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Paul, John Returning Home
John Paul returned home on a 14 day boat trip to Southampton [Annotator's Note: Southampton, New York]. His original...
Lesniewski, Joseph Returning Home
Joseph Lesniewski got on a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo ship]. There were only 19...
Sherman, Joyce Returning Home
Joyce Sherman left the service and got married. She does not think she was really any different due to the war. Maybe...
Freeman, Bradford Returning Home and Band of Brothers
Bradford Clark Freeman had the points [Annotator's Note: a point system was devised based on a number of factors that...
Bueker, Robert Returning Home and Closing Thoughts
Robert Bueker returned to the United States in early July [Annotator's Note: July 1945]. He went to Reims, France first...
Loidolt, Raymond Returning Home and Closing Thoughts
Raymond Loidolt took a Navy destroyer back to the United States from China. They went through mines [Annotator's Note:...
Varuso, Anthony Returning Home and Combat Memories
Anthony Varuso served in the Navy for three years and eight months. He had rotated back to the United States by the...
Pigott, Terrell Returning Home and Postwar
Terrell Lavern Pigott sailed home on the the West Point [Annotator's Note: USS West Point (AP-23)], which was a sister...
Krause, Joseph Returning Home and Postwar
Joseph Krause describes the medical conditions from which he suffers, some of which he attributes to his military...
Sherbecoe, Martin Returning Home and Postwar
Martin Sherbecoe served for over eight months [Annotator's Note: on occupation duty in Japan] and earned enough points...
Thelen, Richard Returning Home and Postwar
When Richard Thelen returned home, he served at the Grosse Ile Naval Air Station outside of Detroit [Annotator's Note:...
Bala, Walter Returning Home and Postwar
Walter Bala completed 35 missions before he returned home. He had one mission where he thought for sure he was going to...
Ruiz, Nolan Returning Home and Postwar Life
As the war was ending, Nolan Ruiz's German captors had taken the prisoners and marched them west so that they could...
Radford, Charles Returning Home and Postwar Life
Charles Radford was put in a tent with a bunch of wounded guys after the surgery [Annotator's Note: after being wounded...
Inoshita, Masaji Returning Home and Postwar Life
Masaji Inoshita asked for early retirement [Annotator's Note: early release from the Army]. He was told that he was...
Howard, William Returning Home and Postwar Life
After the war ended, William Edwin Howard started a newspaper. He was sent to Darmstadt, Germany for a long time. He...
Engel, Robert Returning Home and Postwar Life
The day the war ended, Robert Engel was in a town in Germany. The manure and urine from cows were kept in the town for...
Harrison, Joseph "Joe" Returning Home and Recalling Battle
Joseph L. Harrison was in Yokosuka [Annotator's Note: Yokosuka, Japan] in November [Annotator's Note: November 1945]....
Bender, Harry Returning Home and Recollections
Harry Bender [Annotator's Note: an assistant BARman, or Browning Automatic Rifleman, with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th...
Stachel, Robert Returning Home and Recollections
Robert A. Stachel [Annotator's Note: a tail gunner in the 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group] flew 19...
Tallon, Donald Returning Home and Reflecting on the War
Don Tallon [Annotator's Note: a liberated former prisoner of war in Magdeburg, Germany] saw of couple of his former...
Leese, Robert Returning Home and Reflections
With his orders in hand, Robert Leese left New Guinea by way of Nadzab and Finschhafen, and sailed on a transport ship...
Markwald, Ervin Returning Home and Reflections
Ervin Markwald [Annotator’s Note: serving with Headquarters Company, 305th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division on...
Dabney, William G. Returning home and reflections
[Annotators Note: Because of audio problems the interview is picked up mid story.] William Dabney was able to marry his...
Johnson, Alfred Returning Home and Reflections
Alfred A. Johnson, Jr. returned to Camp Shelby [Annotator's Note: near Hattiesburg, Mississippi] with some of his...
Forstall, Earl Returning Home and Reflections
Earl Forstall landed in Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston, Massachusetts] when he returned home. They gave him a steak...
Fishman, Arthur Returning Home and Reflections
Arthur Fishman returned to the United States sometime in April or May 1946. He returned to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's...
Brewster, Oliver Returning Home and Reflections
Oliver Brewster finally earned enough points to go home. He was discharged from Fort Meade, Maryland and got married a...
Penwell, Richard Returning Home and Reflections
Richard F. Penwell was supposed to be going back to New Bilibid Prison [Annotator's Note: Old Bilibid and New Bilibid...
Campisano, Frank Returning Home and Reflections
Frank Campisano was happy to go back home. He was single while in the military and was having a good time. He went...
Andry, Robert Returning Home and Reflections
Robert Andry was discharged from the Army in August 1945. He was told he would be able to go on leave [Annotator's Note...
Halloran, Walter Returning Home and Retirement
Walter Halloran flew back to the United States after his tour in Vietnam. It was exciting to return to his family. It...
Green, Arthur Returning Home, Discharge, and Reflections
Arthur George Green spent about a year on occupation duty in Japan [Annotator’s Note: stationed in Kyushu and Shikoku...
Schmittgens, Leo Returning Home, Postwar Life and Reflections
Leo William Schmittgens was finally able to return home [Annotator's Note: after seven months of occupation duty in...
Jefferson, Alexander Returning Home, Postwar Service, and the G.I. Bill
Alexander Jefferson returned to the United States aboard ships, picking up men in England, and spending eight days...
Jenkins, Samuel Returning Home, Service Discharge and Reflecting on the Battle of Lanzerath
For Samuel Jenkins, returning to the United States was much easier than going to Europe. He just laid in his bunk and...

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