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Brignac, Martin Return to Civilian Life
Martin Brignac had no trouble adjusting to civilian life. He and his brother went into the carpentry business. They did...
Gatewood, Otis Return to Civilian Life and PTSD
It was difficult for Otis Gatewood to adjust to civilian life after his return to the United States. He had to relearn...
Marshall, Kenneth Return to Civilian Life and Reflections
Kenneth Marshall used the G.I. Bill in 1947, and was subsequently employed by the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company...
Kean, Robert Returning Home
Robert Kean slept on the way back home, knowing no one was going to torpedo them. It was easy duty at the end of the...
McHardy, Arthur Returning Home
Arthur McHardy returned to the United States through San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California]. He was...
Lafleur, Richard Returning Home
Richard Lafleur [Annotator's Note: on occupation duty in Tokyo, Japan with 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division]...
Freeman, Frederick Returning Home
Frederick Freeman did not return home until January [Annotator's Note: of 1946]. His brother had arrived back home a...
Goebel, Robert Returning Home
Robert J. "Bob" Goebel's last mission [Annotator's Note: with the 308th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, 12th Air...
Medway, Irwin Returning Home
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip Irwin Medway looks at photographs, mostly off-camera, and reads statistics from...
Heffron, Edward "Babe" Returning Home
Edward "Babe" Heffron was looking forward to reuniting with a couple of broads [Annotator's Note: females] upon his...
Littig, Charles Ross Returning Home
Charles Littig rode an LST [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship Tank] back to the United States [Annotator's Note: after the...
Morisak, Daniel Returning Home
Daniel Morisak left Kiriwina [Annotator's Note: Kiriwina Island in the Trobriand Island Group of Papua New Guinea]...
Jordan, James Returning Home
James Jordan returned to the United States in December 1946. They took a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of...
Whitworth, Vaughan Returning Home
Returning to the United States, Vaughn Whitworth was offered a promotion to reenlist. He had had enough and went home....
Geary, Joseph Returning Home
Joseph Geary returned to the United States in June 1945. It was great to come home. He left a few letters for his...
London, James Returning Home
James Harvard London returned to Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston, Massachusetts] on the same ship that took him to...
Rinas, Bruno Returning Home
Bruno S. Rinas arrived in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California], but was not allowed to go home....
Anschau, Martin Returning Home
Martin J. Anschau was seasick 12 of 13 days returning home on the ship. He could not eat anything. Food smelled bad. He...
Tsubota, Thomas Returning Home
Thomas Kiyoshi Tsubota was given credit for his service [Annotator's Note: with Merrill's Marauders, the 5307th...
Riedl, Edward Returning Home
Edward Riedl had to count his points [Annotator's Note: a point system was devised based on a number of factors that...
Trahan, Horace Returning Home
[Annotator's Note: Horace Trahan served in the Navy on occupation duty outside of Tokyo, Japan.] He stayed aboard ship...
Dyer, Jimmie Returning Home
Jimmie Dyer returned to the United States in July 1946. He wanted to surprise his family. His uncle was the undertaker...
Sapp, Walter Returning Home
Walter Sapp returned to the United States in April 1946. He tried to go to school. He selected four or five colleges he...
Leonard, Edward Returning Home
Edward J. Leonard asked about submarines getting the Queen Mary because the war was still going on when he was sent...
Mittelsdorf, Joseph Returning Home
Nagasaki [Annotator's Note: Nagasaki, Japan] was devastated [Annotator's Note: by the nuclear weapon dropped on...
Buschmeier, Frank Returning Home
Frank Buschmeier got seven letters in one day at Stalag Luft IV. One of the men volunteered to read his letters for him...
Dye, Jack Returning Home
Jack Dye was still in the Navy when the war was over. They took their load of fuel to Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan...
Gournay, Harold Returning Home
Harold Gournay left Camp Lucky Strike and stopped in Southampton, England en route to the United States. The trip was...
Lawler, Daniel Returning Home
Daniel J. Lawler went into Peking, China [Annotator's Note: modern day Beijing, China] after Okinawa [Annotator's Note...
Heinly, Robert Returning Home
Robert Harvey Heinly [Annotator's Note: with the 3463rd Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company] got orders to turn all his...
Scales, James Returning Home
When the ship he returned home aboard was approaching San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California], James...
Kern, Blaine Returning Home
Blaine Kern served in the Army for about two years. When he returned home, he was in a camp in California. In 1947, he...
MCarthy, John Returning Home
John McCarthy was on a regular enlistment and not a draftee, so he did not automatically get out when the war was over...
Maziarczyk, Michael Returning Home
Michael Maziarczyk was ready to return home. It took them 12 hours to get from Hawaii to San Francisco [Annotator’s...
Thomason, David Returning Home
They [Annotator's Note: David Thomason and the other survivors of the USS Mannert L Abele (DD-733) which had been sunk...
Lafferty, Ralph Returning Home
Ralph F. Lafferty was shipped back home after being wounded. He departed through the port at Naples [Annotator's Note:...

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