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Alfred Anthony Alvarez became a lawyer after the war. In Vietnam [Annotator's Note: Vietnam War, or Second Indochina...

Richard Witaker felt hatred for the Japanese before the assault of Okinawa. The feelings had begun with the surprise...

James W. Metcalf’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was flying in combat and the chance of not making it back....

Charles “Chuck” Franzke’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was visiting Nagasaki after the atomic bomb [...

When Frank Stewart's group arrived at the Tenaru River [Annotator's Note: actually, the Ilu River, on 21 August 1942]...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father was an engine operator who was on the ground...

Theodore Robert Tanner was in the Philippines when the nuclear bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...

When Jack Houston arrived off Okinawa he was not as afraid as he should have been. In the hours before they left the...

Joe G. Casillas had his baptism of fire right on the escarpment [Annotator's Note: after landing on Okinawa, Japan, 10...

Richard O'Hara went into the Guard [Annotator's Note: Indiana National Guard] sometime in the 1960s as a Second...

[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom can be heard off-...

Charles Struble learned about the atomic bombs being dropped after the aircraft returned [Annotator's Note: nuclear...

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