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Alaniz, George Looking For Work
George Alaniz was in Texas when the war ended. He was married and his wife was pregnant. He was discharged before the...
Kaylor, Emmett Los Banos, Going Home and Postwar Life
[Annotator's Note: Emmett Keylor served in the Army as a fuze setter on a 105mm gun crew in the 472nd Airborne Field...
Rankart, Marie Losing a Loved One and Gaining a New One
Marie Rankart was at a dress shop in Elizabeth, New Jersey buying a dress when she heard the news that the war was over...
Cauble, Raymond Losing His Crew
Raymond Cauble lost his crew after he was wounded and was in recovery. His crew was shot down later. Cauble was wounded...
Campbell, John Losing His Papers
John Scott Campbell went to England and back. He also went to Oban, Scotland. They unloaded in Cherbourg [Annotator's...
Samuelson, Arne Loss of Friends, Norwegian Identity, and War’s End
The first time that Arne Samuelson experienced loss in his unit [Annotator’s Note: the 99th Infantry Battalion was a...
Keller, Richard Louisiana Maneuvers
Richard Keller took part in the Louisiana Maneuvers [Annotator's Note: a series of major Army exercises held in 1941 in...
Reynolds, Florence G. Love of Flying
Florence G. Shutsy-Reynolds started flying in the Stearman [Annotator's Note: Boeing-Stearman Model 75 Kaydet or PT-13...
Werner, Jack Luck
Jack Werner often wonders if the younger generation could have done what his generation did. His story should be titled...
Nakagawa, Ittsei Lucky Spot to Be
[Annotator's Note: Ittsei Nakagawa was in a factory in Hiroshima, Japan when the atomic bomb exploded above the city on...
Cohen, Jack Making a Better World
Jack Cohen had a speaking engagement at a school, and a child asked him what was the important thing that kept him...
Colburn, George Making Friends in China
George Colburn went to China with the 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division [Annotator's Note: in September 1945]....
Edwards, Marvin Malmedy Massacre Trial
Marvin Raymond Edwards got word that the Sixth SS Panzer Army [Annotator's Note: German 6th Panzer Army] that had been...
Purvis, Frank Man Overboard
Frank Purvis says there a lot of things that stick in your mind. One of the destroyer escorts lost a man overboard. The...
Hill, Jennings Manila, Philippines
It is hard for Jennings Paul Hill, Sr. to remember a lot. He does not remember the names of half the ships he was on....
Langrehr, Henry Man’s Inhumanity to Man
All Henry Langrehr knows about Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: Auschwitz I; Oświęcim, Poland]] is what he saw. The people...
Klein, Gerda Marched Out of the Camp
[Annotator's Note: Gerda Klein, who was in slave labor camp in Poland, can be very difficult to understand at points...
Anthony, Ray Marilyn Monroe and Others
Ray Anthony had contacts with 20th Century Fox because he had made movies there with “Sun Valley Serenade” [Annotator’s...
Fogg, Floyd Marine Brotherhood
Revisiting the time of his enlistment in the Marine Corps, Floyd Fogg said he signed up before he finished high school...
Ciotta, Angelo Marine Corps Boot Camp
Boot camp was mostly about discipline for Angelo Ciotta. They instill that you are not there for yourself but for the...
Drake, Betty Marine Corps League
Betty Sue Drake [Annotator's Note: a paymaster in the US Marine Corps] was discharged after the war. She helped found a...
O'Keefe, Jeremiah Marine Fighter Squadron 323 (VMF-323)
Jeremiah "Jerry" O'Keefe's unit [Annotator's Note: Marine Fighter Squadron 323 (VMF-323), known as the "Death Rattlers...
Wells, Kenneth Marine Training
In June 1944, Kenneth Dwight Wells went by train to Parris Island [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris...
McWilliams, Donald Marine Training to New Britain
Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams joined the Marine Corps on 17 March 1943. He trained at San Diego [Annotator's Note: US...
Lux, Gerald Married Life
Gerald Wayne Lux met his wife Alice at a dance during college. [Annotator’s Note: Alice Lux participates in this...
Lux, Gerald Married Life, Part 2
[Annotator’s Note: This segment is a duplicate of the previous segment entitled “Married Life.”] Gerald Wayne Lux met...
Miller, Rudolph Marrying a Holocaust Survivor
Rudolph C. Miller met his wife [Annotator's Note: Freda Miller, formerly Freda Feuer] on the street. It was snowing and...
Williams, Bernice Marrying a Marine
Bernice Williams chose the Marine Corps [Annotator's Note: US Marine Corps Women's Reserve] because she did not want...
Sherman, Joyce Marrying Her Pen Pal
Joyce Sherman had a pen pal. She had a cousin who was an Army nurse stationed in Italy and was corresponding with a...
Azemar, Gerard Marseilles and Postwar
Gerard L. Azemar and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 3188th Signal Service Battalion] were assigned to communications for...
Cowan, John Maturing to ROTC
John L. Cowan did not know or care what a Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great Depression, a global economic...
Morrow, John Max Effort and the End
John Morrow recalls MEs, Maximum Effort missions [Annotator's Note: for a maximum effort mission, every bombardment...
Beck, Carl Maxing Out His Credit in Europe
Carl Beck was in Berchtesgaden, Germany when his unit [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute...
Marcus, Bernard McCarthyism and Fear of Communism
In 1953, Bernard Marcus was called into the office of General Lawton [Annotator’s Note: General Kirke B. Lawton] who...
Mc Murray, Steve McMurray’s Art of War
Retracing his steps, Steve McMurray mentioned that on the way back from Iwo Jima he did a lot of pencil portraits of...
Lucas, Jack Medal Of Honor
Jacklyn Lucas got a call from the President of the United States, Harry Truman [Annotator's Note: Harry S. Truman, 33rd...

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