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Military training and instruction (1820)
Experiencing enemy fire (862)
Naval Aviation (713)
- Air warfare (284)
- Aerial bombardment (265)
- Bailing out/loss of plane (135)
- Carrier warfare (113)
- Naval shore bombardment (95)
- Dog fights (86)
- Submarine warfare (74)
- Kamikazes (38)
Experience with death (669)
Interactions with superiors (657)
Terrain (655)
Friendships (642)
Combat decisions (616)
Performance of troops (575)
Food/mess (495)
Reflections (481)
Interactions with local populations (480)
Performance of equipment (466)
Amphibious invasions (441)
Personal/family relationships (408)
Clothing and equipment (397)
Life in the Field/aboard ship (387)
Feelings toward enemies (361)
Experiencing combat (355)
Education (350)
Weather conditions (349)
Overseas deployment (311)
Returning home (306)
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Interactions with Allied troops (305)
Foxholes (250)
Being wounded (242)
Experience behind enemy lines (230)
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Hospital stays (227)
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Reaction to Pearl Harbor (213)
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Games and entertainment (186)
Treating wounded (185)
Military intelligence (183)
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Fear (176)
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Reunions (151)
Overseeing enemy prisoners of war (143)
Great Depression (137)
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Entertainment (111)
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Postwar life (90)
Liberation of concentration camps (88)
Red Cross (87)
Mail (80)
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VE-Day (75)
Atomic bomb (73)
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Exposure injuries (64)
Liberation of civilian populations (64)
G.I. Bill (63)
Liberation of prisoner of war camps (63)
The draft (60)
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (56)
Experiencing friendly fire (56)
VJ-Day (54)
Korean War (50)
Survival at sea (44)
Tropical diseases (43)
Concentration camps (42)
Health (39)
Vietnam War (37)
World War I (36)
Relationships (35)
Internment camps (35)
Feeling toward enemies (33)
Being Wounded (32)
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Interrogation (29)
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Preparing for the invasion of Japan (25)
Being captured (25)
Civilian Training Program (24)
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Surrendering (20)
Civilian entertainment (20)
Rationing (18)
terrain (17)
Escape attempts (16)
\"Feelings toward enemies (14)
\"Experience with death (14)
\"Food/mess (13)
\"Performance of troops (11)
\"Personal/family relationships (10)
\""Personal/family relationships (10)
\"Race relations (9)
\"Experiencing enemy fire (9)
War bonds (9)
Identity (9)
\"Interactions with superiors (8)
\"Performance of equipment (8)
Personal/family relationships\" (8)
\"Terrain (8)
Experience with court martial (8)
\"Education (8)
\"Interactions with local populations (7)
Combat decisions\" (7)
\"Enlistment (6)
Personal/family relationships\""" (6)
\"Combat decisions (6)
\"Advances in technology (6)
\"Liberty and Leave (5)
\"Amphibious invasions (5)
\""Terrain (5)
\"Military training and instruction (5)
\""Education (5)
\"Weather conditions (5)
\"Games and entertainment (5)
War crimes trials (5)
\""Friendships (5)
\"Tank warfare (5)
\"Air warfare (4)
\"Dog fights (4)
\"Ethnic/racial identity (4)
Amphibious invasions\""" (4)
\"Military service stateside (4)
Military training and instruction\" (4)
\""Experience with death (4)
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Military training and instruction\"""" (4)
\"Performance of troops" (4)
\""Advances in technology (4)
Civil defense (4)
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\"Combat decisions" (4)
\"Personal/family relationships" (4)
