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David Lansou was drafted into the Marine Corps [Annotator's Note: in 1943]. His parents were proud that their sons were...

Introduced to Okinawa through a rubberized topographical map, Richard Jaccarino could see where they would be landing,...

Floyd James Reissig was hit by shrapnel from one of his own guns. While they were firing, the shrapnel hit him, causing...

When the Japanese came ashore they had battleships, planes, and superior equipment. Church and his men were using .30...

In November [Annotator's Note: November 1943], Donald Draxler was told he would be going into combat as a reserve...

Albert G. Sutcliffe and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division...

Mort Oman was sent to New Guinea and joined the 251st Field Artillery Battalion as a fire controller and trained for...

Buck Donaldson could handle the movie machine. They took the troops from San Francisco [Annotator’s Note: San Francisco...

Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine and the other internees at Santo Tomas [Annotator's Note: Santo Tomas Internment Camp,...

[Annotator's Note: Anthony Costa begins this segment by discussing his transfer to Japan aboard one of the prisoner of...

Harold Buell discusses his wartime experiences and his opinions of multiple dive bomber and fighter pilots who he flew...

Jack Skaggs was transferred from the Kiangwan POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] camp to Osaka, Japan in August...

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