McMillan, Peter, “McMillan, Peter (Interview outline and video), 2006,” Digital Collections, accessed April 15, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29253.
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McMillan, Peter (Interview outline and video), 2006
Peter McMillan is a WW II veteran who served in the United States Air Force from approximately 1945 to 1947? in Guam with a six-week stint in Hawaii. Although a majority of his time in the service occurred after WWII had ended, McMillan's story still provides a unique perspective on post-WW II conflict in the Pacific Theater. This account details how tension and confusion continued well into the post-WWII years. He talks briefly about the role of the United Service Organization and his correspondence home. Finally, McMillan discusses life after war - the role of the G.I. Bill and his generation's commitment to WW II - and what impact the anti-war protests of the 1960s had on his generation.