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Lawrence Winnier's boot camp [Annotator's Note: in the US Navy] was being taught how to set a table and make beds. They...

During and after the Battle of Saipan, Ira Schilling and his fellow Marines willingly accepted enemy troops who...

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

Thomas Edward Pugh was born in June 1924 in Dallas, Texas, but grew up in Denton [Annotator's Note: Denton, Texas]. His...

Dale Smith was born in Ontario, California in March 1925. His great grandfather moved there in 1892 and was a founder....

Robert Addison was born in Akron, Ohio in December 1922. Growing up he was very athletic and played many different...

Nick Cristiano says the Japanese guards [Annotator's Note: at Ofuna prisoner of war camp, Kamakura, Japan] were bored...

In June 1944, Kenneth Dwight Wells went by train to Parris Island [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris...

[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...

George Mouton's oldest brother was drafted. The second oldest brother was in submarines. The third brother was in the...

In mid 1942, Jack Leaming and approximately 60 other prisoners of war, POWs, were transferred to a camp in Osaka. The...

In 1942 they began to realize that the Japanese were planning an assault on Port Moresby [Annotator's Note: New Guinea...

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