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Ramsey, Frank War's End
Frank Ramsey [Annotator’s Note: stationed in England with the 368th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group,...
Hill, Wayne War's End
Wayne O. Hill would come in after the first responders to remove bombs. [Annotator’s Note: Hill discusses a Smithsonian...
Banghart, William War's End
William Banghart drove a lieutenant in a general’s jeep. This could have led to a court martial. Banghart was in the...
Dorsey, Eugene War's End
Eugene Dorsey was assigned to the Navy Armed Guard and spent fourteen months in the Mediterranean on the SS Houston...
Kidder, Remi War's End
Remi Kidder got the bed he always hoped he would have. [Annotator's Note: Kidder joined the Navy and served aboard the...
Miralles, Richard War's End
Richard Miralles left the squadron and went aboard the ship [Annotator’s Note: USS Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75)] as a radioman...
Rice, Rip War's End
Rip Rice did not have many interactions with civilians. [Annotator’s Note: Rice had just entered Holland.] They were...
McKeel, Sam War's End
Sam S. McKeel served in the Navy as a fire director controlman on the forward twin 40 mm Bofors guns [Annotator's Note...
Kagan, Joseph War's End
Joseph Kagan was an infantry soldier. He won the Silver Star [Annotator's Note: the Silver Star Medal is the third-...
Donovan, Robert War's End
Robert L. Donovan remembers that the Filipinos would take the leftovers from the soldiers after they would liberate an...
Fitzpatrick, Thomas War's End
Dr. Thomas Fitzpatrick was assigned as the radio navigator in the 96th Bombardment Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Group,...
Kough, Edward War's End
[Annotator's Note: Ed Kough refers to a paper for dates and holds it up in front of his face throughout the segment.]...
Penick, Ed War's End
Edward Moore Penick, a pilot in the Army Air Corps, was sent overseas to Sichuan and Guilin, China as part of the 21st...
Townsend, Joseph War's End
Joseph Townsend started to lose his teeth in 1955. The dentist told him that all his teeth were cracked at the ridge....
Dendrinelis, Socrates War's End
Socrates Dendrinelis was in Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: Okinawa, Japan] for some time. He came back to San Francisco [...
Lusco, Thomas War's End
Thomas Lusco Sr. remembers that at night, there were dogfights between the P-51s [Annotator's Note: North American P-51...
Nance, Stanley War's End
Stanley Boyd Nance served with the 11th Armored Division and was selected to be part of a top secret organization...
Cox, Neil "Jack" War's End
Neil Cox made it through the Siegfried Line [Annotator's Note: a series of defensive fortifications roughly paralleling...
Sedran, Edwin War's End
[Annotator’s Note: The sound is choppy in this segment.] Edwin Sedran was assigned to Tinian [Annotator’s Note: Tinian...
Koenig, Elmer War's End
Elmer Koenig wanted to get out of the Navy, but he did not have enough points [Annotator's Note: a point system was...
Kays, George War's End
It took George Kays’ unit [Annotator’s Note: 136th Field Artillery Regiment, 37th Infantry Division] 48 hours to set up...
Lee, Theodore War's End
Theodore R. Lee [Annotator's Note: after serving in combat with 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd...
Patton, Grant War's End
Grant Patton remembers they had to use five-gallon cans to gas the airplanes up. His plane had depth charges [Annotator...
Craig, James War's End
James Craig was right at the Rhine River when the war shifted. They were guarding an electric dam. It was 1944 in...
Barber, Clyde War's End
Clyde Barber was a member of Patrol Squadron 11 (VP-11) which flew PBYs [Annotator’s Note: Consolidated PBY Catalina]...
Heuer, Frank War's End
Frank M. Heuer Sr. was assigned to the crew of a crash boat and deployed to Tarawa [Annotator’s Note: Tarawa Atoll,...
Sledge, Nevin War's End
Nevin Sledge remembers that everything was secretive. One of the generals was killed by a sniper. A Marine general took...
Huggins, Warren War's End
Warren Huggins went back to the Philippines and then went to Kobe [Annotator’s Note: Kobe, Japan]. Then he went back to...
Sartori, Paul War's End
Paul Sartori Jr. was in the Philippines when the atomic bombs were dropped [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped...
Geiger, John War's End
John Geiger [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit, known as the Alamo Scouts] did...
Kirkpatrick, Otto War's End
Otto Kirkpatrick thought England was nice. The English welcomed them. It was another culture. He had flown to London [...
Wood, Edward War's End
Edward O. Wood, Senior was assigned to the submarine tender, USS Holland (AS-3), as a replacement radio man. Their main...
Bowie, James War's End
James Bowie knew the war was still going on when he was going home. Many of the men had war souvenirs. They were told...
Mittelsdorf, Joseph War's End
Joseph Mittelsdorf was assigned to the 5th Marine Division. He was in the rear echelon for the Battle of Iwo Jima [...
Osterhoudt, Ralph War's End
Following the German surrender [Annotator’s Note: 8 May 1945], Ralph Osterhoudt Sr. served occupation duty as a message...
Groth, Walter War's End
Walter Groth was discharged in Texas. He turned in everything. The war was over. The war had ended when they got out....

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