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Harry Bender enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1944 and went through boot camp, which had him wondering why he decided to...

[Annotator's Note: George Joseph Sullivan was a prisoner of war of the Japanese and was working as slave laborer on the...

John Cassidy was born in June 1915 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of a 17 year old girl who couldn't support a...

Walter Nelson loved the airplane he flew in [Annotators Note: TBF and TBM Avenger torpedo bombers]. It was slow but...

James J. Hill had Pappy Boyington [Annotator's Note: later US Marine Corps Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington] as his...

Randall Edwards likened the old Chinese army camp where he was held prisoner to a group of American-style hog houses....

Lyle Bird remarks that World War 2 was a long time ago, but he feels honored to have been a part of it. He served...

Richard F. Penwell departed California and arrived in Dobodura, New Guinea but soon departed for Leyte [Annotator's...

Leslie B. Mason, Junior did morning reports and accounts of the prisoners [Annotator's Note: at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo...

Joseph Brannan had never ridden on a PT boat [Annotator's Note: Patrol Torpedo boat] prior to his assignment to his...

[Annotator’s Note: Can hear ringing from interviewee’s hearing aid throughout segment.] After recruit training, George...

Norman Sterrie finished flight training in the summer of 1940 [Annotator's Note: Sterrie had entered the Navy in...

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