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Mittelsdorf, Joseph Returning Home
Nagasaki [Annotator's Note: Nagasaki, Japan] was devastated [Annotator's Note: by the nuclear weapon dropped on...
McGlaun, DeQuindre Returning Home
Some of DeQuindre McGlaun's crew [Annotator's Note: with the 333rd Bombardment Squadron, 94th Bombardment Group, 8th...
Buschmeier, Frank Returning Home
Frank Buschmeier got seven letters in one day at Stalag Luft IV. One of the men volunteered to read his letters for him...
Alspaugh, James Returning Home
James Alspaugh [Annotator's Note: in the 102nd Infantry Division] ran into a friend of his who had been a classmate and...
Kitowski, Charles Returning Home
When Charles Kitowski returned to Grosseto, the war had ended. The group [Annotator's Note: Kitowski was a member of...
Joy, Carrol Returning Home
After the end of the war in Europe, Carrol Joy began to see people released to go home. He did know how many points he...
Guidry, Edmond Returning Home and Closing Thoughts
Edmond Guidry went to San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] on the Texas [Annotator's Note: USS...
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...
Notebaert, Richard Returning Home and Dealing with the Sand in Africa
Returning to the United States on a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo ship], Richard...
Tallon, Donald Returning Home and Reflecting on the War
Don Tallon [Annotator's Note: a liberated former prisoner of war in Magdeburg, Germany] saw of couple of his former...
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...
Gierka, Eugene Returning Home and the War Ends
A 109 Focke-Wulf [Annotator's Note: either a German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aircraft or a Focke-Wulf Fw 190...
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...
Audler, Richard Returning Home and War's End
Richard Audler's unit [Annotator's Notes: Carrier Aircraft Service Unit (Forward) 13 or CASU(F)-13] was stationed on...
McCowen, William Returning Home from Okinawa
William McCowen [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the Strategic Air Command of the US Air Force] said he was not going to...
Brewer, Chester Returning Home, Court Martial, and Medals
[Annotator's Note: Chester Brewer returned home after his 27th mission in Europe as a tail gunner on a Boeing B-17...
Field, Edward Returning to Combat
After surviving ditching [Annotator's Note: in a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber], Edward Field returned to his...
Muri, James Returning to Midway
James Muri believes that his gunner shot up a Japanese antiaircraft gun crew on the Akagi but the Japanese claim that...
Johnson, John Returning to the Front, VJ-Day and Postwar Service
John E. Johnson went back to the ship, but not all his crewmates did. After replacements came from a nearby receiving...
Lewis, Donald Returning to the United States
Donald Lewis was taken to Glasgow [Annotator's Note: Glasgow, Scotland]. They were issued gas masks. In World War 1,...
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...
Dunne, Edward Reunion in North Africa
Edward Dunne [Annotator's Note: a crewmen aboard the USS LST-53] has no particular memory of D-Day [Annotator's Note: D...
Williams, Kenneth Reunions and Postwar
Kenneth R. Williams’ [Annotator’s Note: a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the 355th Fighter Group, 354th...
Hyland, Everett Reunions and Ship Morale
[Annotator's Note: Everett Hyland served in the Navy as a radio operator on the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) and was aboard...
Allen, James Richard O'Kane
[Annotator's Note: James Allen served in the Navy as a Fireman 2nd Class in the submarine service and was aboard the...
Tennant, Harry Rocket Boats and Atomic Bombs
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer has Harry Tennant answer questions written to him.] They had rocket boats [Annotator...
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...
Burke, Dracos Rolling With the Punches
Dracos Burke said that at the beginning of the war, there were a lot of things going on at once. Boeing was building...
Snyder, Kenneth Roosevelt and Truman
Everything Kenneth T. Snyder, Sr. learned as an officer in the Marine Corps prepared him for the rest of his life. [...
Cleveland, Carleton Roosevelt's Death and War's End
[Annotator's Note: It is very difficult to understand Carleton Cleveland due to sound issues throughout this clip.]...
Inge, Herndon ROTC to the Bulge
While at the University of Alabama [Annotator's Note: in Tuscaloosa, Alabama], Herndon Inge, Junior was in the infantry...
Finklang, Frank Rough Missions
Frank Finklang's first combat mission was to bomb Munich [Annotator's Note: Munich, Germany], however the weather was...
Sinise, Jack Roughest Missions
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Jack Sinise what his roughest mission was.] Besides one where they got hit and...
Shaw, Roger Round Trip Run to Australia
Roger Shaw was 22 years old when he returned to the United States. When he got back to the United States, he went up...
Gomez, Hewitt Routine Missions
Hewitt Brian Gomez's routine missions were to transport secret agents behind enemy lines to help the resistances in...
Roy, William Roy's Films of the USS Yorktown (CV-5) at Midway
[Annotator's Note: William Roy reviews a series of motion pictures clips he captured during the Battle of Midway in...

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