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When he was on the front line, Kenneth Dwight Wells saw people, Japanese soldiers and Okinawan civilians alike, as a...

William Cart fought in World War 2 because he "did not have a hell of a choice." He was 18, in good health, and they...

The Japanese were treated wrongly and were put into concentration camps [Annotator's Note: forced relocation and...

Lawrence J. Delaune, Sr. returned home [Annotator's Note: in February 1946 after serving occupation duty in Japan] and...

After a 21-day voyage across the Pacific, Mort Oman arrived in Buna, New Guinea and was sent to a replacement depot...

John Mikus, Jr.'s rifle [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as the M1 Garand] did not...

After cutting himself badly on coral in the Marshall Islands, Ed Weber was put on a hospital ship [Annotator's Note: 31...

[Annotator's Note: This segment begins with the interviewer asking Harlan Twible to describe the USS Indianapolis (CA-...

When Ray Gene Gresham deployed to the Pacific, he left out of San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco,...

Alfred Anthony Alvarez retired from the military as a lieutenant colonel. He had earned a CIB [Annotator's Note: the...

Sherwin Lansing Eddy was born January 1924 in Corona, California. His mother passed away when he was seven years old,...

William C. Ellzey’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15...

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