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Luers, Harold The War Ends
Harold Luers traveled through Europe during World War 2 [Annotator's Note: with the Regimental Headquarters, 347th...
Beard, Oral The War Ends
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a person off-camera answers a lot of the interviewer's questions or gives...
Luce, Dwain The War Ends
Dwain Luce did not have to wait long to go home. When the war was over, each country sent their finest Divisions to...
Geiger, Aase The War Ends
Aase Geiger was a girl scout. She had been at a meeting and as she was biking home, people were laughing and smiling....
Goodwin, Hersey The War Ends
When Hersey Goodwin was discharged, it was after the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...
Hill, Jennings The War Ends
Jennings Paul Hill, Sr. learned the war had ended by radio. The ships were having a big time and celebrating. The weird...
Hymel, Rita The War Ends
When the war ended, they shot all the ammunition to celebrate. Rita Hymel thought that was stupid and told her husband...
Halberg, Norma The War Ends
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Norma Halberg if the Fifinella Gazette, the newsletter of Women Airforce...
Cummings, Mary The War Ends
Mary Cummings was on duty on the night shift when she got news that an atomic bomb [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapon...
Davis, Edna The War Ends
When the WASPs [Annotator's Note: Women Airforce Service Pilots] were dismissed, it had to be logical since there were...
Miller, Rudolph The War Ends
Rudolph C. Miller loved the Marines aboard his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Fond du Lac (APA-166)]. They were very...
Forcinella, Frank The War Ends
Frank Forcinella liked the Rhine River crossing [Annotator's Note: at Nierstein, Germany, 22 March 1945]. They had...
Tanenbaum, Melvin The War Ends
Melvin S. Tanenbaum hated the Japanese during the war. They made sneak attacks with no warning. It was a blessing to...
Daniel, Lora The War Ends
Lora E. Daniel read a lot about the celebrations of V-E Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945] and V...
Liparoto, Mildred "Jean" The War Ends
Mildred "Jean" Liparoto's husband was aboard ship when President Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt...
Lawrence, Paul The War Ends
Paul Lawrence was sent to the Admiralty Islands. All the roads were made of ground coral that was full of salt. Every...
McWilliams, Donald The War Ends
Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] when they dropped the atomic bomb [...
Fienup, Victor The War Ends
Victor Fienup went to Paris [Annotator's Note: Paris, France] on V-E Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8...
Sandoz, James The War Ends
James Sandoz was in Germany when the war ended. He does not recall how he heard, perhaps by an officer. They were moved...
Sutcliffe, Albert The War Ends
Albert G. Sutcliffe was taken from the Battle of Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26...
Zilliacus, Patrick The War Ends
Patrick Zilliacus corresponded with his family. It was censored twice but he corresponded throughout the war with his...
Thompson, Thomas The War Ends
Thomas D. Thompson was in the Lingayen Gulf [Annotator's Note: Lingayen Gulf, Philippines] aboard a PC [Annotator's...
Pbert, Herman The War Ends
Herman Pbert returned to his village [Annotator's Note: Piedicavallo, Italy, after escaping from a Nazi prison camp in...
Burrell, Joseph The War Ends
Joseph Burrell could see all of the damage from Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...
Brien, Russel The War Ends
Russell Brien left Italy in May after the war in Europe had finished. He ended up in Bangor, Maine. He was supposed to...
Hillard, Frank The War Ends
Frank Hilliard [Annotator's Note: with the 5th Air Force] enjoyed his stay at Ardmore [Annotator's Note: Ardmore,...
Skare, Theodore The War Ends
After leaving Morotai, Theodore Skare and his unit [Annotator's Note: 209th Malaria Survey Unit] went to Clark Field,...
Tidmore, Roberta The War Ends
Roberta Randolph "Randy" Tidmore, and everybody else, was scared the Nazis were going to take over Europe. When VE-Day...
Anderson, William The War Ends
William Anderson returned to San Diego [Annotator's Note: California] on Thanksgiving Day [Annotator's Note: 22...
Richard, Joseph The War Ends
After the invasion of Okinawa, Japan and the dropping of the atomic bombs, Joseph Richard was eligible for discharge,...
O'Hara, Richard The War Ends
Richard O'Hara was pissed off that he was not going home when the war ended. His wife, who was his high school...
Neste, Norman A. The War Ends and Going Home
After he was wounded, Norman Neste spent a few weeks in France. He was in England when the war ended May 1945. He had...
Gorman, Ted The War Ends and Postwar Service
[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...
Campbell, John The War's Effect on America
John Scott Campbell thinks that "tin horn dictators" will have a harder time getting a hold on a country [Annotator's...
Kelley, Archie The West Virginia Torpedoed
Archie Kelley thought much more time was going by than really was [Annotator's Note: onboard the now-torpedoed USS West...
Ernest, Malcolm The Will to Live
[Annotator's Note: Malcolm Ernest was a prisoner of war at Hoten Camp, Mukden, Manchuria; present day China.] Ernest...

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