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James Bollich was liberated by the Russians. Near the end of the war, the Japanese put out an order for all POWs [...

When Benjamin Hagans was on the ship coming back, his teeth started to settle. He put on 17 pounds in three weeks. He...

George Peto produced some paintings and pieces of propaganda that were based on his unit during battle in the Pacific....

John McGlohon said that his time in the service was the best thing that ever happened to him, and he thinks that, "...

Clarence Becker was promoted to G-3, Operations Officer, in January 1945. He had been a Flight Commander until that...

Morton William Werner’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was when he was on his way to Japan, but then was sent...

Wilfred Hanson always admired the Marine Corps, and figured if he had to go to war, he wanted to go with a group of men...

While training as a navigator at Mather Field [Annotator's Note: later Mather Air Force Base; near Sacramento,...

Iwo Jima as the worst place Dave Severance fought. They could not see the enemy. The terrain was rough and open. Living...

James William Grimes was born in November 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio. Everything was okay during the 1920s, but the 1930s...

Raymond Bailey was on the mess deck washing cups when he felt the first shudder caused by the bomb hit [Annotator's...

Jack Dye [Annotator's Note: as a crewman aboard the USS LSM-232] landed at various islands both during the battles...

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