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Learning of the Japanese surrender was a relief for Don Daniels. He was on a ship off Honolulu [Annotator's Note:...

On 30 August 1945, O’Neil Ducharme [Annotator’s Note: with the 4th Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division] went ashore at...

Adolph Wilson and his outfit sailed back to Hawaii after Iwo Jima. They were being trained to assault Sasebo, Japan as...

When Frank Pryor left Hawaii, he was sent to Japan instead of the mainland [Annotator's Note: the United States...

William Pierce had good duty for the six or seven months that he was in China [Annotator's Note: serving occupation...

James H. "Jim" Pritchard's unit [Annotator's Note: 28th Infantry Regiment, 5th Marine Division] was sent to Sasebo on...

William Pierce looked at the invasion of Japan as just another battle. His Marine regiment [Annotator's Note: Pierce...

Henry Quinton Pike was assigned to a gun on the USS Hornet (CV-8) to transport civilians to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's...

Richard Witaker felt hatred for the Japanese before the assault of Okinawa. The feelings had begun with the surprise...

Joseph Mittelsdorf enjoyed swimming and diving for lobsters at night in Hawaii [Annotator's Note: as part of the 5th...

Jimmie Dyer and the 6th US Marine Division turned loose the kids who were training to be kamikaze pilots. Dyer later...

Nagasaki [Annotator's Note: Nagasaki, Japan] was devastated [Annotator's Note: by the nuclear weapon dropped on...

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