\"Postwar life (4)
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\"Reflections (4)
Military service stateside\"" (3)
\"Experiencing enemy fire" (3)
Military intelligence\" (3)
\""Tank warfare (3)
\"Clothing and equipment (3)
Personal/family relationships\"",Education" (3)
Performance of equipment\"""" (3)
\"Being wounded (3)
\"Experiencing combat (3)
Reflections\"" (3)
\"Fear (3)
Personal/family relationships\"" (3)
Tank warfare\" (3)
\"The draft (3)
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War’s End (3)
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Great Depression\" (3)
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Victory gardens (3)
Air warfare\"""" (3)
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Liberation (3)
Kamikaze (3)
\"Military decorations (3)
\"Naval shore bombardment (3)
\""Service discharge (3)
Experiencing enemy fire\" (3)
\"Vietnam War (3)
\"VJ-Day (3)
War production\" (2)
\""Games and entertainment (2)
War production\"" (2)
Combat decisions\"" (2)
\"""Interactions with local populations (2)
Weather conditions\""" (2)
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\"Education" (2)
\""Amphibious invasions (2)
\"Clothing and equipment" (2)
\"""Friendships (2)
\"""Performance of equipment (2)
\"Civilian Training Program (2)
\""Weather conditions (2)
\""Race relations (2)
\"Advances in technology" (2)
Terrain\" (2)
Reflections\""",\"Personal/family relationships" (2)
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Acts of espionage (2)
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\"Entertainment (2)
\""Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (2)
Reflections\" (2)
\""Interactions with local populations (2)
Amphibious invasions\" (2)
Race relations\" (2)
Veterans Affairs (2)
Air warfare\"""",Dog fights" (2)
\"Bailing out/loss of plane (2)
\"Air warfare" (2)
\""Performance of equipment" (2)
\"Amphibious invasions" (2)
Prisoner of war experience\" (2)
Combat decisions\""" (2)
Feelings toward enemies\""" (2)
Concentration camps\""",Liberation of concentration camps" (2)
\"VE-Day (2)
\"Tank warfare" (2)
Military service stateside\""" (2)
Combat decisions\"",Experiencing combat" (2)
\"Interactions with Allied troops (2)
\"Interactions with local populations" (2)
Military training and instruction\"" (2)
Education\" (2)
Education\"" (2)
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\"Red Cross (2)
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\"Reflections" (2)
\"Returning home (2)
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Interactions with local populations\" (2)
\"Illnesses (2)
\"Interrogation (2)
Personal/family relationships\"""",Feelings toward enemies" (2)
\"Feelings toward enemies" (2)
\"Food/mess" (2)
Combat decisions\"""",Experiencing combat" (2)
Personal/family relationships\"""",Great Depression" (2)
Personal/family relationships\""",Great Depression" (2)
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\"Friendships" (2)
\"Foxholes (2)
Overseas deployment\" (2)
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\"""USO activities (1)
\"""Weather conditions (1)
Advances in technology\""""" (1)
\"Race relations" (1)
\""Hospital stays (1)
\""Great Depression (1)
\""Foxholes (1)
\""Acts of espionage (1)
\"Prisoner of war experience (1)
\""Food/mess (1)
\"War crimes trials (1)
\""Education" (1)
\"War production (1)
\""Dog fights (1)
\""Combat decisions (1)
\""Illnesses" (1)
\""Being wounded (1)
\""Clothing and equipment" (1)
\""Ethnic/racial identity (1)
\""Experience with court martial (1)
\""Experiencing friendly fire (1)
\""Feelings toward enemies (1)
\""Air warfare (1)
\"Terrain" (1)
\"Tropical diseases" (1)
\"Weather conditions" (1)
\"""Weather conditions" (1)
\""Civilian entertainment (1)
\"Overseeing enemy prisoners of war (1)
\"Internment camps (1)
\""World War I (1)
\"Acts of espionage (1)
\"Acts of espionage" (1)
\""War’s End (1)
\""The draft (1)
\""Survival at sea (1)
\"Liberation of civilian populations (1)
