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Harold Daniel Snyder got out just before Christmas in 1945 [Annotator's Note: December 1945] and went to Paterson State...
Benjamin Clark Amsden [Annotator's Note: a Navy fighter pilot in World War 2] belongs to an association called the...
Dolores McInnis Libby [Annotator's Note: a riveter at Consolidated Aircraft Corporation] worked on Franklin Avenue....
Andrew George Jameson's objective was to continue his education [Annotator's Note: after the war]. He had been drafted...
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Seymour Nussenbaum got out of the service in...
When Glynn G. Raby, Jr. came home, he could not enjoy his 30-day leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a...
Irvin C. Klimas' interest was in college, and he applied to a few colleges. He was accepted at Carnegie Tech [Annotator...
Wilfred Hanson [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] was sent...
Ray Eshelman was never interested in a military career. He had a couple of choices at discharge. He could join the...
After the war, Floyd Horne got into investigations. This was in 1946. He got out of the service as a First Lieutenant....
Otis Arthur Slack took pilot training using the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's...
Curtis Winfred Wise had no trouble adjusting to civilian life. He did not use the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I...
When Louis J. Armentaro got back home, he was successful as a machinist. He started two businesses. He also started a...
David Thomason used the G.I. Bill in 1950 after having just gotten married. He went back to farming several acres of...
In August 1946, Gerald Abbenhaus separated from the U.S. Army at Fort Sheridan, Illinois as a first lieutenant. He...
Lloyd Dendy returned to his family in Anse La Butte [Annotator's Note: Anse La Butte, Louisiana]. There is a salt mine...
On VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945] Betty Sue Drake [Annotator's Note: a paymaster in...
Before the war, Edgar A. Grabhorn had gone to Purdue [Annotator's Note: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana] to...
After the war, John T. Fallon was asked to stay in. He considered it but would have had to stay in Germany. He decided...
Paul Gibfried does not think he would have served if he had not been drafted. He did love being in the Navy. His first...
Joseph Mittelsdorf used the GI Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was...
Norman Gustaf Benson used the G.I. Bill after the war to attend the University of Maine [Annotator's Note: in Orono,...
James A. Griffis recently started to think about all the guys that did not get to live a life. He has been retired for...
When Floyd Stahl graduated in 1954, he had trouble finding work. He had taken insurance courses. He got an offer in...
Calvin Moore used his G.I. Bill to buy a house and go to school. The G.I. Bill was important to post World War 2...
Clarence Becker was on Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] when the war ended and the treaty was signed [...
Leon Dixon started his own company after the war. He worked a good while to save up money. He worked at the Kaiser...
After being discharged from the US Marine Corps, Philip Dunford picked up his wife and son and went to Maxton, North...
Vincent DeSalvo was discharged from the Army Air Forces in February 1946. On the trip home [Annotator's Note: from...
Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of...
Irma Darphin was in Rennes, France when her brother looked her up. He was a captain in the 156th Infantry National...
After his last trip on a ship, John Scott Campbell got married. They were married for 46 years. Jobs were hard. The...
After the war ended in Europe, being transferred to the Pacific was kind of voluntary. Joseph Alter had made a...
After the war, Jack Buckner used the G.I. Bill to go to school. His first child was born, and he was having a tough...
George Haines was top in points and could go home or stay near the war's end. He went to Matsuyama, Shikoku, Japan for...

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