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Richard Witaker was apprehensive about going ashore before Okinawa. He had seen his first indications of war while at...

Going through a barrier, James Bollich and a friend ran into Japanese troops after getting separated from the group....

James William Grimes had a discussion with his parents [Annotator's Note: about changing his date of birth on his birth...

Annotator’s Note: Video and sound are very choppy throughout this segment. You can also hear chattering in the...

Once he was back in the United States, Richard Jaccarino traveled by train, dropping off soldiers and train cars all...

James Shelton Scales trained recruits until the middle of 1943, when he received orders to report to Camp Pendleton,...

Robert Frederick Reed's time in the service made him wonder why we were at war all the time, with World War 2, the...

Alexander Vraciu lost his wing man, Brockmeyer [Annotators Note: US Navy Ensign Homer Brockmeyer], out over the...

After the conclusion of World War 2, Alvin Sniff was sent back to New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana...

Floyd Annas had always wanted to fly and enlisting in the Army Air Corps was a way to do it. He was sent to Miami Beach...

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

Looking back on the war, Peter Gallo said World War 2 was a "necessary evil," and he did what he had to do. He believes...

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