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Edward Bale began training for the invasion of Japan after the end of the combat on Okinawa. He knew what to expect of...

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

Garland Virgil Longhoffer was at a movie when he was told the Japanese surrendered. His area did not believe the news....

David Hanning was assigned as an assistant to a lieutenant and then to the headquarters of an adjutant general where he...

When Edward Chinnis reported aboard the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Dorchester (APB-46)], there was a third class...

When Marvin Martin heard about the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki,...

Robert Lewter would swap cigarettes for Japanese services. The Japanese used needles and sewed thread as straight as an...

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

Howard Cain sailed across the Pacific on a troop ship to Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: Okinawa, Japan]. He was assigned to...

Since Alfred Dearman would be in the cellblock with the prisoners [Annotator's Note: at Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Japan],...

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...

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