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Wade, Nelsyn Returning Home
While off the coast of Washington state, there were large logs floating in the water. Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade tried...
Houdek, Thomas Returning Home
Thomas Houdek was liberated and sent to Riesa, Germany where he spent several weeks waiting for American troops to...
Buckley, James Returning Home
After the war ended, James Buckley got off the ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-1013] five times. One was in San...
Heffron, Edward "Babe" Returning Home
Edward "Babe" Heffron was looking forward to reuniting with a couple of broads [Annotator's Note: females] upon his...
Pugh, Thomas Returning Home
Thomas Edward Pugh made it to Washington the day Germany surrendered [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May...
Burnett, Marshall Returning Home
Marshall Burnett does not remember much excitement on the occasion of VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day...
Moore, Calvin Returning Home
Calvin Moore expected things to be different at home after the war. He went to Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine...
Malta, Samuel Returning Home
Samuel Malta and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Anti-Tank Company, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division]...
Tsubota, Thomas Returning Home
Thomas Kiyoshi Tsubota was given credit for his service [Annotator's Note: with Merrill's Marauders, the 5307th...
Scherer, Monroe Returning Home
On 31 December 1945, Monroe Scherer landed in Tokyo [Annotator's Note: Tokyo, Japan; after leaving occupation duty in...
Roed, Harold Returning Home
Harold Roed [Annotator's Note: with the 515th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 13th Airborne Division] had a furlough [...
Bourg, Alton Returning Home
Alton Bourg does not remember where he heard about the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...
Baum, Irving Returning Home
Irving Baum slept, had breakfast and went back in [Annotator's Note: to the Dachau concentration camp complex near...
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...
Kaiser, Raymond Returning Home
[Annotator's Note: For pilots like Raymond Kaiser, combat tours went by time in China, instead of by number of missions...
Mittelsdorf, Joseph Returning Home
Nagasaki [Annotator's Note: Nagasaki, Japan] was devastated [Annotator's Note: by the nuclear weapon dropped on...
Williams, Earl Returning Home
Earl Williams used to play baseball and softball with his unit [Annotator's Note: 318th Port Company, 512th Port...
McDonald, Robert Returning Home
The war in Germany ended and Robert W. McDonald's operation [Annotator's Note: in the 8th Air Force] was transferred to...
Martin, Robert Returning Home
Robert Martin was in the service from August [Annotator's Note: 14 August 1945] until the day before he was 21 years...
Lewis, Noah Returning Home
Noah Lewis could not believe how many people were killed by the atomic bomb. He was shown a before and after picture of...
Scales, James Returning Home
When the ship he returned home aboard was approaching San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California], James...
Lesniewski, Joseph Returning Home
Joseph Lesniewski got on a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo ship]. There were only 19...
Langrehr, Henry Returning Home and Acknowledging Those Who Helped
Henry Langrehr returned to the United States and got a 60 day furlough home. He met his parents and he got married...
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...
Dorsey, Mason Returning Home and Concentration Camps
When Mason Dorsey was returning to the United States, he says that if they would have said they were returning to...
Hanning, David Returning Home and Postwar
David Hanning was assigned as an assistant to a lieutenant and then to the headquarters of an adjutant general where he...
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...
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...
Longhoffer, Garland Returning Home and Reflections
Garland Virgil Longhoffer returned home on 1 September 1946, after one year in Japan. He learned some of the Japanese...
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...
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...
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...
Grant, Edward Returning to Europe
Edward Grant did not think he would be sent to the Pacific. He remained in England for 60 days after the end of the war...
Gross, Herbert Returning to Friendly Lines
The next day after a good sleep, the Herbert Gross and his shipmate left the village at dawn [Annotator's Note: after...

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