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For the invasion of Japan, Richard Nummer and the American troops were issued wool blankets and green fatigues to fight...

Wim de Jonge feels that The National WWII Museum is an important institution to maintain. The young people of today are...

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

After a furlough [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time], Bill Toledo [Annotator's Note:...

Mitchell Zimmer attended boot camp at Newport, Rhode Island. He went to special training in San Diego. He was assigned...

On 16 April [Annotator's Note: 16 April 1945], the Third Fleet was off the coast of Japan and sent planes out to hit...

Robert S. Gibbs was assigned to fleet maneuvers at Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, aboard the USS...

Michael Maziarczyk was ready to return home. It took them 12 hours to get from Hawaii to San Francisco [Annotator’s...

Emmett Kaylor's time in basic training was his first time in the South where they talked a little different. Their...

They were two days at sea when the PA system came on informing them that the group was headed for Tokyo [Annotators...

Peter Hebert’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was wanting to join the Navy and the patriotism of the country...

William Stewart was set to get discharged. He was considered surplus and could get out six months early. They fought...

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