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Martin Sherbecoe served for over eight months [Annotator's Note: on occupation duty in Japan] and earned enough points...

Alvin Barnes rode out a typhoon off Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan]. The ship [Annotator's Note: USS Purdy (...

John Gehrett [Annotator's Note: as a Supply Officer of a Navy D2 Supply Unit] participated in the occupation of Japan...

Murphy Burke had a lot of respect for the Japanese; he thought they were good soldiers, and did their job with the few...

Gerald Kynett could run 20 to 25 word a minute using signal. After stopping at Enewetok [Annotator's Note: Enewetok...

Alvin Barnes entered Tokyo Bay [Annotator's Note: Tokyo Bay, Japan] after the war. His ship [Annotator's Note: USS...

Edmond Guidry wanted to kill the Japanese for what they did. When the war ended, the United States still did not trust...

Looking back, Dale Peterson feels honored that he participated in the 2 September 1945 surrender of the Japanese. At...

Everywhere that Frederick Ellis went there was an officer's club. The enlisted men never got that. Every once in a...

Alvin Barnes was temporarily assigned to the USS Indianapolis [Annotator's Note: USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] for one day...

Robert D. Shaner got off the ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-475] and explored [Annotator's Note: after they landed...

It was Walter Bank's first time in the Pacific, and he found it "different." Few Japanese spoke English, and he had to...

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