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[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer received his discharge orders on 10 December 1945 while on occupation duty in Kagoshima...

Clyde Nordstrom was a guard at Sugamo Prison [Annotator's Note: Tokyo, Japan] and saw Hideki Tōjō [Annotator's Note:...

Marvin Martin [Annotator’s Note: assigned to the 3475th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company] was sent to a...

Paul Amrod made a combat landing at Inchon, South Korea, where the occupation took place without a shot fired. His...

Robert Lewter was inducted in Georgia. From there he got on a train to Camp Polk, Louisiana [Annotator's Note: now Fort...

Martin Sherbecoe recalled a couple of incidents from PT boat [Annotator's Note: patrol torpedo boat] school. One...

On 30 August 1945, O’Neil Ducharme [Annotator’s Note: with the 4th Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division] went ashore at...

John Laborde was in Yokohama, Japan for the surrender of the Japanese. His group was told the Japanese were going to...

Myers Bernard Rosenbloom was a payroll clerk [Annotator's Note: in the 2nd Marine Division]. Everyone was trained in...

Francis Borrell was woken up early one morning and was told about the Japanese surrendering. Everyone was celebrating,...

[Annotator's Note: Throughout the segment, a chirp sound can be heard.] In March 1949, Albert "Al" Machaud received...

Alton Barnes spent about three months in Japan performing occupation duty following World War 2. His main function was...

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