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Astley Blackwell, Jr. was born in Birmingham, Alabama in April 1925. During the depression his family lived with his...

The train station manager said that the tracks were blown up and that passage to Yokahama would be impossible. Church...

While Vernon Henry Moret was on a ship headed to Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] with his unit [Annotator's...

They [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division] went into Mindanao [...

Abraham Rosenzweig was born in Chicago, Illinois in January 1924 and grew up there. He had three sisters named Shirley...

Thomas Crosby had bad asthma as a child, so while he was living in the internment camp, he slept in a bed by the window...

Lawrence Winnier's boot camp [Annotator's Note: in the US Navy] was being taught how to set a table and make beds. They...

Before going out on duty at Picket Station Number 1 the men of the Laffey saw all sorts of damage to ships while docked...

William Jennings Bryan Harrison, Jr. has fond and scary memories of his military service. He cannot imagine staying in...

Lisle Neher was flabbergasted when he first saw the B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber...

In January 1944, Yellin was sent to Thunderbird Field in Arizona. That was where he took his primary training. He was...

William Burkett was born in Oklahoma City [Annotator’s Note: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma] in November 1925. He had three...

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