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Bruno S. Rinas was able to complete the work he was given because he was being fed. He never saw the Japanese shoot...

William Roy had served in Battleship Division 5 in the Atlantic on the battleship Arkansas [Annotator's Note: USS...

Clarence Robert Duff recalled heading to Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], Okinawa [Annotator's Note:...

Wim de Jonge could tell when he left Holland for the East Indies that war was looming. He was not concerned with...

One of Crump’s friends was on watch on a ship that was torpedoed. Crump’s convoy had about 35 percent casualties. The...

Louis John Walter was first assigned to the SS James Buchanan [Annotator's Note: as a seaman in the Merchant Marine]....

Wilbur Rogers laughs at remembering the reward for picking up a downed pilot: ice cream. For each man a ship picked up...

Giles Bacon remembers that the Japanese aircraft were close enough to shoot at, which he did. He had no idea if he hit...

Kent Butzer Kellegrew's first campaign was on Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte, Philippines]. He had turned 21 while on a...

Charles A. Waller believes there should be institutions like the National WWII Museum [Annotator's Note: The National...

Robert Dickinson's training took place on one of the old S-boats. [Annotator's Note: The United States' S-class...

Kenneth Wieland's most memorable experience of the war was coming home. He had served because all the other guys his...

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