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Adolph Wilson arrived in San Diego for Marine training after three days of travel on a train from New Orleans. The men...

John Burr remembers they went into the Sea of Japan as a group of nine submarines. They were surprised to see the...

Mark Maynard witnessed a big celebration at the end of the war. Some men even drank torpedo fuel which contained...

On 16 April [Annotator's Note: 16 April 1945], the Third Fleet was off the coast of Japan and sent planes out to hit...

Byron Herbert Meader received very little military training when he was assigned to the 3462nd Ordnance Medium...

Frank V. Tarkington [Annotator's Note: a radioman in the US Navy] got a message from the Naval Air Station [Annotator's...

The weight of Donald Campbell's job was such that he rarely had off-duty time. He was responsible for the division's...

Charles “Chuck” Wisher thought the B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber] was the...

After Norman Hatch landed with Major Jim Crowe [Annotator's Note: Major Henry Pierson Crowe commanded 2nd Battalion,...

Mason Brownell Fitch determined that radar was very important when flying missions into Japan. The terrain was much...

After a furlough [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time], Bill Toledo [Annotator's Note:...

Paul Ignatius’ most memorable experience of World War 2 was getting through it, surviving and coming out to lead a...

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