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On 16 April [Annotator's Note: 16 April 1945], the Third Fleet was off the coast of Japan and sent planes out to hit...

After choosing the US Navy, Stanley John Niec attended boot camp at Naval Station Great Lakes [Annotator's Note: in...

After boot camp, Richard Nummer returned home for only one day before he returned to San Diego. Some trainees went AWOL...

Noah Lewis thinks the white servicemen were promoted to better positions than their black counterparts. He knows in the...

After Marine Corps boot camp, Arthur McHardy was sent to Seattle, Washington to a Navy yard as an MP [Annotator's Note...

Gene Alair's most memorable experience of the war was being back on board the USS Astoria (CA-34), below decks...

Lynward Joseph "Buddy" or "Bud" Adams was a Navy Armed Guard and guarded US Merchant Marine ships during World War 2....

Adolfo V. Celaya first encountered a man laying on his back [Annotator’s Note: while in the Pacific Ocean after the...

James Gaffney felt the Okinawan civilians were glad to see the Americans. They hung around the camp all the time. They...

After the war, James Allen lost contact with many of his friends from the war. He was busy with college and did not...

While off Okinawa, the USS Wisconsin [Annotator’s Note: USS Wisconsin BB-64] picked up some British POWs, which were...

Robert J. Ferris joined Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) as a replacement pilot [Annotator's Note: when...

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