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DeMott, Joseph Liberation and Recovery
Batavia [Annotator's Note: now Jakarta, Indonesia] was the last camp Joseph DeMott [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war...
Altmann, Judith Liberation and Recovery
Judith Altmann said the British soldiers gave the prisoners all the food they had. Unfortunately, that was the wrong...
Vater, Joseph Liberation and Reflections
On 20 August 1945, Joseph Vater was liberated by Russian soldiers. He remembered them dropping in by parachute. At...
Clift, Gilbert Liberation and Return Home
Three days into a march [Annotator's Note: from their prisoner of war camp], Gilbert Clift and the rest of the...
Woodham, Greg Liberation and Return to America
Greg Woodham and his mother were interned at Santo Tomas [Annotator’s Note: Santo Tomas Internment Camp, also known as...
Bouton, Helen Liberation and Sweden
Getting into Bergen-Belsen [Annotator's Note: Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near Bergen, Germany] was the worst...
Grabhorn, Edgar Liberation from Prison Camp
Edgar A. Grabhorn [Annotator's Note: a a prisoner of war Stalag IX-C (b) prisoner of war camp and hospital in Meiningen...
Leith, Hal Liberation of POWs and Aftermath
Harold “Hal” Leith [Annotator’s Note: as a member of the Office of Strategic Service (OSS), the forerunner of the...
Baum, Irving Liberation to Dachau
Irving Baum and his friends were talking and saying that their hometown newspaper would not believe that they met up. [...
Ream, John Liberation to the United States
John Ream remembers when liberation started that the Japanese told them to stay in the camp because it was dangerous...
Gaterman, Walter Liberation, Going Home and Reflections
Walter Gaterman saw the Russians liberate his camp on 23 April [Annotator's Note: Stalag IV-B near Mühlberg, Germany...
Jefferson, Alexander Liberation, Home, and Forming the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc.
They [Annotator's Note: Alexander Jefferson and fellow prisoners of war] always knew where the Americans were because...
Bondola, Thomas Liberation, Postwar, and Reflections
Thomas Bondola was happy on the day of liberation [Annotator’s Note: his prison of war (POW) camp was liberated on 3...
Aldous, Robert Liberty and Making Money
Robert G. Aldous and his crew were supposed to go to Australia on R...
McPhail, Joe Life Aboard a Merchant Marine Vessel
Joe K. McPhail was satisfied with his living quarters on his 104 foot long boat [Annotator's Note: the quick supply...
Wade, Nelsyn Life Aboard Ship
Many men on Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Aldebaran (AF-10)] gambled. The officers tried to...
Reissig, Floyd J. Life Aboard Ship
Floyd James Reissig was a Petty Officer 3rd Class in the Navy. He served as a Coxswain [Annotator's Note: person in...
Dixon, Richard Life Aboard Ship
While they were under tow, a typical day aboard the USS YR-69 [Annotator's Note: non-self-propelled floating workshop]...
Hyland, Everett Life Aboard the USS Pennsyvlania (BB-38)
[Annotator's Note: Everett Hyland served in the Navy as a radio operator. He reported aboard the battleship USS...
Fishman, Arthur Life Aboard the USS Robinson (DD-562)
Arthur Fishman's bunk [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Robinson (DD-562)] was near the engine room below deck. He...
Browning, Earl Life Aboard Transport Ships
Earl Dean Browning had no problems becoming a civilian. You have to make up your mind. His was that he was going to go...
Notebaert, Richard Life After Combat
By Christmas of 1943, Richard Notebaert was home. His new baby was four months old, and his little family spent two...
Johnson, Erwin Life after Liberation
Erwin Johnson spent his furloughs in New Orleans, Louisiana. After his furloughs were exhausted, he went to Camp Shelby...
Tomkiewicz, Micha Life after Liberation
On 13 April 1945, Micha Tomkiewicz and his mother were liberated from a prison train by American soldiers and taken to...
Lopez, Alex Life after the Army
After the war, Alex Lopez had but one dream about being in combat, and that one dream was recent. In it, he was in a...
Nordstrom, Clyde Life After the Military
Clyde Nordstrom was discharged in Seattle [Annotator's Note: Seattle, Washington] and went to Minneapolis [Annotator's...
Caraway, John Life After the Navy and Reflections
John Caraway stayed in the reserves and was called up when the Korean War broke out. In October 1950, he shipped out of...
Madison, Robert Life After the War
Robert Madison said his "war was basically September of 1944 until December of 1944" when he was wounded. He did not...
Gibfried, Paul Life After the War
After the war, Paul Gibfried joined the American Legion [Annotator's Note: nonprofit organization of U.S. war veterans...
Hecht, Lester Life After the War
Lester Hecht returned to San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] on a Coast Guard boat. He was sent...
Yates, Herman Life After the War
Herman Yates never fully recovered from his wounds in World War 2. He is still on the Veteran's pension plan. When he...
Campbell, John Life After the War
The war changed John Scott Campbell's life. He probably would have been a schoolteacher. He loves history. The war made...
Abadie, Melvin Life After the War
The USS Appalachian (AGC-1) was equipped to be the head communications ship for the Bikini test [Annotator's Note:...
Barfoot, Van Life After the War and Perspectives on Human Nature
Van Barfoot grew up on a farm and his family was all on the farm. They grew cotton and corn and made a living during...
Oliver, Byron Life After the War and Reflections
After being discharged from the Marine Corps, Bryon Oliver returned home. He returned to his old job, then moved to...
Doolan, Robert Life After War
Robert Doolan went right back to his office work after returning from combat. He had no trauma. He talked to his wife...

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