War's End

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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...
Hymel, Rita The War Ends
When the war ended, they shot all the ammunition to celebrate. Rita Hymel thought that was stupid and told her husband...
Halberg, Norma The War Ends
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Norma Halberg if the Fifinella Gazette, the newsletter of Women Airforce...
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...
Engels, Emile The War Ends
When the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or Ardennes Counteroffensive, 16 December 1944 to...
Cummings, Mary The War Ends
Mary Cummings was on duty on the night shift when she got news that an atomic bomb [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapon...
Davis, Edna The War Ends
When the WASPs [Annotator's Note: Women Airforce Service Pilots] were dismissed, it had to be logical since there were...
Forcinella, Frank The War Ends
Frank Forcinella liked the Rhine River crossing [Annotator's Note: at Nierstein, Germany, 22 March 1945]. They had...
Stevens, Phineas The War Ends
Phineas Stevens was in every D-Day [Annotator's Note: D-Day denotes the day on which an important operation begins]...
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...
Daniel, Lora The War Ends
Lora E. Daniel read a lot about the celebrations of V-E Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945] and V...
Liparoto, Mildred "Jean" The War Ends
Mildred "Jean" Liparoto's husband was aboard ship when President Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt...
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...
Doroff, Lorraine The War Ends
When the war ended, Lorraine Doroff [Annotator's Note: while serving in the Women's Army Corps; women's branch of the...
Elliott, Calvin The War Ends
[Annotator's Note: Calvin Elliott consults some notes to see if he left anything out of his story.] Calvin Elliott was...
Zilliacus, Patrick The War Ends
Patrick Zilliacus corresponded with his family. It was censored twice but he corresponded throughout the war with his...
Klenoski, Richard The War Ends
[Annotator's Note: After his bomber crashed, Richard Klenoski was in a rest home in England when the Germans...
Thompson, Thomas The War Ends
Thomas D. Thompson was in the Lingayen Gulf [Annotator's Note: Lingayen Gulf, Philippines] aboard a PC [Annotator's...
Burrell, Joseph The War Ends
Joseph Burrell could see all of the damage from Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...
Alter, Joseph The War Ends
Joseph Alter does not remember how he heard that the war was over. He was uncomfortable because that evening they left...
Brien, Russel The War Ends
Russell Brien left Italy in May after the war in Europe had finished. He ended up in Bangor, Maine. He was supposed to...
Hillard, Frank The War Ends
Frank Hilliard [Annotator's Note: with the 5th Air Force] enjoyed his stay at Ardmore [Annotator's Note: Ardmore,...
Skare, Theodore The War Ends
After leaving Morotai, Theodore Skare and his unit [Annotator's Note: 209th Malaria Survey Unit] went to Clark Field,...
Light, Carl The War Ends
Carl Light and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company C, 61st Armored Infantry Battalion, 10th Armored Division] captured...
Tidmore, Roberta The War Ends
Roberta Randolph "Randy" Tidmore, and everybody else, was scared the Nazis were going to take over Europe. When VE-Day...
Anderson, William The War Ends
William Anderson returned to San Diego [Annotator's Note: California] on Thanksgiving Day [Annotator's Note: 22...
Bridger, Harley The War Ends
Harley Bridger's original crew stayed together the entire war except for the bombardier. He was a young, Jewish boy...
Weber, Ed The War Ends
When Ed Weber first got overseas, the war was not going well. In August 1942 when the Marines took Guadalcanal [...
Richard, Joseph The War Ends
After the invasion of Okinawa, Japan and the dropping of the atomic bombs, Joseph Richard was eligible for discharge,...
O'Hara, Richard The War Ends
Richard O'Hara was pissed off that he was not going home when the war ended. His wife, who was his high school...
Neste, Norman A. The War Ends and Going Home
After he was wounded, Norman Neste spent a few weeks in France. He was in England when the war ended May 1945. He had...

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