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That was as close as Emmett Kaylor ever came to getting hit [Annotator's Note: during a Japanese attack in the...

Ellis Whaley does not remember where he had basic training. He was sent to California for special training. It was a...

After the war ended, Virginia Wilterdink had enough of the island climate, and elected to work on the hospital ship USS...

Garland Virgil Longhoffer arrived at Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] on the night of 26 April 1945. He was...

Donald Draxler was brought back to Hawaii [Annotator's Note: after being wounded during the Battle of Saipan] and...

In February 1945, Garland Miller Gallaspy [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 161st Parachute Engineer Battalion, 503rd...

Lionel Lopez was a shoe salesman before the war. He went back to work for the same company after he got out of the...

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

Edward Riedl felt that if they did not kill, they would be killed themselves. The Japs [Annotator's Note: a period...

Abraham Sacks was born in September 1919 in London, England with one younger sister. He arrived in New York [Annotator'...

Trinidad Ledesma was tired and had jungle worms, so he decided not to reenlist. He was at a hospital and quarantined...

Earl Angel was born in August 1923 in Hanover, Pennsylvania. He had ten siblings, four sisters and six brothers. His...

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