\"Korean War" (1)
\""Terrain" (1)
\"Interactions with superiors" (1)
\"Interactions with Allied troops" (1)
\"Experiencing friendly fire" (1)
\"Experiencing combat" (1)
\"Experience with court martial (1)
\"Entertainment" (1)
\"Exposure injuries (1)
Aerial bombardment\"""",Combat decisions" (1)
\"Hospital stays (1)
\"Great Depression" (1)
\"Being captured (1)
\"G.I. Bill (1)
\"Liberation of concentration camps" (1)
\"Liberation of prisoner of war camps (1)
\""Overseas deployment (1)
\""Overseeing enemy prisoners of war (1)
\"Enlistment" (1)
\"Naval shore bombardment" (1)
\""Military service stateside (1)
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\"Military decorations" (1)
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\""Postwar life (1)
\""Preparing for the invasion of Japan (1)
\"Military service stateside" (1)
\""Interactions with Allied troops (1)
War's End (1)
Military service stateside\"""",Military training and instruction" (1)
Military service stateside\"""" (1)
Concentration camps\"""" (1)
Military intelligence\""",Feelings toward enemies" (1)
Military service stateside\""",Hospital stays" (1)
Military training and instruction\""" (1)
Military training and instruction\"""",Submarine warfare" (1)
Military training and instruction\"""",Air warfare" (1)
Military training and instruction\"""""",Air warfare" (1)
Military training and instruction\""""" (1)
Concentration camps\""""",Liberation of concentration camps" (1)
Military decorations\" (1)
Liberty and Leave\"",Prewar life" (1)
Liberty and Leave\"" (1)
Liberty and Leave\" (1)
Liberation of concentration camps\""",Interactions with Allied troops" (1)
Dog fights\"",Air warfare" (1)
Life in the Field/aboard ship\" (1)
Concentration camps\"",Experiencing combat" (1)
Mail\"""",Civilian entertainment" (1)
Concentration camps\"",Personal/family relationships" (1)
Combat decisions\"",Experience behind enemy lines" (1)
Occupation duty\" (1)
Personal/family relationships\"""",Military service stateside" (1)
Personal/family relationships\""""",Reaction to Pearl Harbor" (1)
Personal/family relationships\""""""",Ethnic/racial identity" (1)
Combat decisions\""""" (1)
Personal/family relationships\"""",Prisoner experiences" (1)
Personal/family relationships\""",Entertainment" (1)
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder\""",Feelings toward enemies" (1)
Combat decisions\"""" (1)
Personal/family relationships\"",Great Depression" (1)
Personal/family relationships\""",Prewar life" (1)
Performance of troops\"""" (1)
Combat decisions\""""",Air warfare" (1)
Combat decisions\"""",\""Treating wounded" (1)
Overseas deployment\""",Interactions with superiors" (1)
Combat decisions\""",Experiencing combat" (1)
Occupation duty\""" (1)
Performance of equipment\" (1)
Performance of equipment\""" (1)
Performance of equipment\"",Performance of troops" (1)
Performance of equipment\"",Aerial bombardment" (1)
Performance of equipment\""",Performance of troops" (1)
Education\"""" (1)
Education\"""",G.I. Bill" (1)
Ethnic/racial identity\"" (1)
Experience behind enemy lines\"",Combat decisions" (1)
Food/mess\"""",VE-Day" (1)
Food/mess\" (1)
Friendships\""",Reunions" (1)
Friendships\"",VE-Day" (1)
Games and entertainment\""",Interactions with local populations" (1)
Entertainment\"""" (1)
G.I. Bill\""",Education" (1)
G.I. Bill\" (1)
Feelings toward enemies\""",Interactions with local populations" (1)
Feelings toward enemies\"""",Prisoner experiences" (1)
Experience with death\"""" (1)
Experiencing combat\"" (1)
Experiencing combat\""""" (1)
Experiencing enemy fire\"",Combat decisions" (1)
Fear\"",Experiencing enemy fire" (1)
Experience with death\"" (1)
Feelings toward enemies\"""""""" (1)
Feelings toward enemies\"" (1)
Experience with death\" (1)
Enlistment\"",Military training and instruction" (1)
Great Depression\"",Personal/family relationships" (1)
Interactions with superiors\"""",Returning home" (1)
Education\"",Civilian Training Program" (1)
