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Varuso, Anthony PT Boat Patrols in the South Pacific
Anthony Varuso and his squadron of PT boats [Annotator's Note: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 8 (MTBRon 8)] tied their boats up along the Marobi
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Varuso, Anthony Reflections
Anthony Varuso has visited The National WWII Museum and finds it a wonderful place to educate the populace about the Second World War.
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Varuso, Anthony Returning Home and Combat Memories
Anthony Varuso served in the Navy for three years and eight months. He had rotated back to the United States by the time the war ended.
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Vater, Joseph Becoming a Soldier
Joseph Vater's older brother was old enough to serve, but was married and had a child, so he was not drafted.
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Vater, Joseph Early Life
Joseph A. Vater was born in March 1917, in Pittsburgh [Annotator's Note: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania].
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Vater, Joseph Imprisonment
Joseph Vater did not know what would happen to him after he had to surrender. He felt helpless and stuck.
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Vater, Joseph Liberation and Reflections
On 20 August 1945, Joseph Vater was liberated by Russian soldiers. He remembered them dropping in by parachute.
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Vater, Joseph Overseas Deployment
Joseph Vater traveled from San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] to Hawaii then to Manila [Annotator's Note: Manila
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Vater, Joseph POW Experiences in Manchuria
Joseph Vater believes Manchuria [Annotator's Note: Manchuria, China] was the coldest place on Earth.
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Vater, Joseph Shipped to Manchuria
Joseph Vater remained at Cabanatuan [Annotator's Note: Cabanatuan prisoner of war camp, Cabanatuan City, Luzon, Philippines] for four months.
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Vaughn, Odell Artillery Training and Overseas Deployment
Odell Vaughn fought through North Africa and Italy with the 178th Field Artillery Battalion.
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Vaughn, Odell Becoming a Soldier
Odell Wallace Vaughn was born in December 1921 in Greenville, South Carolina and grew up in Spartanburg, South Carolina.