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After the war, Robert Lents hated the Japanese. He said the Australians took over the island on which he had been kept...

Melvin C. Whitman was surprised the Japanese did not fight back against the invasion [Annotator's Note: Battle of...

Norman Elliott and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Pasadena (CL-65)] saw some action while in the Pacific. They had...

Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters and Service Company, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st...

Burton Johnson entered into service at Clinton, Arkansas at age 18. At Fort Sill, Oklahoma, he was assigned to the 1st...

From Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], Donald Campbell and the USS LST-809 prepared for the invasion of...

[Annotator’s Note: Richard R. Ruess was assigned as a navigator to the 1st Mapping Group] he received orders to report...

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

After dropping his bomb, Sumner Whitten turned to get away from the Haruna's [Annotator's Note: Imperial Japanese Navy...

Paul J. Frisco served aboard the USS Cushing (DD-797) during the ship's entire wartime cruise. The ship was the fourth...

On the morning of 7 December [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941],...

Richard Witaker faced many hardships on Okinawa. Troops suffered from fatigue resulting from tension and lack of sleep...

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