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Lamm, Allen War's End and Reflections
Allen Lamm was concerned for his safety on Okinawa. He did not realize that the splatters in the water were coming from...
Mason, Alfred War's End and Return Home
Heywood Mason [Annotator's Note: a Private 1st Class in the US Army 88th Infantry Division] recovered from a case of...
Shatz, Ewalt War's End and Return Home
Ewalt "Walt" Shatz was serving stateside near the war's end. He was assigned to shore patrol in Hollywood [Annotator's...
Schuman, Russell War's End and Return Home
During his service in Europe, Russell Schuman was assigned to Company B, 48th Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored...
Rosenbaum, James War's End and Return Home
After the Japanese surrendered, James Stewart Rosenbaum thought he would be heading home, but he and his unit [...
Brown, Bernard War's End and Return Home
Bernard Brown and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company I, 3rd Battalion, 410th Infantry Regiment, 103rd Infantry...
Carroll, Orville War's End and Returning Home
While on Guam, Orville Carroll and some men built a small bamboo chapel, where they would sing without instruments....
Gatlin, Carl War's End and Returning Home
[Annotator's Note: An off-camera male interjects throughout this clip.] Carl Robert Gatlin and his regiment [Annotator'...
Sussman, Marvin War's End and Returning Home
Following VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945], Marvin Sussman was stationed in the town of...
Dixon, Richard War's End and Returning Home
Richard Tempus Dixon's time in the Philippines was interesting. Some of the natives got hold of some hand grenades and...
Haffner, Robert War's End and Returning Home
Robert Haffner was moved to Dresden [Annotator's Note: Dresden, Germany] after the war was declared over in the Pacific...
Bost, Ben War's End and Returning Home
Ben Ray Bost loved getting Marines on board ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LSM-316], especially those from North...
Topel, Fred War's End and Returning Home
Fred Topel went from Rome [Annotator's Note: Rome, Italy] to Leghorn [Annotator's Note: Leghorn or Livorno, Italy] and...
Brunt, Julian War's End and Returning Home
During the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16 December...
Mayer, Philip War's End and Returning Home
Philip Mayer was a sergeant [Annotator's Note: in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division]...
Walker, Robert War's End and Returning Home
When the war ended, Robert Walker had flown 51 missions, and was moved to Stuttgart, Germany in a C-47 [Annotator's...
Martin, Oscar War's End and Returning to the United States
Oscar Otto Martin was in a nice town, living in a mayor's house on VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8...
Bass, Leon War's End and Segregation
The war ended and the president [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States] died...
Frothingham, Richard War's End in Europe
Richard Frothingham's unit [Annotator's Note: 656th Field Artillery Battalion] got word that they were being...
Eshbach, Robert War's End in the Pacific and Homecoming
When the division [Annotator's Note: 17th Airborne Division] broke up, Robert Eshback was sent to the 101st [Annotator'...
Grossman, Sidney War's End in the Philippines
Sidney Grossman was assigned to a PT Boat [Annotator's Notes: patrol torpedo boat] and was going to be part of the...
Grass, Philip War's End to Korea
Philip Grass remembers being near Port Moresby [Annotator’s Note: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea]. Their encampment had...
Fisher, Joseph War's End to Korean War
Joseph Fisher remembers that they would have air raids with one or two planes at a time. The Japs [Annotator's Note: a...
Odom, James War's End, Discharge and Postwar Career
After Okinawa, James Odom went back to Guam. They heard a "message to all ships" about the signing of the peace treaty...
Tisdale, Olin War's End, F8F Bearcats and Magic Carpet
Olin Tisdale went back to the Pacific to help train a new fighter squadron on F8Fs [Annotator's Note: Grumann F8F...
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...
Siebert, Herbert War's End, Going Home and Discharge
While Herbert Siebert's regiment [Annotator's Note: Siebert was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 335th Infantry...
Ebersole, William War's End, Going Home and Postwar Life
William Ebersole was on Iwo Jima when the first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan [Annotator's Note: the first atomic...
Caraway, John War's End, Hitting a Mine and Back to Civilian Life
John Caraway's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Bridge (AF-1)] was anchored in the harbor at Okinawa when he heard about the...
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...
Stokes, Howard War's End, Occupation Duty and Postwar Life
[Annotator's Note: Howard Warren Stokes served in the 27th Infantry Division. Soon after the war's end, he was sent...
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...
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...
Bostick, Thomas War's End, Returning Home and Racial Discrimination
The news [Annotator's Note: of the atomic bombs being dropped] reached Thomas J. Bostick's unit [Annotator's Note:...

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