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There was a prisoner of war camp near where James Patterson was stationed [Annotator’s Note: in New Guinea]. They put...

After serving aboard the Walke [Annotator's Note: USS Walke DD-4156)], Claude Bufford Shaw was assigned to the Bullard...

Charles J. Alvarez Sr. was assigned to the USS Guam (CB-2) as a fireman during his service in World War 2. When the...

During the invasion of Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, 1 April to 22...

Leo V. Strausbaugh was boarding a train, on his way overseas, worrying about the fact that his folks would not know...

Sumner Whitten arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, west of Honolulu. The mess from the attack on Pearl Harbor was...

Caroline Bailey Pratt was born in June 1932 in Manila, the Philippines. Her father worked for the National Bank and...

John Caraway's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Bridge (AF-1)] was anchored in the harbor at Okinawa when he heard about the...

When Paul Lawrence arrived in New Guinea, the fighting had gone further up the coast. They did see some Bettys [...

[Annotators Note: Arthur Killam served in the US Navy aboard the submarine USS Seadragon. Killam had reported aboard...

Joseph F. McGee Junior was born in Utah, Alabama on 6 March 1924. He was standing in front of his town's post office...

Lawrence Wulf [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the 19th Bombardment Squadron, 22nd Bombardment Group, 5th Air Force] liked...

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