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The closest call Thomas Long recalled was the time he was dropping dynamite to repel enemy swimmers whose mission was...

Robert Templet wanted to attend college after his service, but he married and had children and his plans changed. He...

Paul Fair moved on to Japan after the Japanese surrendered [Annotator’s Note: announced 15 August 1945, officially...

Robert E. McGovern was born in October 1926 in Flint, Michigan. His parents were from Lebanon, Pennsylvania and his...

David R. Saunders recalled when they announced that the war was over. Everyone was hooping and hollering. When he...

Robert Knudson was now with the 11th Brigade Headquarters Unit [Annotator's Note: 11th Naval Construction Brigade],...

The V-12 program [Annotator’s Note: V-12 US Navy College Training Program, 1943 to 1946] disbanded when the war was...

Alfred Dearman says that in the book [Annotator's Note: Dearman is referring to a scrapbook he has, as well as to "...

[Annotator's Note: Monroe Scherer was sent to Okinawa, Japan in July 1945.] There was a sign posted saying that they...

Clifford Campbell did not go ashore on Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte, Philippine Islands] until the island was secure...

Robert Brant and his ship made it to Kyushu, Japan after hitting a typhoon in the Pacific. Brant recalled having ill...

John Stiles took part in the occupation of Japan. He had to get a driver's license for Okinawa [Annotator's Note:...

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