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Barbara Butler wrote home frequently. She tried to explain to her family what she was going through and to reassure...

Norman Hatch was in New York at the March of Time [Annotator's Note: an American newsreel series sponsored by Time...

Joseph Townsend wanted to join the Marine Corps. His mother objected. His father had served in the Army in the First...

Kerama Retto [Annotator's Note: Kerama Islands off of Okinawa] was used as a staging area for the destroyers going out...

Benjamin Hagans remembers they were in the sea and the Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese]...

William Cart thought the PBY [Annotator's Note: Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat] was a truck, but it was...

After Willie D. Knippers spent a year in Hawaii, he was shipped to Guam [Annotator’s Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] where...

World War 2 changed Francis Bucher's life for the better. He matured a lot faster. He had a better understanding of...

Howard Warren Stokes is thankful for being alive and for the government paying for his education. He is also happy...

Hersey Goodwin is glad his daughter called [Annotator's Note: for this interview]. He does not mind discussing it at...

Kenneth Theis reached Pearl Harbor and discovered that he was to be the Supply and Disbursement Officer on the USS...

Calvin Moore was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] when the Japanese surrendered. They were running bets...

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