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Following the Battle of Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg; 1 April to 22...

Francis Bucher says the closest he came to death was when he flew with a drunk commander. He was in the hangar ready...

[Annotator's Note: Muffled talking can be heard in the background throughout this segment.] John Sanford Gilman ended...

John Gehrett [Annotator's Note: as a Supply Officer of a Navy D2 Supply Unit] participated in the occupation of Japan...

Clayton Fisher volunteered to fly an SB2A Brewster [Annotator's Note: Brewster SB2A Buccaneer scout bomber] and lead...

Many men on Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Aldebaran (AF-10)] gambled. The officers tried to...

Wesley Waggoner was born in 1927 [Annotator’s Note: May 1927 in Watonga, Oklahoma]. His family was composed of 14...

Alvin Sniff did numerous trips to the Mediterranean Sea while he was a career Navy man. He recalled when the Navy...

James Oney cannot think of anything that exciting that stands out [Annotator's Note: about his service in World War 2...

After his induction in Little Rock [Annotator's Note: Little Rock, Arkansas], Carl Trim was sent to Farragut, Idaho for...

After the Japanese surrendered [Annotator’s Note: the surrender was announced by Japanese Emperor Hirohito on 15 August...

Sterling Cale received several different military decorations. He received multiple Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star, and a...

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