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Crosby, Thomas Sanitary Conditions, Entertainment and Starvation in Santo Tomas
Thomas Crosby had bad asthma as a child, so while he was living in the internment camp, he slept in a bed by the window...
Reissig, Floyd J. Officers, Picking Up Wounded, and Enemy Attacks
One night, Floyd James Reissig called general quarters while sailors were sleeping on the deck. There was an...
Maziarczyk, Michael Prewar Life
Michael Maziarczyk was born in July 1922. He was raised on a farm in Cameron, Pennsylvania. His mother had 14 children...
Riddle, Pearson Captured and Sent to Japan
The US Navy had planes ready to help out at Wake Island but the admiral in charge figured that it was going to be too...
Lebow, Cleatus Dealing with Disaster
Hunger and thirst tormented Cleatus Lebow and his fellow shipmates from the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) who were stranded...
Draxler, Donald Overseas Deployment
In early April [Annotator's Note: April 1943], second lieutenants were asked to volunteer for duty in the Pacific....
O'Brien, William L. War's End
William O’Brien remembers that they ate well on the battleship. They had a small refrigerator. They checked all the...
Yamamoto, Albert Returning Home and Reflecting on the Atomic Bombs
Albert Yamamoto had to wait for his United States citizenship to be verified before he could return to home from Japan...
LaNier, Joseph Postwar
Joseph LaNier did not know what he would do after the service. He was reserve and not regular Army. Consequently, his...
Singlaub, John Psychological Training
John Singlaub was trained by the British Special Forces. Some of the training included assuming an artificial...
Ronson, Harold Iwo Jima
When Harold Ronson got onto the beach at Iwo [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945, Iwo...
Blair, Douglas Postwar and Reflections
After the war ended, the captain of the USS Hampden County (LST-803) threw a huge party in Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam...

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