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Basic training was not too bad for Leslie B. Mason, Junior. His dad was an athletic director, so he was used to doing...

Ray Dennis Irby was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] for two years [Annotator's Note: during the Korean...

William Wayne and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division]...

Daniel J. Lawler went into Peking, China [Annotator's Note: modern day Beijing, China] after Okinawa [Annotator's Note...

James Richard O'Rorke was assigned to a Japanese baron and his beautiful home which was safe between Nagasaki [...

When he was on shore leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] in occupied Japan,...

Ervin Markwald [Annotator’s Note: drafted into the Army at age 18] did 17 weeks of basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas...

Charles Stix left Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] after the atomic bombs [Annotator’s Note: Nuclear...

Robert Templet wanted to attend college after his service, but he married and had children and his plans changed. He...

When the war ended, Wallace McKay was sent to Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], where he worked in a beach...

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

Louis J. Armentaro did not participate in the Korean War [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953],...

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