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Jack A. Smithson was not in Europe for too long after the war was over. When he had enough points [Annotator's Note: a...
Some of DeQuindre McGlaun's crew [Annotator's Note: with the 333rd Bombardment Squadron, 94th Bombardment Group, 8th...
Jack Dye was still in the Navy when the war was over. They took their load of fuel to Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan...
After being approved to go home [Annotator’s Note: following liberation from a prisoner of war camp in Germany], Olin...
[Annotator's Note: Herman Yates recovered from the surgery he underwent after being hit by a mortar round in France.]...
Chester L. Talley was on a fighter base in Foggia [Annotator’s Note: Foggia, Italy]. He also remembered when he heard...
In November 1945, Anna McCalla Noren boarded a transport plane and flew from Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian, Northern...
Thomas J. Blakey worked for eight months in Paris [Annotator's Note: Paris, France] and then was sent home. He [...
Henry James Bird [Annotator's Note: with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 18th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division] boarded a...
James Alspaugh [Annotator's Note: in the 102nd Infantry Division] ran into a friend of his who had been a classmate and...
When the ship he returned home aboard was approaching San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California], James...
Walter Joseph Patrick Curley Junior [Annotator's Note: with the 3rd Amphibious Corps] returned to the United Stated...
Herbert Yudenfriend left [Annotator's Note: from Manila, Luzon, Philippines on 23 September 1946] on the tail end of...
John McCarthy was on a regular enlistment and not a draftee, so he did not automatically get out when the war was over...
They [Annotator's Note: David Thomason and the other survivors of the USS Mannert L Abele (DD-733) which had been sunk...
John Paul returned home on a 14 day boat trip to Southampton [Annotator's Note: Southampton, New York]. His original...
[Annotator's Note: Bernard Smith flew his final five missions with "bastard" crews or crews made of men who did not...
Selwyn Gilmore came back to the United States aboard a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced...
[Annotator's Note: Wendell Delavan Cole suffers from Parkinson's disease and needs the assistance of his son to...
Joseph Lesniewski got on a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo ship]. There were only 19...
Joyce Sherman left the service and got married. She does not think she was really any different due to the war. Maybe...
Lester Shapiro could have stayed in the service and been a Warrant Officer. He was discharged at Fort Dix [Annotator's...
Charles Childs was sent by boat to the United States. His radar-navigator was sent back with him. Childs was a Captain...
Henry Langrehr returned to the United States and got a 60 day furlough home. He met his parents and he got married...
Robert Bueker returned to the United States in early July [Annotator's Note: July 1945]. He went to Reims, France first...
When Mason Dorsey was returning to the United States, he says that if they would have said they were returning to...
[Annotator's Note: Throughout the segment, a chirp sound can be heard.] In March 1949, Albert "Al" Machaud received...
About two weeks after war in Europe ended, Charles R. Brown [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters Company, 66th Armored...
Edward J. Cook was transferred to a Red Cross hospital ship somewhere in France. His arm was amputated because shrapnel...
After the war ended, Thomas J. Smith, Junior and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine...
After the war ended, William Edwin Howard started a newspaper. He was sent to Darmstadt, Germany for a long time. He...
Isaac Edward returned to the same segregation at home, regardless of his uniform and service. After the war he went...
Frank Biondo was not doing much after the war was over. He took a furlough [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for...
Robert S. Rugeley [Annotator's Note: with the 285th Signal Pigeon Company] oversaw prisoners at Dachau [Annotator's...
Romay Catherine Johnson Davis [Annotator's Note: a Private in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the...
Albert Yamamoto had to wait for his United States citizenship to be verified before he could return to home from Japan...

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