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They got in to Yokohama and were put on a train to Fukuoka, or the island of Kyushu. They were put on trucks in Saebo [...

Jack Werner's worst experience in the war was not viewing dead bodies at Kwajalein [Annotator's Note: Battle of...

Gordon Tadewaldt was born in June 1926 in Aurora, Illinois. He was one of five children. When his father lost his job...

Arthur George Green’s unit [Annotator’s Note: the 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division] was taken out of the...

Richard Tempus Dixon progressed through jobs as a building superintendent, including a time at University of California...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Patrick Zilliacus if he had a good luck prayer for when his submarine was being...

After spending months trying to kill Japanese, Oran Harris now had to live with them. He felt sorry for the civilians,...

William Hall heard a Japanese bomber fly a scouting mission over Midway Island. The squadron [Annotator's Note: Marine...

Melvin Munch would have been part of the invasion force for assaulting the Japanese home islands. The atomic bombs kept...

After his discharge from serving in World War 2, Lincoln D. Brennan Sr. remained in the Naval Reserve and was called up...

Floyd James Reissig, known as Buddy, was born in Travis County, outside of Austin, Texas in March 1919. His father was...

Benjamin Carson found that evacuating Makin Island was far more difficult that arriving there. The tide worked against...

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