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Asked what he thought about the Japanese, Earl Conklin said they were "pretty vicious," but conceded that combat makes...

The weight of Donald Campbell's job was such that he rarely had off-duty time. He was responsible for the division's...

Karr recalls having to go up on deck with buckets of water from down below. One of the times he went up to dump a...

Louis Burg initially wanted to fly planes in the military, but his family did not want him to. His mother tore up his...

James notes that when he shot the 5 inch guns they did not have to hit the planes directly because of the amount of...

Anthony Costa was sent to Osaka aboard a ship to work on the docks there. He was in a transport ship hold where he did...

Alex Vraciu lost his wing man, Brockmeyer [Annotators Note: US Navy Ensign Homer Brockmeyer] out over the Japanese...

Kenneth T. Snyder, Sr. says the reason for a museum [Annotator's Note: such as The National WWII Museum in New Orleans...

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

When Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in...

Harold Jones' [Annotator's Note: combat veteran of the Philippines with the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 11th...

In the early summer of 1945, Jack D. Owen [Annotator’s Note: assigned to the USS Colusa (APA-74) as the radar striker]...

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