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Bruce McCormick was in a convoy when the war ended. The fleets mustered in the Philipines. Then they got together to go...

One time that scared William Beaman happened when the USS Flasher (SS-249) was firing electric torpedoes. They were...

Richard Higgins occasionally wants to forget what he has seen. Higgins remembers being on Cape Gloucester hiding behind...

William Jackson joined the 55th Troop Carrier Squadron, 375th Troop Carrier Group at Biak [Annotator's Note: Biak,...

Joseph Townsend went to the sick bay in Pearl [Annotator’s Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii]. Townsend was x-rayed and they...

John Singlaub had a specific OSS [Annotator's Note: Office of Strategic Services, pre-runner of the Central...

After the war, Robert Lents hated the Japanese. He said the Australians took over the island on which he had been kept...

Ellis Whaley's most memorable experience from World War 2 would have to be Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Okinawa...

Richard Lafleur [Annotator's Note: on occupation duty with 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division] got acquainted...

Barbara Butler's first installation was on Leyte. Her living quarters were very close to the beach where General...

Robert Hammond was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1926. His father was a postal worker and his mother a...

Lester Caplan's decision to serve in World War 2 came out of his belief that it was a legitimate war, and America was...

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