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Mark Brannon was given a 30 day terminal leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time],...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. was assigned to Wake Island as a member of the Marine Corps' 1st Defense Battalion. He had...

While Paul Bannai was in Japan, he knew his family would be able to leave their internment camp. He was given...

Grant Ichikawa does not feel that he did anything special being a linguist. He had a job to do and he did it. Ichikawa...

Gerald West walked back two miles to the main camp and Edson [Annotator's Note: USMC Colonel, later Major General,...

Robert E. McGovern's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when his father died. He followed the war as a...

Buck Donaldson remembers only one other sailor was in church on his first day in Norfolk [Annotator’s Note: Norfolk,...

Lawrence J. Delaune, Sr. arrived at Lingayen Gulf off of Luzon [Annotator's Note: Luzon, Philippines] on 11 January...

Despite his father's initial objection, William Hall was excited to be activated as a Marine. Hall was sent to San...

Joe G. Casillas was trained as a rifleman in the infantry. He got to Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Northern Mariana...

Charles Brooks witnessed opportunities through his World War 2 experiences that he never would have otherwise seen....

Oran Harris maintains that after having walked for 67 days, 2,000 people from the Bataan Death March were transferred...

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