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Claude Bufford Shaw didn't come immediately back to the United States when the war ended as he was making a career of...

For the invasion of Japan, Richard Nummer and the American troops were issued wool blankets and green fatigues to fight...

Clyde Nordstrom went to Fort Snelling [Annotator's Note: in Hennepin County, Minnesota] and said he wanted to enlist....

Alfred Dearman says that Sugamo Prison [Annotator's Note: in Tokyo, Japan] was the largest, most modern prison in Japan...

Richard Witaker felt hatred for the Japanese before the assault of Okinawa. The feelings had begun with the surprise...

Emmett Guderian served in the occupation of Japan. He saw the remains of bombed towns. He worked with Japanese on...

Bill Connelly was reassigned as an MP [Annotator's Note: military police] with the 98th infantry Division during the...

Allen Horton had a long leave on Ulithi, where the mail that had been collecting for some time finally reached the...

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

Shortly after Frederick Ellis reached Japan and the point system was in place for sending them home. The points got...

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...

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