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David Thomason used the G.I. Bill in 1950 after having just gotten married. He went back to farming several acres of...

Walter Groth remembers that military intelligence had underestimated the number of Japanese on the island [Annotator’s...

After Leyte, Harper Gruber's vessel [Annotator's Note: USS YMS-339] took part in the second invasion [Annotator's Note...

George Colburn went to China with the 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division [Annotator's Note: in September 1945]....

The prisoners of war knew that there was a possibility that they would be attacked during the voyage to Japan.When they...

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

Remi Kidder got the bed he always hoped he would have. [Annotator's Note: Kidder joined the Navy and served aboard the...

Loren Bennett thought it was easy to manage the limits of what could be sent home because they were at sea. The guys...

Alvin von Frisch departed Hawaii [Annotator's Note: as a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment,...

Archibald Boyd Rackerby was born in July 1920 in Washington, D.C. because his mother and her family were Washingtonians...

Victor K. Carman was born in April 1927 in Woodmere, New York on Long Island. His parents divorced when he was three...

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

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