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Representatives from each camp were taken to Okinawa for a meeting to determine the best way to get the American...

Frank V. Tarkington joined the Indiana National Guard, but was kicked out because it came to light that he was too...

Kenneth Weiland was assigned to the 866th Aviation Engineer Battalion attached to the 8th Army. He was in A Company....

Ray Eshelman knew everybody was going to be drafted. There was also a universal interest in joining the service and...

[Annotator's Note: There is a person in the background moving about the room throughout this clip.] Once the war had...

Edgar Harrell was assigned to the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) [Annotator's Note: sometimes referred to as "Indy"] serving...

Frank Savage's first duty was to acclimate to the climate and patrol up the coast of New Guinea. The Japanese had moved...

Donald Campbell was born in 1923 in Cedar Lake, Mississippi, the son of a sawmill worker. He grew up during the Great...

Jacques Brewster Smith and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 2nd Battalion, 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment,...

Barbara Butler's first installation was on Leyte. Her living quarters were very close to the beach where General...

After the island of Saipan was secured, Ira Schilling and his assault engineer squad of 2nd Marine Division remained on...

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