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Riddle, Pearson Seeing an American Plane and Being Liberated
Pearson Riddle was sent to second camp that had high walls and an electric fence in 1943. He was then put on a ship to...
Waller, Charles Teaching World War 2
Charles A. Waller believes there should be institutions like the National WWII Museum [Annotator's Note: The National...
Durio, Aristide Prewar and Enlistment
Aristide "A.D." Durio was born in Sunset, Louisiana in July 1926 and grew up there. His father worked in rice fields,...
Bates, Dale Reflections on the War
Dale Bates' most memorable experience of World War 2 was a mission off the tip of Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: Okinawa,...
LaNier, Joseph Deployment to Hawaii
Joseph LaNier exited San Francisco toward Pearl Harbor. Everything that LaNier saw when he went into the Navy was new...
Wilterdink, Virginia Reflections
Virginia Wilterdink's most memorable experience of the war was hearing the news that the Japanese had bombed Pearl...
Crosby, Thomas Coping with PTSD and Volunteer Projects
Thomas Crosby gives his wife all the credit for his breakthrough with is post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD. He...
Driscoll, Edward Inherent Danger
On 1 September 1944, Edward Driscoll was involved in the bombing of Chichijima [Annotator's Note: Chichijima, Japan]....
Kern, Frank Prewar Life and Boot Camp
Frank Kern served as a corporal in A Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines [Annotator's Note: 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd...
Neher, Lisle Flying Combat Missions
Lisle Neher took part in all five of the fire bomb mission. On those missions they would fly between 300 feet and 700...
Goldsborough, William Postwar Service in Japan
When the war ended, William Goldsborough didn't have enough points [Annotator's Note: a point system was devised based...
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...

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