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Leonard Brooks was born in the Philippines in 1924. His parents had gone to the Philippines in 1922 as missionaries and...

Henry Ratcliff was most affected by the kamikaze [Annotator's Note: Japanese Special Attack Units, also called shimbu-...

Kenneth Theis completed midshipman training in two months and was commissioned an ensign in the Navy in November 1943....

Vejtasa and the interviewer are getting acquainted and set out how the interview will be conducted. The interviewer...

[Annotator's Note: Dr. Robert Beynon was serving aboard the USS Bowfin (SS-287) when it survived an attack by a...

They had a couple of rainy days in April [Annotator's Note: April 1945] but the rains got heavy after Lazarick left. He...

Samuel Hadjinian was born in Racine, Wisconsin. He graduated from high school in 1942 and worked for a year as a stock...

Their kickoff point was Finschhafen [Annotator's Note: Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea], and when the time came, Leo V....

When Alfred Dearman got to Japan, he went to a replacement depot. He waited around there with his friend he had gone to...

Father Lanigan [Annotator's Note: unable to verify identity] was almost like a father to the men, including George...

Kenneth Wieland does not remember too much about his basic training but recalls there was a lot of marching and time on...

Earl Williams was a corporal [Annotator's Note: in the 318th Port Company, 512th Port Battalion] when they landed [...

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