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Herbert Saylor was drafted shortly after graduating from high school. His father and sister brought Saylor to the train...

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

Samuel Spector's most memorable experience of World War 2 was growing up from 18 to 20 years of age. His expectations...

The war in Europe had ended, but the war in the Pacific continued. The Allies were supporting Chiang Kai-Shek [...

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

Esther McNeil grew up on a farm in western Pennsylvania. She was the sixth of eight children.After going into nursing...

Robert Offenbacher was born in Lima, Ohio in September 1922. He had five brothers. He was a twin and one brother was...

Sandford Robert Willford [Annotator's Note: a fighter pilot with the 9th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group, Fifth...

Revis Dale Haslett was born in July 1922 in Brownstown, Illinois. He lived in Illinois until after he graduated high...

Berle Wheeler was sent to Camp Robinson, Arkansas for 13 weeks of boot camp. He was then sent to Camp Gordon in Augusta...

Lester Shapiro did not know anything about getting a Bronze Star [Annotator's Note: the Bronze Star Medal is the fourth...

Within hours any ship passing the destroyer escorts loaded with prisoners would receive prisoners from those destroyer...

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