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Yukio Kawamoto was a precious child for his parents. The draft got him and he went to war. Kawamoto worked for the...

Robert Prince was born in Seattle, Washington in November 1919. He was the second of four boys. All of them served in...

William Earl Gast was sent to Camp Shanks [Annotator's Note: in Orangetown, New York] for embarkation. While he waited...

Paris Tognoli got out of high school and decided not to go to college. He got a job in a slaughterhouse, but he did not...

The heat of our bodies is what saved their lives. They had charcoal heaters but were not given any charcoal. It was...

Robert D. Shaner made a trip to the Lingayen Gulf [Annotator's Note: Lingayen Gulf, Philippines aboard the USS LST-475...

Harper Gruber described the crew as being divided between the dark crew - motor macs [Annotator's Note: motor machinist...

Norman Sterrie was born and raised in the small town of St. James, Minnesota. After high school graduation, he worked...

Charles Martin was at the hospital when the Japanese surrendered [Annotator’s Note: 15 August 1945]. He found out that...

Allen Tillery was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1925. He was attending high school in Shreveport when the Japanese...

Trinidad Ledesma feels that some of the kamikazes were fanatics and some were not. One had landed on Mindanao,...

Paul Ignatius was assigned to Composite Squadron 80 (VC-80) aboard the USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) as the squadron’s...

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