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Thomas Tizzard says that his most memorable experience of World War 2 is hard to pin down. It could be the first time...

When the war started, Paul Takeo Bannai registered for the draft, hoping to fight for his country. He was not called up...

Donald Herbert Shown [Annotator’s Note: aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) after damages received from a kamikaze...

Lester Hecht's wife [Annotator's Note: Lillian] did not mind moving back in with her parents, when Hecht went to war....

Hugh Wingo was stationed in Galveston [Annotator’s Note: Galveston, Texas] for three or four months. They got the news...

At the end of January [Annotator's Note: January 1945] in Leyte Gulf, Frederick Grun had his first experience with...

Kenneth Dwight Wells joined Company F, 2nd Battalion, 29th Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division on the front lines...

Russell Gackenbach was a member in one of the 15 crews officially assigned to the 509th, 393rd Bomb Squad [Annotator's...

When David Yoho went through boot camp, it was great except for his troubled background. He kept getting into trouble...

Keith Renstrom and Amagony [Annotator's Note: unsure of spelling; on Iwo Jima] looked at each other and gave each other...

Martin Banyas sailed all the islands [Annotator's Note: a Marine gunner on USS Santa Fe (CL-60)] including Saipan [...

Archie Kelley had done very well in high school and had no academic problems at all [Annotator's Note: while attending...

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