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Harold Buell is proud to have been a dive bomber pilot. He was recalled from the United States to help a squadron that...

On the day after V-J Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945], John Wicklund and a friend went to...

The first thing they [Annotator's Note: Martin Carmody and his rear seat gunner John Liska] needed was water. Behind...

Calvin Moore expected things to be different at home after the war. He went to Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine...

[Annotator’s Note: An air conditioner can be heard turning on and off throughout this clip.] The best thing Harry...

Charles Dragich saw burials every day [Annotator’s Note: while a prisoner of war of the Japanese at Camp O’Donnell in...

Bailey continued on. After he passed Naha [Annotators Note: May 1945, Naha, Okinawa] he encountered civilians for the...

Charles Brooks entered the United States Navy. He was first shipped to Athens, Georgia for basic physical training...

Otis Kight was participating in flight operations when the Japanese attacked Yorktown [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown (...

For Archibald Higgins, being away from family and friends was not easy during his service. It took a tough toll on his...

Joseph Vater believes Manchuria [Annotator's Note: Manchuria, China] was the coldest place on Earth. He was given a...

William Goldsborough served during World War 2 because he had no choice; there was a draft and he had to go "at the...

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