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Walter Nelson used to fly out into the fog near the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. Sometimes he flew underneath the Bay...

William Lutz went into a cave on Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg; 1 April...

Robert Erskine Hendrick did not find it too difficult to readjust to civilian life. He worked in the circulation...

Claude Taylor returned from China and disembarked in San Francisco. He returned to Louisiana where he was discharged...

There was a prisoner of war camp near where James Patterson was stationed [Annotator’s Note: in New Guinea]. They put...

John Edward Campbell was born in August 1920 in Porterville, California. His mother died in 1930 when he was ten years...

Joseph Vater did not know what would happen to him after he had to surrender. He felt helpless and stuck. He knew...

Michael Mervosh kept his binoculars in his pack the rest of the battle and he is thankful that he did. About a week...

As the Japanese aircraft came in, they [Annotator's Note: the Navy] would fire antiaircraft at them [Annotator's Note:...

Edmond Guidry joined the Navy in July 1942. He went to boot camp in San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California...

When Jack Houston was evacuated [Annotator's Note: from Okinawa] he was taken first to Saipan then to Guam. While they...

Louis Burg [Annotator's Note: a second lieutenant in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...

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