Interactions with local populations\""" (1)
Interactions with local populations\"" (1)
Interactions with superiors\""",Combat decisions" (1)
Education\""",Reaction to Pearl Harbor" (1)
Education\"""",Personal/family relationships" (1)
Education\""",Prewar life" (1)
Internment camps\"",Education" (1)
Education\"",Postwar career" (1)
Interactions with Allied troops\"",Personal/family relationships" (1)
Enlistment\""" (1)
Hospital stays\""",Being wounded" (1)
Enlistment\""",Mail" (1)
Enlistment\""",Race relations" (1)
Illnesses\""",Military service stateside" (1)
Education\"",\""Feelings toward enemies (1)
Interactions with Allied troops\""",Friendships" (1)
Interactions with Allied troops\""",Feelings toward enemies" (1)
Interactions with Allied troops\" (1)
Postwar career\"""" (1)
Postwar career\""",Prewar life" (1)
War production\"""" (1)
War crimes trials\""",Prisoner of war experience" (1)
VJ-Day\""" (1)
Air warfare\"""""",Tank warfare" (1)
War production\"""",\"""Personal/family relationships" (1)
War production\"",Vietnam War" (1)
Weather conditions\"""",Terrain" (1)
Air warfare\""" (1)
Experiencing combat\"",Reaction to Pearl Harbor" (1)
War’s End\" (1)
Air warfare\""""",Clothing and equipment" (1)
Veteran’s Affairs\""" (1)
The draft\"",Personal/family relationships" (1)
The draft\""",Military training and instruction" (1)
The draft\"""",Personal/family relationships" (1)
The draft\"""" (1)
Air warfare\"""",\"Bailing out/loss of plane" (1)
Treating wounded\" (1)
VE-Day\""",VJ-Day" (1)
Air warfare\""""",Combat decisions" (1)
Air warfare\""""",Fear" (1)
Air warfare\"" (1)
\"""""Foxholes (1)
\"""Experiencing combat (1)
\"""Enlistment (1)
\"""Combat decisions (1)
\"""Clothing and equipment (1)
\"""Feelings toward enemies (1)
\"""Food/mess (1)
\"""Interactions with superiors (1)
\"""Illnesses (1)
\"""Hospital stays (1)
\"""Games and entertainment (1)
\"""Bailing out/loss of plane (1)
\"""Amphibious invasions (1)
\""""Experience behind enemy lines (1)
\""""Education (1)
\""""Aerial bombardment (1)
\"""""Interactions with Allied troops (1)
\""""Interactions with Allied troops (1)
\""""Liberty and Leave (1)
\"""Advances in technology (1)
\""""Reflections (1)
\""""Prisoner of war experience (1)
The draft\" (1)
Air warfare\"""",\"Performance of troops" (1)
Amphibious invasions\"",Military training and instruction" (1)
Reaction to Pearl Harbor\""",Personal/family relationships" (1)
Being wounded\"""",Military decorations" (1)
Rationing\"""" (1)
Amphibious invasions\""",Experiencing enemy fire" (1)
Reflections\""" (1)
Reflections\"""",Experience with death" (1)
Reflections\"""",Amphibious invasions" (1)
Reflections\"""""",Enlistment" (1)
Reflections\""""" (1)
Race relations\"",Ethnic/racial identity" (1)
Race relations\""",Ethnic/racial identity" (1)
Prewar life\"" (1)
Clothing and equipment\" (1)
Preparing for the invasion of Japan\" (1)
Postwar career\"",Postwar life" (1)
Prewar life\""",Great Depression" (1)
Civilian entertainment\"""",Entertainment" (1)
Prisoner experiences\""",Prisoner of war experience" (1)
Prisoner experiences\""" (1)
Prisoner experiences\"" (1)
Reflections\"""",\""Combat decisions" (1)
Reflections\""",Occupation duty" (1)
Tank warfare\"""""",Military training and instruction" (1)
Tank warfare\""""""",Terrain" (1)
Tank warfare\"""""" (1)
Air warfare\""",Friendships" (1)
Tank warfare\""""",Experiencing enemy fire" (1)
Air warfare\""",Experience behind enemy lines" (1)
Terrain\"""" (1)
Terrain\""" (1)
Terrain\"" (1)
Survival at sea\""" (1)
Air warfare\"",Combat decisions" (1)
Amphibious invasions\""""""",Tank warfare" (1)
Reflections\"",Korean War" (1)
Reflections\""",Service discharge" (1)
Reflections\""",Personal/family relationships" (1)
Amphibious invasions\"""" (1)
Returning home\""" (1)
Ship to ship bombardment (1)
Returning home\"""",Personal/family relationships" (1)
Returning home\""""",Interactions with superiors" (1)
\"""Interrogation (1)

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