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Claude Shannahan and his unit went to Vallejo, California while waiting for transfer papers to go on furlough. Shanahan...

Jack Skaggs and his fellow Marines laughed at the Japanese bombing the lagoon. Nothing was being accomplished while the...

[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom answer questions...

Lawrence Winnier did not stay in touch with anyone after the war. He has one grandson, three granddaughters, and two...

Jack Linscott remembers that the Liberty ships [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo ships] were not...

William Burkett had gotten there [Annotator’s Note: the Philippines then Japan] two weeks after the war was over. At...

Robert Perry did his Navy boot camp in San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California]. He was then sent to...

In Seattle the ship was opened to the pubic to try to convince them to keep working hard. Ari Phoutrides believes that...

Wilfred Hanson [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] was sent...

Robert Brant wanted to be transferred to new duties on an escort ship going to the Philippines after spending 11 months...

Leo William Schmittgens recalled the first day on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: 1 April 1945], his regiment [Annotator's...

John Singlaub returned to Kunming and was met by an officer at the airplane. Orders were received from OSS [Annotator's...

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