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Thomas Lusco Sr. had a difficult time returning home. He would shake in bed at night. He slept in a different bed from...

Vernon Cummings' first battle station [Annotator's Note: aboard USS Indiana (BB-58)] was below deck in the powder room...

Lois Meyer's commanding officer in Arlington, Virginia was a member of the original few [Annotator's Note: the first...

When Fergus Van Wart was aboard ship [Annotator's Note: USS Bergen (APA-150)], the thing that frightened him more than...

Charles Martin was at the hospital when the Japanese surrendered [Annotator’s Note: 15 August 1945]. He found out that...

In the early summer of 1945, Jack D. Owen [Annotator’s Note: assigned to the USS Colusa (APA-74) as the radar striker]...

Thomas Kolesa was told to clean up his area and get everything ship shape. General MacArthur [Annotator's Note: General...

Robert W. "RW" Pratt's most memorable experience was 7 April [Annotator's Note: 7 April 1945, during Battle of Okinawa...

Richard Witaker felt hatred for the Japanese before the assault of Okinawa. The feelings had begun with the surprise...

Paul Bannai interrogated Japanese soldiers and read Japanese documents during the war. When the war ended, Bannai was...

Sam L. Miller reported aboard the USS Edgecombe (APA-164) in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California...

After 16 months on Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: Okinawa, Japan], Howard Cain was ordered to pack his things and prepare...

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