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[Annotator’s Note: Richard R. Ruess was assigned as a navigator to the 1st Mapping Group] he received orders to report...

James Richard O'Rorke trained in Fort Monmouth near Redback, New Jersey. All the trainees had previously been shipped...

Walter Bowsher was sent to Hokkaido, Japan to a prisoner of war, or POW, camp. He arrived at Hakodate Number 2 prison...

Jack H. Bleuler served as a tail gunner on a B-25 [Annotator's Note: North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber] with...

Wilbur Rogers was born in August 1925 in Jonesboro, Louisiana, the youngest of six boys and three girls. His wasn't a...

[Annotator's Note: Henry Bourgeois served in the USMC as a pilot flying Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft with Marine...

James Gaffney was once allowed to buy a case of beer after an announcement that there was an excess supply. Each sailor...

William Winter recognized during his OCS [Annotator's Note: officer candidate school] class how important education was...

Wim de Jonge reached a prison in Singapore where he was guarded by Indian troops who had formerly served in the British...

Jack D. Samuelson was assigned with two other officers [Annotator’s Note: he was newly assigned to the USS Louisville (...

Ray Anthony joined the Navy rather than the Army. He went to the Great Lakes and Chicago. Eddie Peabody was a...

Grant Ichikawa was first taken to an assembly center located on a horse racing track near Turlock, California. His...

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