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Baughman, Harry Postwar Life and Military Decorations
Harry Boughman's division [Annotator's Note: 88th Infantry Division] was about eight miles south of Bologna, Italy,...
Barnes, Alton Postwar Life and Military Service
Alton Barnes spent about three months in Japan performing occupation duty following World War 2. His main function was...
McClure, Herb Postwar Life and Recollections
Herb McClure took a Liberty Ship from LeHavre, France to New York then went to Fort Leavenworth where he was discharged...
Carder, Theodore Postwar Life and Reflections
Theodore Noel Carder stayed there [Annotator's Note: in a hospital in Van Nuys, California after returning to the...
Carter, Paul Postwar Life and Reflections
When Paul Carter arrived in the United States and learned that he would be getting 60 days of leave, he was overjoyed....
Cohen, Benjamin Postwar Life and Reflections
Benjamin Wolf Cohen returned to the United States right before the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons...
Lombardo, Frank Postwar Life and Reflections
It took about six months for Frank Lombardo to be discharged in the United States. Lombardo felt he was a lucky man...
Jackson, James Postwar Life and Reflections
James Thomas Jackson left the service after the Korean War [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953...
Kirk, James Postwar Life and Reflections
James Read Kirk got out of the war as a staff sergeant in September 1945. He immediately went to college. He used the...
Gulotta, James Postwar Life and Reflections
James Gulotta got back home in January 1946. He wanted to pick up his studies so after about a two week rest he went...
Zerphey, Winfield Postwar Life and Reflections
Winfield Zerphey was reunited with his family in Pennsylvania following his separation from the Navy. He had a brief...
Gabour, James Postwar Life and Reflections
After VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945], James Anthony Gabour was going on his fourth year...
Gordon, Fred Postwar Life and Reflections of World War 2
Fred Gordon was enjoying life after the war. He was in Czechoslovakia waiting to be sent home. In the meantime, he was...
Hartzell, Frank Postwar Life and Service
Frank Hartzell received leave and went to the French Rivera after the war. He saw Cologne and witnessed its total...
Tweed, Earl Postwar Life and the Korean War
Earl Tweed served in Germany on occupation duty as commander of an anti-tank company. He held that command until the...
DeSalvo, Vincent Postwar Life and Thoughts
Vincent DeSalvo was discharged from the Army Air Forces in February 1946. On the trip home [Annotator's Note: from...
Darphin, Irma "Irma Boulet" Postwar Life and Thoughts
Irma Darphin was in Rennes, France when her brother looked her up. He was a captain in the 156th Infantry National...
Alter, Joseph Postwar Life and Thoughts
After the war ended in Europe, being transferred to the Pacific was kind of voluntary. Joseph Alter had made a...
Haines, George Postwar Life and Thoughts
George Haines was top in points and could go home or stay near the war's end. He went to Matsuyama, Shikoku, Japan for...
Bethard, Orville Postwar Life and Two Typhoons
After Orville Bethard was discharged he used his GI Bill benefits to take classes at Compton Junior College for a...
Long, Thomas Postwar Life, Education and Career
When Thomas Long was once more in the United States, he thought he would be discharged from San Francisco, where his...
Flanagan, Earl Postwar Military Career
Earl Flanagan was discharged in 1946 and returned home to his mother and sister. He found it difficult to adjust back...
Kough, Edward Postwar Military Career
[Annotator's Note: Ed Kough refers to a paper for dates and holds it up in front of his face throughout the segment.]...
Strait, Donald Postwar Military Service
After Donald Strait came back to the United States he got married and worked in the Office of Flying Safety in Winston-...
Hastings, Wilford Postwar Military Service
After the conclusion of World War 2, Wilford E. Hastings decided to re-enlist for the Army for one more year and was...
Schilling, Ira Postwar Military Service
In some ways, Ira Schilling felt he grew up very quickly due to his experience serving in the US Marine Corps during...
Godbold, Bryghte Postwar Military Service and Reflections
Bryghte Davis Godbold was sent on a 90 day leave after his hospital check out following his return home. He ultimately...
Beaman, William Postwar Naval Career
After the war ended, William Beaman was sent back to San Francisco, California on the USS Flasher (SS-249), then...
Fulton, Robert Postwar Navy Service
Robert Fulton retired as a rear admiral from the Navy 23 years after returning home in 1945. He served in Washington, D...
Zimmer, Mitchell Postwar Navy Service
Mitchell Zimmer and his boat [Annotator's Note: USS Piper (SS-409)] returned to Pearl Harbor en route to the Panama...
Witmeyer, John "J.J." Postwar Occupation
After he recovered sufficiently in the hospital, John Witmeyer was sent back to the front lines in January of 1945...
Sibley, Allen Postwar Occupation of Iwo Jima
Allen Ray Sibley has a story about the Japanese General [Annotator's Note: Imperial Japanese Army General Tadamichi...
Thompson, Thomas Postwar Political Life
Thomas D. Thompson met a girl in Florida before he left the country. When he was home on leave [Annotator's Note: an...
Grenny, Guy Postwar Psychologist
Guy Grenny returned home to the United States from the Philippines via the Aleutian Islands to San Francisco [Annotato'...
Goldsborough, William Postwar Reserve Duty
When he returned to the United States, William Goldsborough was mustered out of Fort Meade [Annotator's Note: Fort...
Marca, Carl Postwar Reserve Duty
Carl Marca left Manila, Philippines on a troopship headed for Camp Stoneman [Annotator's Note: Camp Stoneman, Pittsburg...

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