Oral History Interview with Albert Finley, April 11, 2006 Page: 36

                                
year because she just didn't have the money. Too many trips to take and places to go.
Mr. Misenhimer
I believe you told me the other day that the way you found him out was because you saw
him one day with his shirt off and you saw all these scars.
Mr. Finley
That's it exactly. He had all these scars on his back. I knew something sure as heck had
happened to him. He was one of the real heroes that I ever met.
Mr. Misenhimer
Let me go back and ask you some questions. On April 12, 1945 President Roosevelt died,
do you recall hearing about that?
Mr. Finley
Yes but not too much really. I don't really recall too much about it.
Mr. Misenhimer
Then May 8, 1945 Germany surrendered, did you all hear about that?
Mr. Finley
Yes I heard about that. Of course that became pretty evident because I had friends, those
ones that had gone into the service before me, had been drafted in, they went to Germany
and when that was over with they started heading for the Pacific.

Mr. Misenhimer
Did you all have any kind of celebration when Germany surrendered?
Mr. Finley
Not that I recall.

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