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Leo William Schmittgens was finally able to return home [Annotator's Note: after seven months of occupation duty in...

One night the men were on a 100 percent alert. Robert Akins was manning the 37mm antitank gun. Around two in the...

Jack Houston returned to the United States around May 1946. He was discharged at the end of May or beginning of June in...

Jack Skaggs could tell the end of the war was coming by April 1945 when the 7th Fleet wiped out the shipyard in Osaka....

William Pierce had good duty for the six or seven months that he was in China [Annotator's Note: serving occupation...

[Annotator's Note: Romus Valtin "R.V." Burgin served in the United States Marine Corps as a mortar section leader in...

Bailey feels that war should be over with. His division fought the Chinese in North Korea. Young men are fighting today...

Jimmie Dyer entered the service in March 1944 after making a deal with his mother to finish high school. He was sworn...

William Pierce never fired a rifle until he was in the Marine Corps. He became a marksman and then an expert rifleman....

Richard Witaker faced many hardships on Okinawa. Troops suffered from fatigue resulting from tension and lack of sleep...

The first time William J. Twigger took fire from the Japanese was on 18 May [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of...

Richard Witaker had a memorable experience after the campaign for Okinawa was over and the island was declared secured...

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