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Yukio Kawamoto was a precious child for his parents. The draft got him and he went to war. Kawamoto worked for the...

Clyde Hymel was born in Garyville, Louisiana in April 1926, and had fun growing up there. His father was a supervisor...

Louis John Walter sailed on the James Fallen [Annotator's Note: unable to verify ship name]. A couple of Walter's...

Louis B. Hutchinson was born in November 1925 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note...

Mark Maynard’s second war patrol on his submarine [Annotator’s Note: USS Sturgeon (SS-187)] used the deck gun to fire...

He walked to school and joined the "Junior Yanks" which was a program for kids run by World War 1 veterans. They met...

Wim de Jonge could tell when he left Holland for the East Indies that war was looming. He was not concerned with...

Benjamin Hagans enjoyed fishing. He did not wear clothes until he was six years old. He would climb trees and gather...

Kent Butzer Kellegrew's first campaign was on Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte, Philippines]. He had turned 21 while on a...

The Laffey [Annotator's Note: US Navy destroyer USS Laffey, DD-724] had new radar and sonar equipment and that put the...

The talk among the men about their home life was very interesting and mostly wholesome, according to Richard McEwen. He...

Arthur Joseph Arceneaux Junior returned home via San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California]. He made a lot of...

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