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Cole, Homer Bombing Missions
Homer Cole flew 19 missions [Annotator's Note: Cole served in the US Army Air Forces as a tail gunner aboard...
Grubb, Paul Bombing Missions
Paul James Grubb was assigned to bombing runs over the Alps into France after a few days [Annotator's Note: he had...
Rodriguez, Antonio Bombing Missions
Antonio C. Rodriquez flew towards the latter part of the war when few Luftwaffe [Annotator's Note: the German Air Force...
Buchert, Cyril A. Bombing Missions
Cyril Buchert found that the typical targets were hangers and airfields with their airplanes. [Annotator's Note:...
Thrift, Clem Borneo, War’s End and Postwar Life
Clem Thrift's last combat assignment was off of Borneo. There was concern because Japanese soldiers were swimming out...
Mikus, John Bougainville
John Mikus, Jr. left from Vella Lavella [Annotator's Note: Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands] on Higgins boats [Annotator'...
Ramsey, Rosemary Jane Boys Come Home
Rosemary Ramsey says the boys returning from the war had changed a lot. They were all grown-up. [Annotator's Note:...
Celaya, Adolfo Bread and Water Homecoming
Adolfo V. Celaya returned to the United States after the war. He was on the aircraft carrier Hollandia [Annotator’s...
Weil, Roswell Bringing Back a Wife and a Dog
[Annotator's Note: Roswell Weil got married in England just before he returned to the United States after the war ended...
Bailey, Kenneth Bronze Star
In November [Annotator's Note: November 1944], Kenneth H. Bailey's outfit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters...
Roysdon, Glen Brother Killed in Action
Glenn Roysdon last saw his brother, Dale, in 1941 or 1942 when he brought his car home before he was shipped overseas [...
Ruck, Elmore Brothers in the War and War’s End
Elmore Ruck had a brother who was a flyer in the war. Ruck was promoted to first lieutenant and his brother in the Air...
Yeagley, Richard Buchenwald and Occupation Duty
Richard Yeagely was at Buchenwald [Annotator's Note: Leipzig-Thekla, subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp in...
Thurston, Stanley Buchenwald Liberation and War's End
Stanley James Thurston participated in the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp [Annotator's Note: Buchenwald...
Chandler, Howard Buchenwald, Theresienstadt and Liberation
Howard Chandler was marched out of Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp...
Price, John Bulge to Discharge
[Annotator’s Note: John H. Price, Jr. commanded a tank destroyer in Company B, 609th Tank Destroyer Battalion...
Paynter, Don Buzz Bombs and V2s
Donald Dean Paynter went to Rosecrans Field [Annotator's Note: also called St. Joseph Army Airfield, near St. Joseph,...
Holt, Thomas Camp and Postwar
Thomas Michael Holt was a POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] in the same camp [Annotator's Note: Oflag XIII-B near...
Sacks, John Camp Lucky Strike
They [Annotator's Note: John Sacks and his fellow newly liberated prisoners from Stalag Luft I] were flown to an...
Taylor, Robert Cape Gloucester Then Home
Robert Taylor made the landing [Annotator's Note: on Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Papua New Guinea] on LSTs [Annotator...
O'Leary, Frank Cape Gloucester, Pavuvu and Home
Frank H. O'Leary and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division]...
Whitcomb, Robert Captivity and Liberation
Robert Whitcomb was put in a compound with Polish prisoners who had been there for six years [Annotator's Note: at...
Johnson, John Captivity by the Japanese
John S. Johnson stayed alive during captivity because of his faith and his family. While on Wake Island before the...
Kirk, James Captured
James Read Kirk was taken to Budapest [Annotator's Note: Budapest, Hungary] where he was put into prison [Annotator's...
Landwehr, Carl Care Packages, Fresh Cookies and Going Home
Carl Landwehr was able to get a letter to his mother telling her of his being wounded, before the Army went to tell her...
Brock, Pete Career in Agriculture
Pete Brock was discharged from the Navy in Seattle, Washington in June 1946 with the rating of signalman third class....
Sniff, Alvin Career Navy Man
After the conclusion of World War 2, Alvin Sniff was sent back to New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana...
Tipper, Edward Carentan
Edward Tipper credits paratrooper training with assisting in making the attack on Carentan a success. The decision was...
Fronk, Wesley CBI to Discharge
Wesley Fronk was a courier for a Lieutenant Colonel who was a liaison to the British. He learned administrative duties...
Tognoli, Paris Cebu and War's End
Paris Tognoli made the invasion on Cebu [Annotator's Note: 26 March 1945, Cebu Island, Philippines, part of the Battle...
Pavlovich, Theodore Challenging the System
Theodore Pavlovich compares the battles on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] with those in...
Burrus, William Champagne with a German General
William Burrus became a technical sergeant when he returned to the United States after the war ended [Annotator's Note...
Noll, Eilleen Changes for Women in the Military
In the 1950s, Eileen Noll recognized the changes for women in the military. She felt more respected and leaned upon by...
Wellington, Harold Changing Branch of Service
Harold Wellington thinks there would not have been a war effort without the Merchant Marines. They would not have had...
Kissam, Edward China and Home
[Annotator's Note: Edward Kissam was serving in the US Marine Corps as a navigator on cargo planes in China after the...
Hayes, Raymond China, Home, and Postwar Career
Raymond Hayes and his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Tortuga (LSD-26)] went to different places in China, delivering food...

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