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James Paul Lynch was going to submarine school in New London [Annotator's Note: New London, Connecticut]. LIFE magazine...

Monroe Scherer had lost a year of studies due to illness as a child. When he turned 18, he was still in high school. He...

After the Japanese surrendered [Annotator’s Note: the surrender was announced by Japanese Emperor Hirohito on 15 August...

Sam S. McKeel returned to the United States and was discharged from the Navy in March 1946. He enrolled in at Atlantic...

Church did not know what to expect when he surrendered. There was about 5000 troops with over 4500 backups. There were...

Romus Burgin was born in Jewett, Texas and stayed there until he graduated high school in 1941. He joined the Marine...

Alfred Rodrigues saw the damage on Battleship Row about two weeks after the attack [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...

Mark Brannon was given a 30 day terminal leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time],...

Ernest "Ernie" Andrus was on USS LST-124 [Annotator's Note: a Landing Ship, Tank] until just before the end of the war...

While Paul Bannai was in Japan, he knew his family would be able to leave their internment camp. He was given...

Meda Royce Hall was a Ground School Gunnery Instructor at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida when America went...

Waldron was the commanding officer of Torpedo Squadron 8. He wanted things done his way and he wanted them done right....

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