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Whayland Harvel Greene [Annotator's Note: assigned to the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division] was assigned...

Vernon Henry Moret flew into Japan with his unit [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 105th Infantry Regiment,...

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...

Richard Lafleur could smell Japan as they got close. Before long they could see the coastline. He envisioned what the...

Jean "Marian" Alva Yancey Landry was glad to return home after the war. Adjustment was no problem as she obtained her...

John Bellecci and a friend went to a place called Nikko [Annotator's Note: the site of the Toshogu Shinto Shrine] in...

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

William Burkett remembers the Philippines as a pretty country. He drove everywhere. He drove a truck to Manila [...

Learning of the Japanese surrender was a relief for Don Daniels. He was on a ship off Honolulu [Annotator's Note:...

David Hanning retired after 32 years in the Army as a Lieutenant Colonel. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer pauses the...

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

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