor, Claude Postwar Sea Duty
Following the war's conclusion, Claude Taylor sailed aboard LSM-352 [Annotator's Note: LSM stands for Landing Ship,...
Hutchinson, Louis Postwar Service
While off Okinawa, the USS Wisconsin [Annotator’s Note: USS Wisconsin BB-64] picked up some British POWs, which were...
Oral history interview with Ray Felts on 15 September 2016 Postwar Service in China
Ray Felts' reassignment brought him to Tsingtao on the Shantung Peninsula, famous for its brewery. Felts had lost his...
Frisco, Paul Postwar Service, Postwar Life and Reflections
Paul J. Frisco and the USS Cushing (DD-797) were with Admiral Spruance [Annotator's Note: US Navy Admiral Raymond...
Gorman, Ted Postwar Thoughts
[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...
Bell, Harry Postwar Trip to Bad Orb
After they left France, Harry Bell's wife joined him and they toured Switzerland and Germany. They flew into Frankfurt...
Cardenas, Louis POW Camp
Louis Cardenas remembers that they were taken from the capture site to Bucharest, Romania, the capital city. They were...
Godbold, Bryghte POW Camp in Japan, War's End and Going Home
Bryghte Davis Godbold was transported from Wusong [Annotator's Note: Wusong, also spelled Woosung, China] through other...
McGhee, Edwin POW Camp Life
Edwin McGhee saw British and Russian POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] in the first camp he was held in. The...
Johnson, Burton POW Camp Organization
Burton Johnson organized POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] camps by first getting the engineers to establish a...
Siebert, Julian POW Camp Stalag XII-A
Julian Siebert was taken by his German captors to Stalag XII-A. As far as he could see, there were just American...
Baker, Melvin POW Camps
Melvin Baker did not remember having any heat in any POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] barracks. Moving from camp...
Fulton, Robert POW Difficulties
Robert Fulton's low points in captivity included Red Cross packages not distributed to the POWs [Annotator's Note:...
Jostad, Glen POW Discipline
Glen Jostad was first held in a German prisoner of war camp [Annotator's Note: Stalag Luft VI in Heydekrug, Germany,...
Gaj, Leonard POW Experience
Leonard Gaj hit the ground quickly when he jumped [Annotator's Note: on D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, France...
Leonard, Edward POW Experience
Edward J. Leonard was in a German half-track [Annotator's Note: M3 half-track; a vehicle with front wheels and rear...
Smith, Eben POW Experience
Captured after bailing out of his flak damaged B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber], Eben...
Johnson, John POW Experience in China
John S. Johnson landed in Wusong, China and marched to his prison camp. It was cold and miserable. The warrant officer...
Bollich, James POW Experience Near the End of the War
There was no dentist in the camp and James Bollich had some teeth decaying. Anytime someone was sick and thought they...
Fulton, Robert POW Experiences
Robert Fulton was not interrogated while a prisoner in Japan except at Ōfuna. The people of Java were very hostile...
Wolff, Robert POW Experiences
Robert Wolff remembers that there were escape attempts all the time. They had to get permission from the “escape...
Vater, Joseph POW Experiences in Manchuria
Joseph Vater believes Manchuria [Annotator's Note: Manchuria, China] was the coldest place on Earth. He was given a...
Jostad, Glen POW Food
Glen Jostad found the food to be very meager and poor in the prisoner of war Stalag near Heydekrug, Germany [Annotator'...

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