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Harry Walker Wellford felt queasy much of the time on his destroyer [Annotator's Note: USS Harrison (DD-573)]. He often...

Ernest "Ernie" Andrus left [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] on a Merchant Marine ship. Once they were...

[Annotator’s Note: Someone is coughing in the background throughout this segment.] Willie D. Knippers was born in Pike...

Bill Norberg remembers Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf Hitler] exerting his power prior to the start of...

Representatives from each camp were taken to Okinawa for a meeting to determine the best way to get the American...

Mahlen Arledge experienced his first combat on Angaur. He had no idea what to expect in combat. The first night on the...

George Colburn got a ten-day leave to go home after bootcamp. Two of his buddies were home at the same time. He then...

While in Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii], Victor Yost helped clean the ship. When at sea, Yost...

Joseph LaNier joined the United States Navy in February 1944. African-Americans prior to 1942 were not allowed to join...

Yukio Kawamoto's parents did not have to divulge too much about how their time in the camp went. Kawamoto had gotten a...

Earl Williams went to Camp Lee, Virginia [Annotator's Note: now Fort Lee in Prince George County, Virginia]. When he...

Richard Witaker fought in World War 2 out of a sense of duty to his country. He cannot understand anyone who shirks the...

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