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Murphy Burke had a lot of respect for the Japanese; he thought they were good soldiers, and did their job with the few...

James Billingsley was treated well as a replacement. In combat troops, it is a different thing altogether. He never...

Frank Kern, [Annotator's Note: with A Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division] was on the...

Robert D. Shaner got off the ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-475] and explored [Annotator's Note: after they landed...

Philip Dunford feels the Japanese were very capable fighters, but were also very cruel. What they did to an American...

James Shelton Scales was in the Marine Corps when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...

Soon after the war ended, Robert “Bob” Bowron was sent overseas to the Pacific. He boarded a ship with 4,000 troops....

Erwin Johnson was a prisoner of war being held in Mukden, Manchuria when he was told the war was over on 17 August 1945...

[Annotator's Note: A person off camera comments in the background throughout this clip.] Harry A. Donovan did not...

William Winter was at Fort McClellan for four months, after which they were assigned to Army units. In October 1944, he...

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

[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...

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