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

William Burkett served in the war because he did not have a choice. The United States had been attacked. There was no...

[Annotator's Note: James "Jim" Marshall served in the US Army Air Forces as a radio operator aboard Boeing B-29...

Frank M. Heuer Sr. was assigned to the crew of a crash boat and deployed to Tarawa [Annotator’s Note: Tarawa Atoll,...

Austin H. Kiplinger was aboard the USS Altamaha [Annotator's Note: USS Altamaha (CVE-18) and did anti-submarine...

Anna McCalla Noren was working as a dietician nurse in late 1941 in nursing school. She learned about the Japanese...

The USS Honolulu (CL-48) went back to San Francisco and Ray Emory was heading for Melbourne, Australia three or four...

In 1942, Karen K. Lewis and her parents were interred at Santo Tomas Internment Camp [Annotator’s Note: Santo Tomas...

They were on General's Quarters [Annotator's Note: ready for battle] for 72 hours. The guys would take turns on their...

Burton Johnson arrived in Finschafen, New Guinea in the South Pacific after completing his stateside training. This was...

Frank Campisano was happy to go back home. He was single while in the military and was having a good time. He went...

Paul Lawrence did not know how many people were on the base where he was stationed [Annotator's Note: at Milne Bay, New...

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