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Soon after the war ended, Robert “Bob” Bowron was sent overseas to the Pacific. He boarded a ship with 4,000 troops....

After spending months trying to kill Japanese, Oran Harris now had to live with them. He felt sorry for the civilians,...

While in India, Grant Jiro Hirabayashi worked as a translator for the British Air Force after being in Burma [Annotator...

Garland Virgil Longhoffer was at a movie when he was told the Japanese surrendered. His area did not believe the news....

While in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California], Matthew Cornelia boarded an APA [Annotator's Note...

[Annotator's Note: Birds and muffled conversation can be heard in the background throughout this segment.] After...

William Burkett left the States in August 1945. He was in an eight-ship convoy. They left from San Francisco [Annotator...

Samuel Malta and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Anti-Tank Company, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division]...

Grant Jiro Hirabayashi reunited with his parents in Minnesota where they had relocated after they were released from...

When the 32nd Division [Annotator's Note: 32nd Infantry Division] was called back, Emmanuel Damonte was transferred to...

When Alfred Dearman got to Japan, he went to a replacement depot. He waited around there with his friend he had gone to...

James Richard O'Rorke was a prisoner of war in a work camp in Yodogawa [Annotator's Note: Yodogawa-ku in Osaka, Japan]...

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