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Isabella Karle heard on the radio that the atom bomb had been dropped. At first she was amazed that it actually worked...

Robert Oplinger remembers receiving the first Japanese sword of surrender on the home islands as being his most...

Robert Addison was born in Akron, Ohio in December 1922. Growing up he was very athletic and played many different...

Victor K. Carman was happy to be assigned to his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Cabot (CVL-28)]. Some sailors were sent to...

Calvin Elliott did not use the G.I. Bill. He had an occupation. He worked with women all of his life. When he retired,...

Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in Scouting...

John Nicholas was born in Marysville, Michigan in December 1924. He grew up in Marysville with his half brother and...

Owen Gibb was born in Canada in 1925. His parents were farmers. He was raised on a farm in Alberta [Annotator’s Note:...

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

Donald A. Lindquist was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in September 1924 and lived there until Hurricane Katrina in...

Leonard Brooks got up to go to school on Monday [Annotator's Note: 8 December 1941] morning and that is when he and his...

Robert L. Williams was born in Covington, Kentucky in 1922 and raised in Park Hills. His life was fairly boring until...

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