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The main difference between a jailer, which Alfred Dearman was, and a guard, is that the jailer is in the cellblock...

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

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

[Annotator's Note: Birds and muffled conversation can be heard in the background throughout this segment.] Conrad D....

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

Kenneth Wieland went straight to Japan. He was assigned to the Aviation Engineer battalion [Annotator’s Note: Company A...

Richard Lafleur [Annotator's Note: on occupation duty in Tokyo, Japan with 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division]...

Louis Andriano does not remember celebrating the war ending. They were always the last to know and it made no...

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

Daniel J. Lawler went into Peking, China [Annotator's Note: modern day Beijing, China] after Okinawa [Annotator's Note...

When the war ended, Wallace McKay was sent to Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], where he worked in a beach...

Leo Porteau's squad [Annotator's Note: Porteau was a squad leader in Company B, 1st Battalion, 185th Infantry Regiment...

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