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Geraldine Anthony describes what she did after she got laid off from work at the Bell Bomber Factory in Marietta, Georgia.

James Russell describes his first major promotion in the telephone business.

James Russell recalls the factors leading to his decision to quit coal mining.

Reuben Griffin describes the difficulty of keeping up with enlisted men after his return to the United States.

Reuben Griffin recalls how he got a job with an insurance company, making $50 a week, the day after he returned home from war (LANGUAGE ADVISORY).

Jessie Moss describes how in 1949, she and her husband decided to return to Mobile, Alabama, where they had lived on a military base in the last year of the war.

Jessie Moss explains how she paid for her first home after World War II.

Edna Hicks lists the military bases she lived on after her marriage to American pilot Jerry Davis.

Anna Ostergaard describes what the United States meant to her after she emigrated from Denmark in 1955.

Alan Hall recounts some of the jobs he completed for the Pinkerton Detective Agency after the war.

Alan Hall describes the difficulty returning home to congratulations from family and friends after the war.

Edith Bond describes her experiences in the first years after the war, when she used the G.I. Bill to further her education and start a career in social work.

Clay Manley recalls how his father, James, lost his job in the construction industry after the war and took an entry-level position at Georgia Power.

William Wallace, Jr. describes his father's one "protest" against Japanese in the years after World War II.

William Wallace, Jr. describes how his father received his regular military salary for time spent as a prisoner of war in a lump sum in 1945.

Michael Cox remembers his uncles, Georga Mack Hamlett and Alvie Lowell Hamlett, who lived in Molena, Georgia, after serving in World War II.