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The war itself is Alvin von Frisch's worse memory of that time. He hated to see people die. He lost good friends who...

Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] when they dropped the atomic bomb [...

[Annotator's Note: There is static noise in the audio throughout clip.] It took Richard R. Ruess 13 hours to fly to...

[Annotator's Note: Edgar Cole had been drafted into the US Marine Corps and was on his way to Camp Lejeune, North...

Frank Campisano was born in April 1926 in Louisville, Kentucky. He had a happy childhood and family. During the...

Daniel J. Lawler deployed to the Pacific in November 1943. He felt sufficiently trained. Training was hell, but he used...

[Annotator's Note: William G. Roy served in the Navy as a Photographer's Mate 2nd Class aboard the aircraft carrier USS...

After boot camp, Robert Powers joined a rifle company at Camp Elliot, then volunteered for a Marine Raider unit. He...

At the time war broke out, Charles A. Waller was working as an usher at a nearby movie theater and followed the course...

Melvin Munch corresponded with his future wife back home while he was on Okinawa. The letters had to be reviewed by...

Ray Eshelman was in San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California] and went to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...

William Scott Stroud was put into an air crew in Utah [Annotator's Note: Wendover Field, later Wendover Air Force Base...

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