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Hochadel, Joseph War's End, Going Home and Coping with PTSD
Joseph Hochadel was wounded in his left leg and had one surgery to fix it. He was in the hospital for approximately a...
Baughman, Harry War's End, National Guard Duty and the Korean War
While Harry Boughman was on leave in the United States, the war ended in Europe. He was transferred to Fort Hood, Texas...
Friedenberg, Bernard War's End, Occupation Duty, and Final Thoughts
When Bernard Friedenberg [Annotator's Note: a medic with the Medical Detachment, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment...
Golemi, Frank War's End, Postwar Life and Reflections
Frank Golemi was in France when the war ended. He flew an aircraft back to the United States. He thought he was going...
Hoover, Lillian War's End, Postwar, and Reflections
Lillian Hoover was kept informed of what was going on in the war. Her base [Annotator's Note: Naval Air Technical...
Bostwick, Frank War's End, Poswar Life, and Reflections
Frank Bostwick was en route back to the United States when the Germans surrendered on 8 May 1945. His air missions over...
Neiman, Leon War's End, Reflections, and Final Thoughts
Leon J. Neiman was at a pool room when he heard the bomb had been dropped [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...
Kushnir, Helen "Helen Preiss" Wars are Terrible
President Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States] passing away was...
Wolf Guts, Clarence Wartime
Clarence Wolf Guts [Annotator's Note: a code-talker – a person employed by the military to use a little-known language...
Weber, Norman Wartime Impact on Weber's Father
Norman Weber recognized changes in his father when he returned on leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a...
Tate, Gary Wartime Life in India
Gary Tate and his fellow troops had a recreation hall in Tinsukia, India. They spent quite a bit of time there. Hitler...
Mace, Sterling Wartime Memories
When Sterling Mace experienced a mortar barrage and machine gun fire on Okinawa, he noticed an unoccupied jeep. He took...
Foy, John War’s End
Toward the end of the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive,...
Camacho, Arturo War’s End and Home
When Japan surrendered, Camacho remembers, the emperor spoke on the radio. He recalls that his Japanese boss was called...
Ciotta, Angelo War’s End and Postwar Life
Angelo Ciotta was between Camp LeJeune [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, North Carolina...
Estes, Bruce War’s End and Reflections of the War
[Annotator’s Note: Segment begins in the middle of the interview. The video glitches throughout this segment. Also, a...
Johnson, Malcolm War’s End and the Atomic Bombs
Malcolm Johnson had been a civilian contractor on Wake Island when he was wounded and taken prisoner by the Japanese....
Wilson, Anderson War’s End, Going Home and Reflections
Anderson Wilson was on leave in Paris [Annotator's Note: Paris, France] when the war ended. When they had first arrived...
Boos, Michael War’s End, Returning Home and Reflections
Michael Wilford Boos had been with the 74th Station Hospital for three years and when they reached Marina, Pisa in...
Lefever, Paul Watching Planes Return from Missions
On days that Paul Lefever didn't fly, he would watch other squadrons take off, identify planes by their numbers, and...
Jackson, Earnest We Are Able
Ernest Jackson feels that his group [Annotator's Note: the African-American Marines at Montford Point Camp in...
Dahme, Maud We Are All the Same Inside
Maud Dahme stayed with Christian families and attended church with them during the war [Annotator's Note: she had gone...
Swan, Robert We Were Lucky
[Annotator's Note: Robert Swan was a pilot and navigator in Navy Patrol Squadron 44 (VP-44). He was the navigator and...
Siracuse, James Welcome Home Party
They were released [Annotator's Note: from the Army Air Forces]. As soon as that happened, James Siracuse phoned his...
Radke Azvedo, Ingrid What Happened to the Jews?
Ingrid Radke-Azvedo was on extended leave from school during the Bombing of Berlin, Germany [Annotator's Note: Berlin...
Lucas, Jack What is a Hero
If Jacklyn Lucas's father had been alive, he would not have allowed him to go off to the service because he could...
Campbell, John What Roosevelt Knew and Did
John Scott Campbell feels that Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United...
Lucas, Jack What the Medal of Honor Means
Jacklyn Lucas goes around the country on speaking tours. He wears his medal [Annotator's Note: the Medal of Honor; the...
Stern, Guy What the War Means
Guy Stern served out of the conviction that the cancer of Nazism must be eliminated. His life was change by accident....
Romano, Joseph What the War Means
Joseph Romano's most memorable war experience was being hit over the head with a pistol by a fellow soldier. He did not...
Reluga, Matthew What They Fought For
Matthew A. Reluga was not capable of going to the Naval Academy [Annotator's Note: United States Naval Academy,...
Leibold, William Why Did They Survive
[Annotator's Note: William Leibold served in the Navy as a Chief Boatswain's Mate and made all five war patrols aboard...
Lederer, Henry Why We Have War
Henry Lederer says that over 600,000 people were killed in the Civil War. [Annotator's Note: American Civil War, 1861...
Heany, Mary Women's Rights
Mary T. Heany thought it was nice to be discharged [Annotator’s Note: She was discharged from the Women’s Army Corps (...
Boitnott, Monty World War 2 and Modern Warfare
Monty Joe Boitnott would like to be thought of as being in the largest and bloodiest war and they won. However,...
Werner, Jack Worst War Experience
Jack Werner's worst experience in the war was not viewing dead bodies at Kwajalein [Annotator's Note: Battle of...

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