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Clem Thrift's last combat assignment was off of Borneo. There was concern because Japanese soldiers were swimming out...

After Richard Jaccarino was released from the hospital, he was sent to a replacement depot on Saipan, and within a...

The first time William J. Twigger took fire from the Japanese was on 18 May [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of...

Robert Akins oversaw some work details [Annotator's Note: overseeing Japanese soldiers in China after the war ended and...

The B-29s carrying the second atomic bomb were overhead circling Yawata. The crew of the B-29 carrying the bomb was...

Representatives from each camp were taken to Okinawa for a meeting to determine the best way to get the American...

Bailey feels that war should be over with. His division fought the Chinese in North Korea. Young men are fighting today...

[Annotator's Note: Stanley Richard Williams served in the Navy aboard the mortar ship USS LCI(M)-352 as a signalman and...

While off Okinawa, the USS Wisconsin [Annotator’s Note: USS Wisconsin BB-64] picked up some British POWs, which were...

John Cassidy served as an aide to an admiral during his tenure in the Pacific, and the two men got along well. Cassidy...

Forrest Villarrubia found the weather on Guam to be beautiful while he was stationed there after his tour in Leyte. The...

Sidney Philips remembers being in San Diego for two weeks [Annotators Note: after returning from his combat tour in the...

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