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Hopkins was the 33rd plane to take off. It was the 1st time that Hopkins took off carrying a live bomb. After he took...

Charles “Chuck” Franzke’s orders were changed after the Japanese surrendered [Annotator’s Note: announced 15 August...

Robert G. Aldous was sometimes called "Bob". He was born in July 1925 in Ogden, Utah and grew up in Huntsville, Utah....

While on Guam, Orville Carroll and some men built a small bamboo chapel, where they would sing without instruments....

John Smith's journey overseas began in San Francisco, California in early June and ended in Brisbane, Australia in July...

After being discharged from the army after the war, Abraham Sacks returned home and reunited with his parents after...

Samuel Ukrop's outfit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division] was not...

Selwyn Gilmore fit back in when he got home. He did not go to work right away. He regrets not going to college when it...

1 [Annotator's Note: Japanese guard in the Philippines] was known as the duck. The duck was impulsive. Hanna didn't...

Shortly before his 19th birthday, Frank Pantuso met Sergeant Tatonetti [Annotator's Note: no given name provided] and...

[Annotator's Note: Emil Schoonejans served in the Navy aboard the submarine USS Burrfish (SS-312) and was rated a...

The prisoners would steal stuff whenever they could. Sometimes the men would get searched. Everyone would throw their...

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