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William Burkett thinks the war crimes trials [Annotator’s Note: Tokyo War Crimes Trials] were the most memorable. The...

Paul Franklin went to work for an oil company after he graduated high school. While at the water house, Franklin...

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

Charles “Chuck” Franzke’s orders were changed after the Japanese surrendered [Annotator’s Note: announced 15 August...

Earl Dean Browning had one day where the 25th Division [Annotator's Note: 25th Infantry Division] had a parade in Kyoto...

David Hanning says the goal of the program was to train interpreters to act as a translator between the American...

James N. Rizzo sailed overseas to the Pacific. He did not travel with his whole group [Annotator's Note: 553rd Air...

[Annotator's Note: Monroe Scherer was sent to Korea on occupation duty after Japan surrendered.] The Russians had...

Dale Smith was assigned to the USS Proteus (AS-19), a submarine repair and supply ship. It was big and had about 800...

Richard Lafleur [Annotator's Note: on occupation duty in Tokyo, Japan with 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division]...

Louis Andriano does not remember celebrating the war ending. They were always the last to know and it made no...

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

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