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After all he witnessed in the war, Anthony Costa had no negative feelings toward the Japanese. He was raised with...

Lloyd Guillory's most notable recollection of the war occurred on the day when he thought he was going to die. His...

Retracing his steps, Steve McMurray mentioned that on the way back from Iwo Jima he did a lot of pencil portraits of...

Alvin Barnes rode out a typhoon off Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan]. The ship [Annotator's Note: USS Purdy (...

Vernon wore a ring. Hershel Williams also wore a ring that was to remind him of his engagement to his fiancee Ruby....

After Quintana went through boot camp, he came out feeling like he could fight anyone. They prepared the men in boot...

John Edward Love and hundreds of other POWs' [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] hell ship [Annotator's Note: unmarked...

Charles J. Alvarez Sr. was assigned to the USS Guam (CB-2) as a fireman during his service in World War 2. When the...

Richard Greer experienced some bayonet fighting during the Battle for Henderson Field but more so at Point Cruz. They...

The scariest mission Charles Wesley Borders flew was just before the invasion of Luzon [Annotator's Note: Luzon,...

Michael Maziarczyk was stationed in the Philippines when the atomic bomb [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...

James Patterson was called up on 23 February 1943. He was sent to boot camp with a bunch of other reservists. They...

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