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Ben Steele was told the war was over by a Japanese officer. At first, the Americans did not believe him, but American B...

After the war ended, Thomas J. Smith, Junior and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine...

Ralph Burch thought seeing the Golden Gate Bridge was memorable when he was in San Francisco [Annotator’s Note: San...

Windom Joseph Burton went to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6)]....

Burton Johnson feared that his handling of Japanese POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] would be held against him...

Following the end of the war, Harold Joslin remained in Japan briefly. The former captives were brought to a landing...

William “Bill” Knapp learned how tenuous life is and how men can hate each other during the Second World War. Hating is...

Mark Maynard trained new submariners at New London before being assigned to a new submarine. He was responsible to...

Edward Bale and his Marine Corps Medium Tank Company [Annotator's Note: Company C, 1st Corps Tank Battalion (medium)]...

Harold Buell attended Parsons College in Iowa [Annotator's Note: Fairfield, Iowa] on an athletic scholarship. He was an...

Jacques Brewster Smith says Elmer Fryar [Annotator's Note: phonetic spelling] was the company [Annotator's Note:...

The first treatment Carroll Harris received was heat lamps on his legs. However, his legs and feet began blistering, so...

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