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Olaf Rose was born in August 1921 in Pontiac, Michigan, and was the oldest of four children. His father was in the...

James Ramage started his career in the US Navy aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6). The non-aviators in the Navy at the...

The smell over Tokyo during that night bombing mission [Annotator's Note: the 24 and 25 May 1945 fire bombing mission]...

Gerald Kynett's family started rationing. His father had to get a special waver for gasoline since he was a salesman....

When the war ended, Wallace McKay was sent to Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], where he worked in a beach...

Robert W. "RW" Pratt, [Annotator's Note: assigned as the gunnery officer aboard USS LST-781] moved around the South...

When Ray Gene Gresham got out of the service, he didn't think the G.I. Bill could help him enough to afford college...

Yellin went to witness the ceremony in 2006. He met a few different Japanese soldiers and American military personnel...

Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams joined the Marine Corps on 17 March 1943. He trained at San Diego [Annotator's Note: US...

Frank V. Tarkington joined the Indiana National Guard, but was kicked out because it came to light that he was too...

James W. Metcalf was born in Toledo, Ohio in September 1924. When he was still an infant, Metcalf’s father moved the...

Lowell Rodrigue and his crew [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Zeilin (APA-3)] picked up some Marine troops and brought...

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