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Leese, Robert Assigned to the 5th Air Force
Once word came that they were shipping out, Robert Leese flew with his crew as a passenger, stopping for fuel in Fiji,...
Starnes, James Segment 5
When the ceremony was over [Annotator’s Note: the Japanese surrender ceremony on 2 September 1945] the sky was filled...
Celaya, Adolfo Becoming a Sailor
Adolfo V. Celaya went to boot camp in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California]. The training was difficult...
Hill, Marvin Enlistment, Training and Aerial Combat
Marvin Hill went to the Parcel Post building in Richmond to enlist, and underwent a physical. He was rejected, and told...
Denault, Leo Flight Training
Leo Denault remembers they would post every day who qualified. [Annotator’s Note: He was in training in Santa Ana,...
Dobbs, Clarence "Jack" Early Life, Enlistment, and Training
Clarence Lee Dobbs, known to his friends as Jack, was born in June 1925 in Dearborn, Michigan. He grew up there, and...
Dyer, Jimmie Okinawa to Guam
Jimmie Dyer and the 6th Marine Division was sent to replace the Army's 27th Infantry Division in the south of Okinawa....
Guzman, Nicanor Captured then Liberated
After Japan captured the Philippines [Annotator's Note: Fall of the Philippines, invasion by the Empire of Japan, 8...
Donovan, Robert Training in Australia
Robert L. Donovan trained for artillery at Fort Bragg [Annotator’s Note: Fort Bragg, North Carolina]. He learned how to...
Allen, James Richard O'Kane
[Annotator's Note: James Allen served in the Navy as a Fireman 2nd Class in the submarine service and was aboard the...
Hayashi, Nobuo Events Leading Up to War
Nobuo Hayashi was born in April 1932 and was raised in Nishinomiya, Japan. Growing up in his early youth, he remembered...

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