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Sussman, Marvin War's End and Returning Home
Following VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945], Marvin Sussman was stationed in the town of...
Haffner, Robert War's End and Returning Home
Robert Haffner was moved to Dresden [Annotator's Note: Dresden, Germany] after the war was declared over in the Pacific...
Russell, Patrick War's End and Returning Home
Patrick Russell remained at Okinawa until June 1945. His carrier [Annotator's Note: USS Tulagi (CVE-72)] sailed to Guam...
Eshbach, Robert War's End in Europe
In March [Annotator's Note: March 1945], Robert Eshback was in the Ruhr Pocket; in April his battalion [Annotator's...
Cresswell, Constance War's End in Europe
There was excitement at Constance Cresswell's officers' club when Glenn Miller [Annotator's Note: US Army Air Forces...
MacCallum, Florence War's End in Paris
Florence MacCallum [Annotator’s Note: a citizen of England working for the U.S. Army Joint Chiefs of Staff in London,...
Grossman, Sidney War's End in the Philippines
Sidney Grossman was assigned to a PT Boat [Annotator's Notes: patrol torpedo boat] and was going to be part of the...
Hustead, Austin War's End, Going Home and Postwar Career
When they arrived at Giebelstadt, Germany, Austin Hustead's squadron [Annotator's Note: 81st Fighter Squadron, 50th...
Friedenberg, Bernard War's End, Occupation Duty, and Final Thoughts
When Bernard Friedenberg [Annotator's Note: a medic with the Medical Detachment, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment...
Hoover, Lillian War's End, Postwar, and Reflections
Lillian Hoover was kept informed of what was going on in the war. Her base [Annotator's Note: Naval Air Technical...
Wolf Guts, Clarence Wartime
Clarence Wolf Guts [Annotator's Note: a code-talker – a person employed by the military to use a little-known language...
Broll, Walter Wartime
Walter Broll always had a haircut on Saturday. He would then go to confession since he was raised a Catholic. On one...
Negrotto, Constance Wartime Activities
Constance Negrotto worked on the PBY Catalina flying patrol bomber [Annotator’s Note: Negrotto was a technical...
Wesselhoeft, Adolf "Wes" Wartime and Postwar Life in Hamburg
At sea on the Gripsholm, Adolf Wesselhoeft had his first impression that the world was at war. When he arrived in...
Pale, Vincent Wartime Experiences
Vincent Pale would not do anything different if he had to do it all over again. After the war, Germany became America's...
Joyce, Josefine Wartime Germany
Josefine "Piepsi" Joyce went to work outside Vienna, Austria for the Luftwaffe [Annotator's Note: German Air Force]....
Myers, Jr., William War’s End
William Myers, Jr. said quarters aboard a submarine were cramped, but because he was a yeoman, his bunk was right above...
Patti, Frank War’s End and Occupation Duty in Germany
When the Russians arrived, Frank Patti said the Americans had no orders, and just watched. He and two other G.I.s went...
Hissey, Paul War’s End and Postwar
Paul Hissey remembered when the war ended all the fighter planes were destroyed because they did not want them to fall...
Newton, Cecil War’s End and Postwar
Cecil J. V. Newton fought with the 345th Infantry Regiment, 87th Infantry Division in Koblenz, Germany in March 1945....
Vargas, Jay War’s End and Welcoming the Troops Home
Jay R. Vargas remember discussing with neighbors what was going in Europe and the Pacific. Everyone in his town found...
Halberg, Norma WASP Flight Training
Norma Halberg does not recall how many hours of primary training she had. She went from the Stearman [Annotator's Note...
Kruse, Shirley WASP Training
Shirley Chase Kruse was taking flying lessons and she met a lady who she became friendly with. Her friend recommended...
Lefever, Paul Watching Planes Return from Missions
On days that Paul Lefever didn't fly, he would watch other squadrons take off, identify planes by their numbers, and...
Castellano, Nancy WAVES Training
Nancy Lynch Castellano was not old enough to join the WAVES [Annotator's Note: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency...
Bryan, Donald We wanted to fly
Bryan and Kirk Noyes had a very good relationship. Bryan was flying a P-51D10 out of an airfield south of London...
Plaisance, Velma "Velma Theriot" Welding at Higgins Industries
Velma Theriot Plaisance knew Higgins was hiring women so she went there for work [Annotator’s Note: she left Delta...
Bradley, John West Point
John Bradley and his mother moved to the United States in 1949 [Annotator's Note: they were liberated 3 February 1945,...
Bourgeois, Emiline West Point Hospital Duty
Emiline Ann Bourgeois was stationed at West Point [Annotator's Note: as an Army nurse at the hospital of the United...
LeBlanc, Joyce Westward Progress
Joyce Leblanc followed her husband to America after a year of more paperwork and several trips to London for approvals...
Reluga, Matthew What They Fought For
Matthew A. Reluga was not capable of going to the Naval Academy [Annotator's Note: United States Naval Academy,...
Medicine Crow, Joseph White Man Runs Him
Joseph Medicine Crow had an uncle known to the Crow people as White Buffalo Turns Around. He received a new name from...
Hollis, Frederick Willow Run
Fredrick Hollis did not witness much family talk about the conflict during World War 2. Some of his relatives served in...
McHardy, Helmi Wing Rivetting
Helmi McHardy met several people of different nationalities in Detroit [Annotator’s Note: Detroit, Michigan]. She had...
Hatch, Norman Winning an Oscar
Norman Hatch departed Tarawa after the battle concluded and went to Hawaii with the 8th Marine Regiment. The US Army...
Hillenbrand, Bernard Wins and Losses
Bernard Hillenbrand does not recall too much of when he landed on Omaha Beach [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied...

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