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Dendy, Lloyd The Korean War and Parting Thoughts
Lloyd Dendy met the toughest guy ever in Korea. He had been hit in the cheek by shrapnel and lost a lot of his teeth....
Freligh, Robert The last months of the war
[Annotators Note: Robert Freligh served in the navy as a TBM Avenger pilot in Torpedo Squadron 13, VT-13, flying from...
Schmitt, Warren The last months of the war
It was not quite dark when Warren Schmitt linked up with the engineers who had stopped him [Annotators Note: Warren...
Kinney, Gabriel The Last Year of the War
On 10 November [Annotator's Note: 10 November 1944], Gabriel Kinney was sent back to the airport [Annotator's Note: at...
Ram, Walter The Long March and Liberation
Walter Ram and the other POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] who could walk were marched out of Stalag XVII as the...
Jensen, Mervin The Long Trip Home
Mervin Jensen was ready for discharge. They were unloading a ship that had oxygen cylinders on it. They were used for...
Hughes, Lowell The Long Trip Home
Lowell Hughes thought he would be home by 4 July 1945. When his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company A, 120th Engineer...
Blonder, Erwin The Lost Battalion and Going Home
Erwin Blonder remembers Marty Higgins [Annotator's Note: US Army Captain Martin J. Higgins] sending a sergeant and 35...
Hill, Jennings The Murmansk Run
[Annotator's Note: Jennings Paul Hill, Sr. went to Oran, North Africa aboard the SS Buffalo Wallow in 1943.] They...
Wilson, Donald The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal and Repair of Damages
Donald Wilson and the USS New Orleans (CA-32) engaged in combat with the Japanese fleet at Guadalcanal. During the late...
Biondo, Frank The Normandy Invasion
Frank Biondo was on deck crossing the English Channel for D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasion of Normandy, France...
Bayuk, Rose The Pacific and War's End
Backing up to the time when Rose Bayuk first arrived in London [Annotator's Note: London, England], she relates how the...
Pettis, Merle The Pacific and Returning Home
After Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], Merle Jerome "Jerry" Pettis was sent to Oregon. They did not get...
Oney, James The Pacific to Home
On Treasury Island [Annotator's Note: Stirling Island, Treasury Islands, Solomon Islands], James Oney was in charge of...
Campbell, Clifford The Philippines
Clifford Campbell did not go ashore on Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte, Philippine Islands] until the island was secure...
Ratcliff, Henry The Philippines and War's End
Henry Ratcliff reached Mindoro [Annotator's Note: Mindoro Philippines, as a member of the 860th Aviation Engineer...
Russo, James The Philippines, Being Injured, Going Home and College
James Russo deployed to the Philippines as a forward observer pilot. [Annotator's Note: Russo deployed with the 596th...
Cahoon, Robert The Philippines, War's End, and Going Home
Robert Cahoon briefly stayed on Biak in the Netherlands East Indies [Annotator's Note: in May 1944, Cahoon left New...
Labat, Ubert The Push into Germany
When the big push toward Berlin commenced, Ubert Labat says the Americans brought all the big guns up to the line, and...
Edwards, Randall The Road to Recovery
Randall Edwards does not remember how he got "mixed up with the Russians," but he has photos that prove he did. He does...
Walter, Robert The SS, chaplains, and postwar career
[Annotators Note: Robert Walter was a platoon sergeant in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 393rd Infantry Regiment, 99th...
Guidry, Edmond The USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
Edmond Guidry came back [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Ellet (DD-398)] to the Philadelphia Navy Yard [Annotator's...
Luers, Harold The War Ends
Harold Luers traveled through Europe during World War 2 [Annotator's Note: with the Regimental Headquarters, 347th...
Beard, Oral The War Ends
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a person off-camera answers a lot of the interviewer's questions or gives...
Luce, Dwain The War Ends
Dwain Luce did not have to wait long to go home. When the war was over, each country sent their finest Divisions to...
Reilly, Joseph The War Ends
Joseph Dean Reilly [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters, 3rd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st...
Inge, Herndon The War Ends
Herndon Inge, Junior was at Nuremberg [Annotator's Note: Oflag XIII-A or Oflag XIII-D, prisoner of war camp, Nürnberg...
Moore, Calvin The War Ends
Calvin Moore was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] when the Japanese surrendered. They were running bets...
Schaller, Henry The War Ends
Henry Schaller's bomber [Annotator's Note: a Boeing B-17 FLying Fortress heavy bomber] flew at 23,000 feet. It was 33...
Miller, Rudolph The War Ends
Rudolph C. Miller loved the Marines aboard his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Fond du Lac (APA-166)]. They were very...
Stevens, Kenneth The War Ends
Kenneth E. Stevens heard the war was over when they [Annotator's Note: Company E, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment,...
Tanenbaum, Melvin The War Ends
Melvin S. Tanenbaum hated the Japanese during the war. They made sneak attacks with no warning. It was a blessing to...
Lawrence, Paul The War Ends
Paul Lawrence was sent to the Admiralty Islands. All the roads were made of ground coral that was full of salt. Every...
McWilliams, Donald The War Ends
Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] when they dropped the atomic bomb [...
Fienup, Victor The War Ends
Victor Fienup went to Paris [Annotator's Note: Paris, France] on V-E Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8...
Sandoz, James The War Ends
James Sandoz was in Germany when the war ended. He does not recall how he heard, perhaps by an officer. They were moved...

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