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Grant H. Ichikawa was born in April 1919. His father had come to the United States from Japan. People from Japan were...

Louis Conter left boot camp in San Diego, California with the knowledge that he was to be assigned to the battleship...

Willis Mills returned to the United States aboard a ship and docked at Oakland [Annotator’s Note: Oakland, California...

[Annotators Note: Harold Ward served in the navy as a mess attendant aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38...

While overseas, Clarence Wolf Guts [Annotator's Note: a code-talker – a person employed by the military to use a little...

They [Annotator's Note: Edward Driscoll and Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13), USS Franklin (CV-13)] left Leyte [Annotator's...

Tony Schneider begins by discussing that the crew aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) wanted to "get back" at the Japanese...

World War 2 changed Francis Bucher's life for the better. He matured a lot faster. He had a better understanding of...

James Buckley's first landing [Annotator's Note: as a Deck Officer on the USS LST-1013] was on Leyte during the return...

Benjamin Hagans remembers they were in the sea and the Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese]...

Rollins Rosenzweig had a rough boot camp experience in San Diego. He did not complain but rather took it as it came. It...

Overall, Robert J. Ferris enjoyed his experience in World War 2 and was glad he was a pilot. He comments on serving...

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