Interactions with Allied troops

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Freeman, Bradford Returning Home and Band of Brothers
Bradford Clark Freeman had the points [Annotator's Note: a point system was devised based on a number of factors that...
Bueker, Robert Returning Home and Closing Thoughts
Robert Bueker returned to the United States in early July [Annotator's Note: July 1945]. He went to Reims, France first...
Varuso, Anthony Returning Home and Combat Memories
Anthony Varuso served in the Navy for three years and eight months. He had rotated back to the United States by the...
Fulco, Joseph Returning Home and Experiences in Germany
Joseph P. Fulco returned to New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York], where he entered a hospital before being...
Gorman, Robert Returning Home and Postwar Life
Following the surrender of Germany, Robert Gorman and the 557th Field Artillery Battalion was assigned to occupation...
Davis, Romay Returning Home and Racism
Romay Catherine Johnson Davis [Annotator's Note: a Private in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the...
Mahoney, Timothy Returning Home and War's End
When Timothy Mahoney got to the 449th [Annotator's Note: 449th Bombardment Group, 47th Bombardment Wing, 15th Air Force...
Slack, Otis Returning Home and War’s End
Otis Arthur Slack was on Amchitka [Annotator's Note: Amchitka Island, Alaska] when the Japanese withdrew [Annotator's...
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...
Smith, William J. Returning Home with Bataan Survivors
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks William Smith where he was when he heard the news of the atomic bombs being...
Bannai, Paul Returning Home, Politics and Reflections
While Paul Bannai was in Japan, he knew his family would be able to leave their internment camp. He was given...
Massey, Joseph Returning Stateside
Joseph Massey returned to the United States aboard the SS Samuel Ashe. On the third day of the trip they ran into a...
Shawn, Gilbert Returning to American Lines
Eventually, Gilbert S. Shawn was brought to the American lines [Annotator's Note: by the Belgian Resistance or...
Prince, Robert Returning to Camp
[Annotator's Note: Robert Prince helped liberate the Cabanatuan Prison Camp, Cabanatuan City, Luzon, Philippines on 30...
Mikus, John Returning to Reorganize
John Mikus, Jr. almost got shot when he got back to the United States. He wanted to call home. The women Marines had...
O'Rorke, James Returning to the Philippines
James Richard O'Rorke was assigned to a Japanese baron and his beautiful home which was safe between Nagasaki [...
Deiglmayr, Erna Returning to Work
Erna Deiglmayr tried to contact people she had not been in touch with for a long time when the war ended. She had...
Gross, Eva Reunion and Return Home
Eva Gross was reunited with her very ill mother in Bergen-Belsen [Annotator's Note: after the British liberated 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...
Joyce, Josefine Reuniting with John Joyce
Josefine "Piepsi" Joyce was asked by John [Annotator's Note: she had met John Joyce when he was on occupation duty in...
Rogers, Wilbur Rewards and Accolades
Wilbur Rogers laughs at remembering the reward for picking up a downed pilot: ice cream. For each man a ship picked up...
Bussel, Norman Roaming Moosburg
Norman Bussel was wandering around Moosburg, Germany after being liberated. He stayed with soldiers who were driving...
Snyder, Kenneth Roi-Namur, Okinawa, and Home
Kenneth T. Snyder, Sr. arrived on Kwajalein [Annotator's Note: Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands] and was met by a...
Clark, Earl Role as Supply Officer and Intelligence Officer
Earl Ervin Clark says that the 10th Mountain Division [Annotator's Note: Clark was a regimental staff officer in the...
Wayne, William Roosevelt Dies and Japan Surrenders
William Wayne got out of the hospital and was in the Marine Transit Center in Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl...
Will, George Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks historian George Will about President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's political...
Harris, Rufus ROTC to Commissioned Officer
Rufus Harris signed up for Navy ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps] because his dad anticipated the...
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....
Sinise, Jack Roughest Missions
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Jack Sinise what his roughest mission was.] Besides one where they got hit and...
Bache-Wiig, John Rowing Club on the Rhine
John Bache-Wiig, Jr. and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company A, 1st Battalion, 274th Infantry Regiment, 70th Infantry...
Smith, Samuel Running out of Fuel
Samuel W. Smith was asked if he would be a lead crew. It would cut down his missions to 30. He would have to have more...
Pike, Henry Russell Islands
Henry Quinton Pike was part of the 3rd Raider Battalion [Annotator's Note: 3rd Marine Raider Battalion] which invaded...
Stachel, Robert Russia, Italy, and Final Missions
Robert A. Stachel [Annotator's Note: a tail gunner in the 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group did a...
Chauvin, Ernest Russians and Germans
Ernest Chauvin and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company M, 3rd Battalion, 272nd Infantry Regiment, 69th Infantry...
Clausen, Elfriede Russians Take Over
Elfriede Clausen grew up in a German village [Annotator's Note: Lindenau, Germany] during World War 2. The Baron of the...

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