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After the conclusion of World War 2, Robert W. "RW" Pratt, [Annotator's Note: assigned as the gunnery officer aboard...

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...

John Gehrett [Annotator's Note: as a Supply Officer of a Navy D2 Supply Unit] participated in the occupation of Japan...

Roy H. Matsumoto was successful in his covert work against the communists [Annotator's Note: he had been called into...

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...

In the whole time James Buckley was on duty in the Pacific [Annotator's Note: as Deck Officer on the USS LST-1013], he...

[Annotator’s Note: An air conditioner can be heard turning on and off throughout this clip.] At war’s end, Harry Robert...

Floyd James Reissig was in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] when the war ended. When he got...

[Annotator's Note: Howard Warren Stokes served in the 27th Infantry Division. Soon after the war's end, he was sent...

Jack Gutman said that because there were so many, the wounded were taken off Okinawa and brought back to various ships...

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