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Flanagan, Earl Postwar Military Career
Earl Flanagan was discharged in 1946 and returned home to his mother and sister. He found it difficult to adjust back...
Kough, Edward Postwar Military Career
[Annotator's Note: Ed Kough refers to a paper for dates and holds it up in front of his face throughout the segment.]...
Cushman, Gene Postwar Military Career
Gene M. Cushman flew cargo planes during the Berlin Airlift [Annotator's Note: Allied military operation which...
Hastings, Wilford Postwar Military Service
After the conclusion of World War 2, Wilford E. Hastings decided to re-enlist for the Army for one more year and was...
Morehead, James B. Postwar Military Service and Career
On VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945], James Morehead was base commander at Chico Air Force...
Godbold, Bryghte Postwar Military Service and Reflections
Bryghte Davis Godbold was sent on a 90 day leave after his hospital check out following his return home. He ultimately...
O'Hara, Richard Postwar National Guard
Richard O'Hara went into the Guard [Annotator's Note: Indiana National Guard] sometime in the 1960s as a Second...
McConnell, Trist Postwar Naval Service
Julian Trist Bringier McConnell was loaded onto a ship in the Philippines and headed towards the United States [...
Lomax, Charles "Charlie" Postwar Naval Service
Charlie Lomax was in the Reserves [Annotator's Note: US Naval Reserve] about eight years. That was mostly training one...
Rieman, Carl Postwar Naval Service and Reflections
Carl Rieman keeps up with a few of the surviving member of his squadron [Annotator's Note: Composite Squadron 94 (VC-94...
Sturman, William Postwar Navy
By the end of the war, William Sturman was a Third Class Petty Officer. He used the G.I. Bill to attend New Mexico...
Sturman, William Postwar Navy Changes
[Annotator’s Note: The interviewer asks William Sturman if the Navy changed between World War 2 and the Korean War.]...
Fulton, Robert Postwar Navy Service
Robert Fulton retired as a rear admiral from the Navy 23 years after returning home in 1945. He served in Washington, D...
Biernacki, Chester Postwar Navy Service
Chester Biernacki returned to the United States and had two companies assigned to him. He then volunteered to go to the...
Zimmer, Mitchell Postwar Navy Service
Mitchell Zimmer and his boat [Annotator's Note: USS Piper (SS-409)] returned to Pearl Harbor en route to the Panama...
Marks, James Postwar Occupation and Retirement
James Marks was on a carrier [Annotator's Note: USS Wasp (CV-18)] that went up through Japan and China with the...
Sciortino, Philip Postwar Occupation Duty
When Philip Sciortino and his ship entered Japanese waters, the sea appeared to be completely mined. An invasion of...
Sibley, Allen Postwar Occupation of Iwo Jima
Allen Ray Sibley has a story about the Japanese General [Annotator's Note: Imperial Japanese Army General Tadamichi...
Baranek, Martin Postwar Odyssey
Martin Baranek stopped in Modena, Italy, where he slept on the floor in a former military academy building operated by...
Schneider, Christa Postwar Optimism
After the war, Christa Schneider's family lived in the British Sector of Berlin [Annotator's Note: Berlin, Germany]....
Mills, Willis Postwar Philippines
Willis Mills went into Manila [Annotator’s Note: Manila, the Philippines] for a few days and observed the destruction...
Race, John "Jack Race" Postwar Pilot Life
John T. "Jack" Race was flying very important people around in a regular line C-47 [Annotator's Note: Douglas C-47...
McCowen, William Postwar Pilot Training
William McCowen [Annotator's Note: in pilot training in Texas after the war] was on the honors committee in the cadets...
Thompson, Thomas Postwar Political Life
Thomas D. Thompson met a girl in Florida before he left the country. When he was home on leave [Annotator's Note: an...
Mero, Robert Postwar Privileges on Occupation Duty
Through the "Stars and Stripes" [Annotator's Note: American military newspaper] newsletter and other means, Robert Mero...
Grenny, Guy Postwar Psychologist
Guy Grenny returned home to the United States from the Philippines via the Aleutian Islands to San Francisco [Annotato'...
Davis, Romay Postwar Race Relations in the US
Romay Catherine Johnson Davis finished schooling in New York [Annotator's Note: at Traphagen School of Fashion in New...
Bucher, Francis Postwar Reflections
World War 2 changed Francis Bucher's life for the better. He matured a lot faster. He had a better understanding of...
Reese, Lloyd Postwar Reflections
Lloyd Reese had been a prisoner-of-war after his Consolidated B-24 Liberator had been shot down over Ploesti, Romania....
Holt, Thomas Postwar Reflections
Thomas Michael Holt [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] had access to a hidden radio. With the new POWs [Annotator's...
Goldsborough, William Postwar Reserve Duty
When he returned to the United States, William Goldsborough was mustered out of Fort Meade [Annotator's Note: Fort...
Marca, Carl Postwar Reserve Duty
Carl Marca left Manila, Philippines on a troopship headed for Camp Stoneman [Annotator's Note: Camp Stoneman, Pittsburg...
Bachmann, George Postwar Reunions
In 1983, George W. Bachmann, Junior [Annotator's Note: a waist gunner in the 367th Bombardment Squadron, 306th...
Synder, Harold Postwar Reuniting with Friends
Harold Daniel Snyder keeps in touch with Hegland [Annotator's Note: phonetic spelling; unable to identify]. He, O'Hara...
Taylor, Claude Postwar Sea Duty
Following the war's conclusion, Claude Taylor sailed aboard LSM-352 [Annotator's Note: LSM stands for Landing Ship,...
Mabarac, Raymond Postwar Service
When the war in Europe ended and the men of Raymond Mabarac's division [Annotator's Note: Mabarac was a member of...

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