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Dearman, Alfred Arriving in Japan
When Alfred Dearman got to Japan, he went to a replacement depot. He waited around there with his friend he had gone to...
Riedl, Edward Combat on Leyte
Edward Riedl remembers that the Duck [Annotator's Note: DUKW; six-wheel-drive amphibious truck; also known as a Duck]...
Whaley, Ellis Going into Okinawa
Ellis Whaley spent a lot of time talking to his boys before they got off their ship [Annotator's Note: during the...
Longhoffer, Garland Returning Home and Reflections
Garland Virgil Longhoffer returned home on 1 September 1946, after one year in Japan. He learned some of the Japanese...
Draxler, Donald Reflections
Donald Draxler was mad at the Japanese for the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl...
Ledesma, Trinidad Mindanao and Kamikazes
Trinidad Ledesma volunteered to be a code clerk in headquarters where he thought he would be safer. He was shown a...
De Mers, William Segment 2
They ended up at Camp Custer. DeMers had been getting promoted this entire time. He made 1st Sergeant by 1940. They...
Bannai, Paul Joining the Military Intelligence Service (MIS)
Paul Takeo Bannai decided to go to Washington D.C. to lobby for the inclusion of Japanese-Americans in the military. He...
Geiger, John Shipped to New Guinea
John Geiger was shipped to New Guinea [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 31st Infantry Division]. They went through...
Keller, Richard Defensive Positions and Airfields
[Annotator's Note: Richard Keller served in the Army as the company commander of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 148th...
Winter, William A Common Bond
William Winter agrees with the interviewer's statement that many black veterans felt more freedom in the Army than they...
Smith, John Returning Home
John Smith was out on a patrol miles into enemy territory when he was "relieved of all hazardous duty" and told he was...

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