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When the war started, Paul Takeo Bannai registered for the draft, hoping to fight for his country. He was not called up...

After David Lamar Mealor contracted a bad case of jungle rot in New Guinea, he was shipped back to the United States on...

Robert Kenneth “Bob” Boehm [Annotator’s Note: a navigational equipment technician assigned to the 415th AACS (Army...

John Smith said that as campaign veterans, his unit [Annotator's Note: Battery C, 271st Field Artillery Battalion, 1st...

Alfred Dearman says that Sugamo Prison [Annotator's Note: in Tokyo, Japan] was the largest, most modern prison in Japan...

There was a small passageway that went all the way up the side of the ship to the front of the ship. It was lined with...

Charles Martin did not want to be drafted into the Army. He tried to enlist in the Air Force cadet school. He passed...

Gerald West didn't think often of the Raiders after the war. In recent years the numerous reunions and meetings West...

Claude Bufford Shaw was in the Navy from July 1938 until his discharge in 1972, when he retired at the rank of Captain...

[Annotator's Note: Monroe Scherer survived Typhoon Louise on Okinawa, Japan on 9 October 1945.] Some groups rebuilt the...

Roy Stewart went to Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego County, California...

Samuel Malta went into the service in June 1943. He took his basic training at Camp Wheeler near Macon, Georgia. He was...

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