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James Bollich was liberated by the Russians. Near the end of the war, the Japanese put out an order for all POWs [...

[Annotator's Note: Monroe Scherer was sent to Okinawa, Japan in July 1945.] There was a sign posted saying that they...

After Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], Lester Caplan traveled to Busan, Korea, and was sent to the ASCOM...

Arles E. Cole left Pearl Harbor the next morning [Annotator’s Note: Cole was a quartermaster on the USS West Virginia (...

[Annotator's Note: Malcolm Ernest was a prisoner of war at Camp O'Donnell on Luzon, Philippines.] Ernest was among a...

Thomas Kolesa feels he had the best education he could have ever gotten from the Marine Corps. When he got into...

[Annotator's Note: Marvin Tyson served in the Navy aboard the USS LSM-270, the lead landing ship, for the invasion of...

After being discharged, Monroe Scherer attended college on the G.I. Bill. Most of the students in his classes were...

Paul J. Murphy had his first campaign [Annotator’s Note: as a fire controlman aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] in...

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

Donald Herbert Shown and the Indianapolis [Annotator’s Note: USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] were in the Aleutians at the...

When Jack Houston was evacuated [Annotator's Note: from Okinawa] he was taken first to Saipan then to Guam. While they...

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