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It was Walter Bank's first time in the Pacific, and he found it "different." Few Japanese spoke English, and he had to...

Serving in the Red Cross made Barbara Butler a more forceful and less shy person. It improved her leadership skills and...

Orville Carroll was born in Bend, Oregon in December 1924. He grew up in Sisters, Oregon, graduated from high school...

[Annotator's Note: Ed Kough refers to a paper for dates and holds it up in front of his face throughout the segment.]...

Robert Kenneth “Bob” Boehm was born in August 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri. He grew up there until he enlisted in the...

Edward F. Kent headed to Kiska in the Aleutian Islands [Annotator’s Note: Aleutian Islands, Alaska] with his unit [...

William Earl Gast was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in September 1924. He grew up with two sisters. His dad worked...

Ray Gene Gresham was born in July 1927 in Lawrence County, Illinois, the last of the six children of a farmer. After...

Carlos Reed was sent to New Guinea in 1944. He was assigned to the 6th Infantry Division as a replacement. After the...

John "Jack" Raquepau got married about a week after George Bush [Annotator's Note: George H. W. Bush, 41st President of...

The Battle of the Driniumor River ended in August of 1944 after the Japanese 18th Army had been completely decimated....

[Annotator’s Note: There is someone off camera helping the interviewee with answering questions throughout the segment...

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