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Donovan, Harry War's End and Postwar Life
[Annotator's Note: A person off camera comments in the background throughout this clip.] Harry A. Donovan did not...
Beyer, Walter War's End and Reflections
[Annotator's Note: The video is glitchy in this segment] Walter Louis Beyer served in the Pacific Theater in World War...
Grugett, George War's End and Reflections
George Grugett and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 380th Bombardment Squadron, 310th Bombardment Group, 57th Bombardment...
Brown, Bernard War's End and Return Home
Bernard Brown and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company I, 3rd Battalion, 410th Infantry Regiment, 103rd Infantry...
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...
Bost, Ben War's End and Returning Home
Ben Ray Bost loved getting Marines on board ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LSM-316], especially those from North...
Brunt, Julian War's End and Returning Home
During the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16 December...
Eshbach, Robert War's End in the Pacific and Homecoming
When the division [Annotator's Note: 17th Airborne Division] broke up, Robert Eshback was sent to the 101st [Annotator'...
Grass, Philip War's End to Korea
Philip Grass remembers being near Port Moresby [Annotator’s Note: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea]. Their encampment had...
Ebersole, William War's End, Going Home and Postwar Life
William Ebersole was on Iwo Jima when the first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan [Annotator's Note: the first atomic...
Jett, Arley War's End, Returning Home and Reflections
Near the end of the war, Arley Jett's unit [Annotator's Note: 262nd Signal Construction Company] was constructing...
Brannon, Mark War’s End
Mark Brannon was given a 30 day terminal leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time],...
Pope, Everett War’s End and Postwar Life
[Annotator’s Note: The interview is outside, so there is background noise throughout this clip.] After his mission on...
Lucas, Jack What is a Hero
If Jacklyn Lucas's father had been alive, he would not have allowed him to go off to the service because he could...
Lucas, Jack What the Medal of Honor Means
Jacklyn Lucas goes around the country on speaking tours. He wears his medal [Annotator's Note: the Medal of Honor; the...
Stern, Guy What the War Means
Guy Stern served out of the conviction that the cancer of Nazism must be eliminated. His life was change by accident....
Spaulding, Arthur Wounded in a Mortar Battle
Arthur Spaulding and his squad [Annotator's Note: in 2nd Platoon, Company B, 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion] were...
Willhour, Dick Wounded in Action
Richard "Dick" Willhour returned from a rest camp as the outfit [Annotator's Note: 100th Infantry Division] was moving...
Finn, John Wounded in Action
John Finn stayed on .30 and .50 caliber machine guns throughout the battle, but couldn't be sure if he shot down any...
Goble, Joseph Wounded in Action on Guadalcanal
Joseph Goble and the Marines went about strengthening their lines on the edge of the mountains [Annotator's Note: after...
Fallon, John Wounded in Anzio
John T. Fallon was wounded at Anzio [Annotator's Note: Battle of Anzio, 22 January 1944 to 5 June 1944, Anzio, Italy]....
Martin, Charles Wounded on Okinawa
Charles Martin remembers that the new tanks had 75 mm howitzers on them. Martin and a friend learned how to swim...
Yavenue, Richard Wounded on Saipan and Returning to the Unite States
Richard Yavenue and the 2nd Marine Division continued to advance across the island [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Northern...
Goodwin, Kenneth Writing His Unit's History
Kenneth Raymond Goodwin was a Private First Class [Annotator's Note: while serving with the I...
Knese, Benard WWII to Korea
Bernard Knese moved from England to France in early 1945. Knese served in the Korean War [Annotator's Note: Korean War...
Lt. General Mark Clark pinning medal on American soldier in Italy on 16 November 1944
433.Photograph. '16 Nov 1944. CG-2547. Fifth Army, Montecatini Area, Italy. Lt. General Mark W. Clark, C.G. Fifth Army...
1st Lt. Hugh Ward receiving a medal
Photograph. First Lieutenant Hugh Ward having a medal pinned to his chest by a Major General. Personal caption on...
20th Air Force servicemen receiving awards, 1945
Photograph. Several members of the 20th Air Force lined up as an officer pins medals on their chests. A large numbers...
3rd Armored Division receiving Distinguished Unit Citation, Germany, 1945
Photograph. 3rd Armored Division receiving the Distinguished Unit Citation; members of the color guard are in the...
Admiral Nimitz awarding a Legion of Merit medal, 1945
Photograph. U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (left) awarding a Legion of Merit medal to an unidentified honoree....
Airmen displaying their Distinguished Flying Crosses, Saipan, 1945
Slide. Two American airman posing with their arms around each other; both have a Distinguished Flying Cross pinned to...
An American soldier sports German medals on his uniform in Germany on 12 December 1944
An American soldier sports German medals on his uniform. Note that the division unit has been stricken in the caption....
Bow-on view of Commander Norman M. 'Bus' Miller's Consolidated Liberator 'Thunder Mug' on Eniwetok in September 1944
401.Photograph. Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator. 'File No: 46583 September 21, 1944 Saga of Bus Miller--- 'Bow-on' view...
Brazilian General Mascarenhas awarding medals to two American servicemen in Italy on 16 November 1944
430.Photograph. General Joao Batista Mascarenhas of the Brazilian Expeditionary Forces awarding medals to two American...
Brazilian soldier after being awarded the Bronze Star by Lt. General Mark W. Clark in Italy in November 1944
496.Photograph. '16 Nov 44. BEF/5/MM-44-30191.Fifth Army, Italy. Capt. Airosa da Silva, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, B.E.F...

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