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Leo William Schmittgens was finally able to return home [Annotator's Note: after seven months of occupation duty in...

1 [Annotator's Note: Japanese guard in the Philippines] was known as the duck. The duck was impulsive. Hanna didn't...

James Franklin Young was shipped from Pavuvu [Annotator's Note: Pavuvu, Russell Islands] to Peleliu [Annotator's Note:...

Claude Shannahan lives in Harrison Township. He draws a pension from Chrysler but worries how long that will last with...

For William Winter, basic training was different [Annotator's Note: different than his previous experiences at Ole Miss...

Irwin Schneider learned how to obtain needed ammunition and how to safely load added weapons and ammo on a PT boat. He...

On 1 April 1945, James Stewart Rosenbaum, and his unit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th...

William Lutz hear about the Japanese torturing the Americans. When he returned home, he read about the atrocities...

Gerry Jones recalls that the Japanese would push the Okinawan [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] natives through the...

Richard Keller was transferred to Company E [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th...

At the 68th Field Hospital, Holly Rees was carried into a Quonset hut and laid on the floor, where he waited while more...

The first day Dale LeBlanc was ashore on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: LeBlanc landed on Okinawa on 1 April 1945] they...

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