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Matthew Cornelia's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when it ended. He served because he wanted to do...

Walter Jacobs thought that the Japanese were not normal people. They were fanatics. They were good at sneaking around...

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

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...

After Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, September to November 1944,...

Albert Simon was in the Philippines. They stayed in pup tents [Annotator's Note: small sleep tents often shared by two...

[Annotator's Note: Richard Keller served in the Army as the company commander of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 148th...

In August 1945, after completing an advanced infantry training course at Fort Rucker, Alabama, Marvin Martin was sent...

Andrew Leblanc joined the Army because most of his friends were in the Army. He did not pick the Navy because he did...

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

Yukio Kawamoto was a precious child for his parents. The draft got him and he went to war. Kawamoto worked for the...

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