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Butch O'Hare [Annotator's Note: Edward Henry Butch OHare] really invented the Thatch Weave and Thatch's name was...

After the war ended, James Buckley got off the ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-1013] five times. One was in San...

After Okinawa, John Nicholas and the USS Gayety [Annotator's Note: USS Gayety (AM-239)] were sent to sweep for mines in...

Robert Lents said that for a year and a half the prisoners did everything from building an underground radio station to...

Aloysius "Al" Arend was born in Chicago, Illinois in November 1925. He grew up and spent much of his life in nearby...

Howard Cain’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was when he flew over Hiroshima [Annotator’s Note: Hiroshima,...

Bruno S. Rinas remained at the smaller landing strip for a week while he fixed the plane [Annotator's Note: a Seversky...

Harvey Lee Bishop [Annotator’s Note: a North American P-51 Mustang fighter pilot in the 457th Fighter Squadron, 506th...

On the 17th of June [Annotator's Note: 17 June 1945 on Okinawa] they moved back off of Kunishi Ridge. A colonel was...

Walter Groth remembers the Jap [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese] fleet came back in on...

After the war, Joseph Barger took advantage of the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's...

After eight weeks of boot camp, James Goodrich was sent to Camp Elliot. Camp Pendleton was not around at that time....

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