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On the 17th of June [Annotator's Note: 17 June 1945 on Okinawa] they moved back off of Kunishi Ridge. A colonel was...

[Annotator's Note: Floyd Annas was training for air sea rescue at Keesler Field, now Keesler Air Force Base, in Biloxi...

Charles “Chuck” Wisher thought the B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber] was the...

Eugene N. James was born in Brewton, Alabama. His father was a Methodist minister, and they spent a lot of time in West...

After bootcamp, Carrel Reavis was sent to Hawaii, where he stayed for the whole war. All he did was load and unload...

Samuel Tso changed his age to join the Marine Corps. He was 18 years old at the time and could not find a job. He went...

Representatives from each camp were taken to Okinawa for a meeting to determine the best way to get the American...

Surviving a Storm

Francis Borrell was woken up early one morning and was told about the Japanese surrendering. Everyone was celebrating,...

Raymond Birdsall [Annotator's Note: a Torpedoman 3rd Class on the USS Batfish (SS-310)] was 17 years old when he joined...

[Annotator’s Note: Video and audio do not sync up throughout segment.] Caroline Bailey Pratt said that her experience...

The war changed George Peto. After the war he was reluctant to make close friends. The separation of servicemen during...

Oral History