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For occupation duty in Japan, Albert "Al" Machaud was transferred to Hokkaido, in northern part of the county, where he...

James Born remarked on his feelings of the Japanese during World War 2. He had a very low opinion of the Japanese...

After spending months trying to kill Japanese, Oran Harris now had to live with them. He felt sorry for the civilians,...

James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] became sick with diarrhea [Annotator's Note: loose, watery...

Roy H. Matsumoto saw the city of Hiroshima [Annotator's Note: Hiroshima, Japan] after the war. It was flattened and...

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

Michael Maziarczyk was stationed in the Philippines when the atomic bomb [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...

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

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

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

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

Clifton Trahan was hospitalized in Africa after being burned in a submarine attack while serving aboard the merchant...

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