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William Stewart was set to get discharged. He was considered surplus and could get out six months early. They fought...

Richard Witaker experienced much the same climate on Okinawa as he knew at home. There were pine trees and cultivated...

In 1940, Alfred A. Lingo was activated into the Army for one year at Hamilton Field [Annotator's Note: now Hamilton Air...

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

Joe G. Casillas had his baptism of fire right on the escarpment [Annotator's Note: after landing on Okinawa, Japan, 10...

Raymond Bailey was on the mess deck washing cups when he felt the first shudder caused by the bomb hit [Annotator's...

After liberation [Annotator's Note: 3 February 1945 at the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila Internment Camp,...

Dupuy flew air support for the Marines who were landing on Tinian [Annotators Note: July 1944]. The invasion took...

Benjamin Albert Glusing's friends operated the prisoner of war stockade on New Caledonia. Glusing liked to visit his...

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

Sam L. Miller was discharged from the Navy as a Yeoman 3rd Class [Annotator's Note: at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard...

Lawrence J. Delaune, Sr. believes he matured from his experience in World War 2. He believes the world is losing its...

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