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William Lee Barnes does not remember seeing the island of Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], but he does...

Bruce McCormick went to China. He was non-rated. He asked his Division officer if he could take a test to get Third...

Soon after the Battle of the Philippines, Murphy Burke remembers spending a week at one of the larger ports, Ulithi....

When Julian Trist Bringier McConnell left the bigger ship that took him overseas, he patrolled mountainous islands and...

Arles E. Cole left Pearl Harbor the next morning [Annotator’s Note: Cole was a quartermaster on the USS West Virginia (...

Aristide "A.D." Durio was born in Sunset, Louisiana in July 1926 and grew up there. His father worked in rice fields,...

Philip Schweitzer cannot think of many other lighter moments than the ones he's already mentioned. He remembers one...

Richard Baile feels that it is important to teach young people about World War 2 but feels that teaching young people...

Robert Addison joined the United States Marine Corps on 7 January 1942. He spent three weeks at Parris Island and then...

Joseph Vater's older brother was old enough to serve, but was married and had a child, so he was not drafted. Vater was...

Most of the time, they got along with the Filipinos. Stinson notes that any foreigner who comes in and occupies another...

Jack Leaming was shipped to the Ofuna prison camp after Yokohama. Baths were in individual tubs with water heaters. The...

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