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Edward Chinnis and his fellow sailors hated the Japanese even after the war ended. Chinnis was on occupation duty for...

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

Raymond Mabarac first landed at Kumaki Air Force Base in Japan, where he lived in a hangar, and then in tents where he...

After being discharged, Monroe Scherer attended college on the G.I. Bill. Most of the students in his classes were...

Charles “Chuck” Wisher reached the Philippines [Annotator’s Note: as a crewman on a Boeing B-29 Superfortress very...

Leon Schafer reported to CINPAC [Annotator's Note: Commander-in-Chief Pacific; US Navy Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz...

At Camp Crowder [Annotator's Note: in Neosho, Missouri], Lester Caplan was originally trained as a radio repairman, but...

Joseph Orlando had two men in his squad who had been on Guadalcanal [Annotator’s Note: Battle of Guadalcanal; Operation...

[Annotator’s Note: Can hear ringing from interviewee’s hearing aid throughout segment.] In March 1946, George N....

James "Jim" Tubach was discharged at Fort Lewis, Washington and returned to Falls City, Nebraska. His family only knew...

2 September 1945 was the official surrender on the USS Missouri. Muller had gone over to watch the Japanese go aboard...

George Linker thought he would return to the United States as soon as the war ended. Instead, he stayed in Japan for...

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