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Mahlen Arledge grew up as a result of World War 2. He understood what life meant. When he went into the service, he...

Charles Graves Chauncey's aircraft was named "Goin' Jessie" with a mean-looking rabbit for the nose art. He recalled...

John "Jack" Raquepau got married about a week after George Bush [Annotator's Note: George H. W. Bush, 41st President of...

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

Bailey has seen the Okinawan civilian jumping off of cliffs on television. It puzzles Bailey how two Okinawan women...

William Winter agrees with the interviewer's statement that many black veterans felt more freedom in the Army than they...

They [Annotator's Note: Louis Zamperini, his pilot and their tail gunner] spent 47 days fighting off sharks, the...

Joseph Fisher remembers that they would have air raids with one or two planes at a time. The Japs [Annotator's Note: a...

Carl Trim did not find it hard to adjust to civilian life. He attended college, while his wife worked. In 1948, Trim...

The most horrible of Edward Lee Allesandro's experiences were when men died while he was holding them. The ship also...

Rex James Bates was born in November 1923 in Seattle, Washington. His father served as a drummer in the Navy during...

Returning to his service on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], Arthur Lee said he went ashore on Higgins boats...

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