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Robert Offenbacher thought he grew up in the Army. The major was tough and a big man. The company drunk took a jeep and...

Before they [Annotator's Note: Masaji Inoshita and his fellow interpreter, Sergeant Edwin Sasaki] got to their final...

When President Harry S. Truman said the war was ended with the atomic bombs being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki,...

Arnold Spielberg was not depressed or unhappy being a communications guy [Annotator's Note: in the 490th Bombardment...

Wesley Fronk never fired a shot in anger. There was one instance where he and another soldier were returning from...

Roy Uthes arrived in Myitkyinā without any combat experience. His unit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 209th Engineer...

Edward Moore Penick, a pilot in the Army Air Corps, was sent overseas to Sichuan and Guilin, China as part of the 21st...

Sherman went home after Washington D.C. After he was home, he went to Midland, Texas to be redeployed. However he was...

Missions began to ramp down in May [Annotator's Note: May 1945, when the Japanese were pushed too far out of range of...

Brooks and the other sailor were loaded into the truck and taken to a small camp with other POWs. In the area were some...

John Alison’s duties also resulted in him being a glider pilot despite never having flown one before. He flew a glider...

Roy H. Matsumoto used his carbine [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic carbine] to drive back the enemy on...

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