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Robert Erskine Hendrick did not find it too difficult to readjust to civilian life. He worked in the circulation...
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer has Harry Tennant answer questions written to him.] Harry Tennant was in the Naval...
Robert "Bob” Ruiz [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the 389th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] managed a plant after the...
David Klinepeter worked at a drugstore before he went into the service. After the service, the owner took him back and...
James Mather joined the V-5 Program [Annotator's Note: V-5 US Navy Aviation Cadet Program, 1939 to 1943] and flew...
Charles Martin was at the hospital when the Japanese surrendered [Annotator’s Note: 15 August 1945]. He found out that...
Bernard Peters lost his hearing completely in one ear so he had to get out of the service. He went to work for a...
Thomas Houdek was discharged in San Diego, California on 25 November 1945. He considered staying in the service but...
Jacqueline Bishop was extremely excited when the war ended. She was 15 years old. She remembers it was VJ-Day [...
After leaving the Air Force, Hersey Goodwin went back to get his master's degree. He returned to his hometown [...
Julia L. Myers went to Liege, Belgium. They had to clean the windows and scrub the floors of an abandoned hospital they...
Wallace Yip, Sr. returned to China and got married after the war. He brought his wife back in 1947. She did not speak...
Robert D. Shaner opted to get out of the Navy and had not really given thought to staying in. He wanted to become a...
Lily Sawada and her husband devoted their lives to the church as missionaries. She did not know her future husband...
Wallace McKay did have bad feelings towards the Japanese. He married a Canadian woman. He was concerned about the Nazis...
Alfons Robert Kleindienst returned to America by himself after World War 2 from Munich [Annotator's Note: Munich,...
Robert L. Donovan went from the Philippines to the United States [Annotator’s Note: in November 1945]. Everybody wanted...
James Oney was discharged 30 November 1946 [Annotator's Note: as a Ship's Cook 1st Class]. He thought about a career....
Louis Andriano was discharged from the Navy in June 1946. He took advantage of the G.I. Bill to an extent. He went to a...
After the war in Europe ended, Thomas Kingsley and the 27th Tank Battalion, 20th Armored Division was sent south as a...
Prone to seasickness, Leo Porteau was glad the 14 day return trip didn't include the evasive zig-zagging [Annotator's...
William Burkett recalls that the Army was segregated. Court martials were given based on rules dating from 1912. Then...
George Joseph Bertucci wanted to improve his education after the military. He received his GED and then went to air...
After the war, Frank J. Waldeck was married, and his wife became pregnant. Waldeck was in a hurry to get his college...
Marvin Sussman struggled with readjusting to civilian life and had trouble making plans for his future. He attended...
After his discharge from the Army in August 1945, Richard Hebert, Sr. came home and attended Springhill College in...
Floyd James Reissig was hit by shrapnel from one of his own guns. While they were firing, the shrapnel hit him, causing...
Back in North Dakota after the war, Verna White waited for six months for her husband to return home from occupation...
Claire Maddox returned to Hawaii [Annotator's Note: as a member of ACORN-21, Aviation, Construction, Ordnance, Repair]...
Monroe Scherer took advantage of the G.I Bill and went to NYU [Annotator's Note: New York University, New York, New...
Vernon Squire realized that if he was going to make a success of his life, he was going to need to go to college. He...
Robert Curl liked serving in the Navy. The food was good and he enjoyed his time in service. There was one thing he did...
Joseph “Joe” Maynard was stationed at the Naval Air Station six miles from Miami [Annotator’s Note: Miami, Florida]. He...
Chris Daley thought the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, 6 and...
When Hugh Colbert was discharged from the US Army in November 1945 his father insisted that he take advantage of the GI...
Charles Watkins Adair [Annotator's Note: with the 2nd Combat Cargo Group, 5th Air Force] was on the island of Luzon [...

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