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Nussenbaum, Seymour Postwar Life and Career
[Annotator's Note: There is a loud hissing noise throughout this clip.] Seymour Nussenbaum got out of the service in...
Raby, Glynn Postwar Life and Career
When Glynn G. Raby, Jr. came home, he could not enjoy his 30-day leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a...
Hanson, Wilfred Postwar Life and Career
Wilfred Hanson [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] was sent...
Eshelman, Raymond Postwar Life and Career
Ray Eshelman was never interested in a military career. He had a couple of choices at discharge. He could join the...
Horne, Floyd "Bud" Postwar Life and Careers
After the war, Floyd Horne got into investigations. This was in 1946. He got out of the service as a First Lieutenant....
Armentaro, Louis Postwar Life and Family
When Louis J. Armentaro got back home, he was successful as a machinist. He started two businesses. He also started a...
Drake, Betty Postwar Life and Reflections
On VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945] Betty Sue Drake [Annotator's Note: a paymaster in...
Burton, Windom Postwar Life and Reflections
After discharge, Windom Joseph Burton briefly used the G.I Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's...
Fallon, John Postwar Life and Reflections
After the war, John T. Fallon was asked to stay in. He considered it but would have had to stay in Germany. He decided...
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...
Stahl, Floyd Postwar Life and Thoughts
When Floyd Stahl graduated in 1954, he had trouble finding work. He had taken insurance courses. He got an offer in...
Becker, Clarence Postwar Life and Thoughts
Clarence Becker was on Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] when the war ended and the treaty was signed [...
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...
McWilliams, Donald Postwar Life and Thoughts
Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of...
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...
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...
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...
Ellzey, William Postwar Navy
When the Japanese surrendered [Annotator’s Note: The Japanese surrender was announced 15 August 1945, and officially...
Sturman, William Postwar Navy
By the end of the war, William Sturman was a Third Class Petty Officer. He used the G.I. Bill to attend New Mexico...
Grenny, Guy Postwar Psychologist
Guy Grenny returned home to the United States from the Philippines via the Aleutian Islands to San Francisco [Annotato'...
Soong, Tsuyin Postwar Reflections
Tsuyin Soong does not feel he would not live in the United States if not for World War 2. He would not have moved...
Synder, Harold Postwar Reuniting with Friends
Harold Daniel Snyder keeps in touch with Hegland [Annotator's Note: phonetic spelling; unable to identify]. He, O'Hara...
Mabarac, Raymond Postwar Service
When the war in Europe ended and the men of Raymond Mabarac's division [Annotator's Note: Mabarac was a member of...
Baxter, Lionel Postwar Thoughts
Lionel Baxter did not have much to celebrate with when the war was over. Baxter was discharged in November 1945 in...
Morrow, John Postwar Thoughts
John Morrow volunteered to stay in the service after the war ended in Europe. The atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki...
Silvia, Joseph Postwar Thoughts
Joseph Silvia thought the caste system in India was odd. The Americans lived like kings compared to the British there....
Ellis, Frederick Postwar Thoughts
Frederick Ellis was relieved [Annotator's Note: of his command of USS LST-1026] and went to San Francisco [Annotator's...
Doundoulakis, Helias Postwar Work
Helias Doundoulakis [Annotator's Note: with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in Salonika, Greece,] eluded the...
Barnes, William Postwar, Korea and After
William Lee Barnes was aboard the Bunker Hill [Annotator's Note: USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)] while his crew mates were...
Godbold, Bryghte POW Camp in Japan, War's End and Going Home
Bryghte Davis Godbold was transported from Wusong [Annotator's Note: Wusong, also spelled Woosung, China] through other...
McGhee, Edwin POW Camp Life
Edwin McGhee saw British and Russian POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] in the first camp he was held in. The...
Connelly, John POW Life and War's End
John J. Connelly was captured by Germans when he bailed out of his plane and was transferred to Stalag Luft IV [...
Rothenheber, Paul POWs and the End of the War
When transporting prisoners, Paul Rothenheber was put in charge of taking care of them because he spoke German. The...
Hall, Clayton Preparing for Japan and Occupying China
Clayton Hall was at Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego County, California...

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