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[Annotator's Note: Horace Trahan served in the Navy on occupation duty outside of Tokyo, Japan.] He stayed aboard ship...

Joseph Linett continued on the same ship when it left Ulithi, and while they were underway, a "now hear this"...

Leo Denault was shipped to Ieshima [Annotator’s Note: Ieshima, Japan]. They were still clearing the jungle. This is...

Schuyler Lininger departed Tokyo [Annotator's Note: Tokyo, Japan] for San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco,...

Carey Eleser turned 21 on 5 August 1945 and went into a bar to get a beer. On 6 August the atomic bomb was dropped and...

For the invasion of Japan, Richard Nummer and the American troops were issued wool blankets and green fatigues to fight...

Alfred Dearman says that Sugamo Prison [Annotator's Note: in Tokyo, Japan] was the largest, most modern prison in Japan...

Clyde Nordstrom went to Fort Snelling [Annotator's Note: in Hennepin County, Minnesota] and said he wanted to enlist....

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

Bill Connelly was reassigned as an MP [Annotator's Note: military police] with the 98th infantry Division during the...

George A. Damiano had issues with a new commanding officer [Annotator's while serving on occupation duty in Korea with...

Emmett Guderian served in the occupation of Japan. He saw the remains of bombed towns. He worked with Japanese on...

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