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During one of his trips back to the United States Alexander Vraciu was offered the opportunity to fly the Zero [...

Ben Steele was told the war was over by a Japanese officer. At first, the Americans did not believe him, but American B...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 2nd Marine Division] was on the airstrip on the second day [...

Coming home was not a hard adjustment for Wendall Woodall. He and three others hired a guy to drive them to Kansas City...

Bill Toledo saw his first combat on 1 November 1943. He landed on the island of Bougainville [Annotator's Note:...

In February 1945, Floyd Fogg was among the Marines of the 23rd Marines, 4th Division [Annotator's Note: 23rd Marine...

Karr recalls having to go up on deck with buckets of water from down below. One of the times he went up to dump a...

Frank Savage's first duty was to acclimate to the climate and patrol up the coast of New Guinea. The Japanese had moved...

When Kenneth Wieland arrived in Japan, he saw a bunch of American prisoners of war who were nothing but skin and bones...

Joseph LaNier had no training or explanation concerning how to perform as a Seabee [Annotator’s Note: Seabee is a twist...

William Lutz was not in a combat unit. They trained other units for amphibious landings. They went hunting and fishing...

Jacques Brewster Smith says Elmer Fryar [Annotator's Note: phonetic spelling] was the company [Annotator's Note:...

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