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Following the Battle of Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg; 1 April to 22...

Howard Robert Charles became a prisoner of war [Annotator's Note: after the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30) in...

One day, they [Annotator's Note: the Japanese] loaded Alfred Raymond Mosher and others onto an inland sea ferry and...

Alois Kopp enlisted in the Navy in September 1937 despite the fact he could not swim. He learned fast. He volunteered...

Melvin Munch would have been part of the invasion force for assaulting the Japanese home islands. The atomic bombs kept...

Melvin Munch corresponded with his future wife back home while he was on Okinawa. The letters had to be reviewed by...

[Annotator's Note: William Leibold served in the Navy as a Chief Boatswain's Mate and made all five war patrols aboard...

Remi Kidder got the bed he always hoped he would have. [Annotator's Note: Kidder joined the Navy and served aboard the...

[Annotator's Note: George Joseph Sullivan was a prisoner of war held at the Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp in Sandakan,...

[Annotator's Note: William Leibold served in the Navy as a Chief Boatswain's Mate and made all five war patrols aboard...

Paul Gibfried worked at the Executive Office of the Secretary of the Navy. It was a data center that informed him of...

Eugene Dorsey’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was when a German POW [Annotator’s Note: prisoner of war] fell...

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