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Nick Cristiano has no idea where his Japanese prison guards went when the war ended. A whole new crew came in. The new...

It was Walter Bank's first time in the Pacific, and he found it "different." Few Japanese spoke English, and he had to...

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

Gerald Kynett could run 20 to 25 word a minute using signal. After stopping at Enewetok [Annotator's Note: Enewetok...

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

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

Joseph Linett continued on the same ship when it left Ulithi, and while they were underway, a "now hear this"...

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...

Jimmie Dyer and the 6th US Marine Division turned loose the kids who were training to be kamikaze pilots. Dyer later...

William Winter would go out with the patrols to round up Japanese soldiers. They had an airplane and would go pick...

After the Japanese surrendered, Clarence Strobel [Annotator’s Note: serving with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 188th Glider...

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