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[Annotator's Note: Monroe Scherer was sent to Okinawa, Japan in July 1945.] There was a sign posted saying that they...

From 20000 feet the Japanese carriers could be seen maneuvering below. The carriers could be identified by their size...

Chester Hollingsworth was born on a farm in October 1917 near Greenville, Texas. He had two brothers and two sisters....

Charles Nathan Lane’s first battle was in the Philippines [Annotator’s Note: as part of the 197th Coast Artillery...

Walter Atwood worked for Boeing [Annotator's Note: The Boeing Company] for a couple of years and got deferments [...

Jack Houston returned to the United States around May 1946. He was discharged at the end of May or beginning of June in...

Rex James Bates served with the 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron in the Pacific. His plane crashed and he was...

John Singlaub took his group of resistance fighters just south of the Loire River. A local mayor organized an...

Jacklyn Lucas likes the life he is living. He liked being in the military. He has done well for himself and has a good...

Sidney Philips remembers the whole platoon being sent away to Lejeune. Most of the men were put into the 1st Regiment....

Joe Clapper was born in Jonesboro, Indiana, but grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He joined the Marine Corps just out of...

James Warren David remembered that the ship was full of people. The beds stacked nine bunks high. He recalled that he...

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