War's End

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Schafer, Leon Service Discharge
[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer received his discharge orders on 10 December 1945 while on occupation duty in Kagoshima...
Harned, Harley Service in Europe
Harley Harned boarded a converted luxury liner for transport to Europe. [Annotator’s Note: Someone comes into the...
Smithson, Jack Service in Europe
Jack A. Smithson went where the big guns [Annotator's Note: 90mm antiaircraft guns M1/M2/M3; Smithson was in the 124th...
Gibbens, Elizabeth Service in Europe and Return
When the 19th General Hospital was replaced at Le Mans Elizabeth Gibbens' unit moved on to Paris and then to Nancy,...
Albarado, Nolan Service in Europe, End of the War and Going Home
Nolan Albarado survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and remained in Hawaii until 1943. He returned to the...
Shatz, Ewalt Service in Naples
Ewalt "Walt" Shatz was in New Caledonia when he received transfer orders from USS Patterson (DD-392) to an oil burning...
Hebert, Richard Service in the Philippines
After completing basic training in the Army, Richard Hebert, Sr. was shipped to California and then boarded a troop...
Grun, Frederick Service in the Philippines
At the end of January [Annotator's Note: January 1945] in Leyte Gulf, Frederick Grun had his first experience with...
St. Julian, James Service in the Philippines and New Guinea
James Anthony Saint Julien, Senior [Annotator's Note: deployed to the Philippines with the 766th Engineer Dump Truck...
Dennis, Bettylu Service in the WAVES
Prior to the Pearl Harbor attack [Annotator's Note: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941],...
Miller, Sam Serving Aboard the USS Edgecombe (APA-164)
Sam L. Miller reported aboard the USS Edgecombe (APA-164) in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California...
Hirabayashi, Grant Serving as a Translator and Interrogator in China
Grant Jiro Hirabayashi was transferred to Kunming [Annotator's Note: Kunming, China] followed by an assignment to the...
Campbell, John Serving as an Officer
[Annotator’s Note: Construction vehicles can be heard in the background throughout the segment, as well as someone in...
Toole, Edward Serving in the Navy
Edward Thomas Toole stayed in Barin Field [Annotator's Note: Barin Field is a Naval outlying station in Foley, Alabama...
Parrotta, Raymond Serving in the Navy
Raymond “Ray” Parrotta was assigned to LST-357 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] in May [Annotator's Note: May...
Foster, Myrtle Serving in the WAVES
After completing basic training in New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] and more training in Memphis,...
Curran, Philip Shanghai to Home
Philip Curran was in the Yellow Sea [Annotator's Note: sea located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula] for...
Burkett, William Shipped Overseas
William Burkett left the States in August 1945. He was in an eight-ship convoy. They left from San Francisco [Annotator...
Claus, Courtland Shipped to India
Courtland Claus could see buildings just beyond the dock when he arrived in India. He saw a stagecoach going by. It was...
Johnson, James Shipped to Korea
James Johnson remembers the bomb [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, 6 and 9...
Linkous, Melvin Simmons
Melvin Linkous was in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia at the end of the war. The people were friendly. He gave a lady a drink...
Eakes, Thomas Six Battle Stars, Home, and Postwar Life
[Annotator's Note: Thomas Eakes served in the US Army Air Forces with the 713th Bombardment Squadron, 448th Bombardment...
Slay, Charles Slapped by a Woman
Charles Slay was sent ahead of the rest of his company [Annotator's Note: Cannon Company, 415th Infantry Regiment,...
Schneider, Christa Social Dynamics
Christa Schneider's mother worked in an office before the war and met her husband there. Although he was not inclined...
Miller, Irving Southern France, the Bulge and Frostbite
Irving Miller landed in the French Riviera near Saint-Maxime [Annotator's Note: Saint-Maxime, France]. The equipment...
Galella, Armando Souvenirs, Going Home and War's End
While on Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian, Mariana Islands], Armando Galella said the signal guys would go out on Ducks...
Davis, Jackson Spending the War in Hawaii, War's End and Going Home
Jackson Davis spent his war duty time at Pearl Harbor working in Naval Intelligence. He was there from start to end. He...
Mero, Robert Spoils of War
When the war ended Robert Mero was still in the rifle company [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion, 263rd...
Brown, Louis Stage Door Canteen and War's End
Louis J. Brown, Jr. and a friend bought a 1929 Model A convertible [Annotator's Note: 1929 Ford Model A convertible]...
Lichtenfeld, Seymour Stalag III-B
Seymour "Sy" Lichtenfeld arrived at Stalag III-B [Annotator's Note: near Fürstenberg, Germany] about 30 miles south of...
Gaterman, Walter Stalag IV-B
Walter Gaterman arrived at Stalag IV-B near Mühlberg, Germany. He had been interrogated three or four times beforehand...
Wieland, Kenneth Starving Kids
Kenneth Wieland went straight to Japan. He was assigned to the Aviation Engineer battalion [Annotator’s Note: Company A...
Cummings, John Stationed at Pearl Harbor
Albert Elmer "John" Cummings returned to the States [Annotator's Note: United States] and was put on a list to be a...
Tyler, Vernon Stationed in Germany
Vernon Leo Tyler was a cannoneer on gun crews [Annotator's Note: in the 100th Infantry Division]. Gun crew duties...
Cristiano, Nick Stay Alive
Nick Cristiano has no idea where his Japanese prison guards went when the war ended. A whole new crew came in. The new...
Barnes, Alvin Strange and Funny Incidents
Alvin Barnes had coincidental meetings with a childhood friend during the war. He had a friend named Paul [Annotator's...

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