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Allen Tillery was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1925. He was attending high school in Shreveport when the Japanese...

Jean D. "JD" Johnson [Annotator's Note: a radioman on the USS Balao (SS-285) enjoyed free time at Brisbane [Annotator's...

[Annotator’s Note: various noises in the background throughout this segment.] John Bruce served in the Army as a radio...

Despite his father's initial objection, William Hall was excited to be activated as a Marine. Hall was sent to San...

James Paul Lynch was going to submarine school in New London [Annotator's Note: New London, Connecticut]. LIFE magazine...

Robert D. Shaner opted to get out of the Navy and had not really given thought to staying in. He wanted to become a...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Werner fought on Leyte Island, Philippines from October 1944 until April 1945]. In that time,...

Stanley Richard Williams was born in May 1926 in Wheeling, West Virginia. He grew up on Wheeling Island with his...

Patrick Zilliacus corresponded with his family. It was censored twice but he corresponded throughout the war with his...

The trip overseas for Richard Witaker was difficult because so many of his fellow Marines got seasick on the 31 day...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Thornhill served in the Navy as a gunner's mate aboard the USS Daly (DD-519) and was a gun...

After the Japanese surrendered [Annotator’s Note: the surrender was announced by Japanese Emperor Hirohito on 15 August...

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