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Mark Maynard witnessed a big celebration at the end of the war. Some men even drank torpedo fuel which contained...

Coming home from Japan was a joyous time for Don Daniels. His brother was already out of the service. They tried to get...

Vernon Henry Moret boarded a plane on Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands] to rejoin his unit [...

Nobuo Hayashi was born in April 1932 and was raised in Nishinomiya, Japan. Growing up in his early youth, he remembered...

The men were lined up waiting to be searched. A friend, Joe Perry, who later made full Commander devised a plan to get...

Each regiment had a book with pictures in it. When the war was over, Thomas J. Smith, Junior felt like a curtain came...

Earl Conklin was born in September 1921 in Saint Louis, Missouri. He was a "depression boy" whose father worked for the...

William Lutz knew the enemy was in front of them. [Annotator’s Note: He is referring to the Japanese on Guam]. He did...

Jerry Yellin was born on February 15th, 1924 in Newark, New Jersey. He graduated from Hillside High School in June of...

Paul Harless was assigned to the USS Potomac (AG-25) in Washington D.C. while he served with the Navy. He was visiting...

Fred Bergeron was waiting for a battle like Midway. He was very upset at what had been happening to them. He saw the...

Wilbur Rogers likes to tell a story about a pigeon. [Annotator's Note: Rogers grins briefly.] After the invasion of the...

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