Postwar life

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Doss, Arles Postwar Entertainment
Arles J. Doss returned to Europe twice. He visited Italy and Germany on one trip. In the Black Forest [Annotator's Note...
Amore, Frederick Postwar Experiences
The only negative thing Frederick Amore heard about the American warfare in the Pacific was when "they used that bomb...
DuBose, John Postwar Experiences and Going to Korea
John DuBose had eight months of back pay when he departed the SS Frenchtown. He was concerned that he would be robbed...
Graham, Marvin Postwar Family
During his service in England, Marvin Raymond Graham dated a young lady named Pat who he had met while on furlough [...
Joyce, Josefine Postwar Germany
Josefine "Piepsi" Joyce was taken to the location where she was arrested by Charlie Kinesley [Annotator's Note:...
Bodis-Wollner, Ivan Postwar Hungary
Ivan Bodis-Wollner's father converted to Catholicism at some point. By Hungarian law, as an under-aged child, Bodis-...
Hanson, Wilfred Postwar in China
[Annotator's Note: A portion of the video is cut out.] Wilfred Hanson [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion...
Nickerson, Edward Postwar in Saudi Arabia
[Annotator's Note: Edward Nickerson came home after Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945. The interviewer asks him if he...
Andrews, Dennis Postwar in the Navy
The war soon came to an end, and the Navy did not know what to do with Dennis Allen Andrews except send him to school....
Bowsher, Walter Postwar Incidents
Walter Bowsher worked on an effort called the Mount Fuji Project which was supposedly building a children's playground...
Ledesma, Trinidad Postwar Jobs
Trinidad Ledesma was tired and had jungle worms, so he decided not to reenlist. He was at a hospital and quarantined...
Catalano, Erico "Harry" Postwar Jobs
Erico J. Catalano did not take advantage of the G.I. Bill. He went to work in a slipper factory in Florida with his...
Goldstein, Rosette Postwar Journeys to Germany
Rosette Goldstein went to Germany to accompany her mother premised on her going to where her father was murdered in...
Knese, Benard Postwar Life
After D-Day [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], Bernard Knese had a 30-...
Rosenbloom, Myers Postwar Life
Myers Bernard Rosenbloom figured God was very good to him in that he allowed him to go through the war and not even get...
Barnhart, Clyde Postwar Life
Clyde Barnhart [Annotator's Note: a mechanic with the 883rd Bombardment Squadron, 500th Bombardment Group, 20th Air...
LaMura, Jerry Postwar Life
Jerry LaMura was sent to a hospital in Long Island [Annotator’s Note: Long Island, New York] and then to Washington D.C...
Whitaker, Fred Postwar Life
Fred Whitaker was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in July 1925. He had one sister. He enlisted on 17 June 1943. He...
Upham, Peggy Postwar Life
After the war ended, Peggy Upham went back home [Annotator's Note: to Dallas, Texas]. There was no money for her to go...
Landrum, Thomas Postwar Life
The war in Japan had ended when Thomas Landrum returned home from Europe. They had dropped the bomb [Annotator's Note:...
Smith, Samuel Postwar Life
Samuel W. Smith was sent to North Carolina. In the middle of processing, they canceled their orders. They recognized...
Toledo, Bill Postwar Life
After a furlough [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time], Bill Toledo [Annotator's Note:...
Sharp, Chester Postwar Life
[Annotator's Note: There is a sound of a clock ticking in the background]. Chester Sharp used the G.I. Bill to go to...
Campbell, Clifford Postwar Life
Clifford Campbell was at Fort Lewis [Annotator's Note: now part of Joint Base Lewis–McChord; near Tacoma, Washington]...
Duffy, Gowan Postwar Life
Gowan Duffy saw the French resistance fighters. They did not associate with them. He assumed they were finding hidden...
Castellano, Nancy Postwar Life
Nancy Lynch Castellano authored a book entitled "Looking Back at the WAVES: A Chronicle of the 90,000 Navy Women of...
Pantuso, Frank Postwar Life
After his discharge, Frank Pantuso rode a bus back home to San Antonio [Annotator's Note: San Antonio, Texas] where he...
Hendrick, Robert Postwar Life
Robert Erskine Hendrick did not find it too difficult to readjust to civilian life. He worked in the circulation...
Tennant, Harry Postwar Life
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer has Harry Tennant answer questions written to him.] Harry Tennant was in the Naval...
Ruiz, Roberto Postwar Life
Robert "Bob” Ruiz [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the 389th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] managed a plant after the...
Klinepeter, David Postwar Life
David Klinepeter worked at a drugstore before he went into the service. After the service, the owner took him back and...
Inscoe, Linwood S. Postwar Life
Linwood S. Inscoe was in Memphis, Tennessee on VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945]. He...
Mather, James Postwar Life
James Mather joined the V-5 Program [Annotator's Note: V-5 US Navy Aviation Cadet Program, 1939 to 1943] and flew...
Martin, Charles Postwar Life
Charles Martin was at the hospital when the Japanese surrendered [Annotator’s Note: 15 August 1945]. He found out that...
Peters, Bernard Postwar Life
Bernard Peters lost his hearing completely in one ear so he had to get out of the service. He went to work for a...
Toole, Edward Postwar life
Edward Thomas Toole thought transitioning to the Army was easy. He was a commissioned officer. It was interesting to...

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