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[Annotator's Note: Jack Glass served in the Navy aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6) as an aviation radioman in Fighting...

When Alexander Vraciu bailed out over the Philippines he was at about 300 or 400 feet when his parachute opened up. He...

Jackson Augustus "Jack" Ashton, Senior served at many bases during the war [Annotator's Note: as a member of (MTB RON...

Schuyler Lininger was sent to the Pacific in August 1945. He was part of the replacement troops coming in for the...

Harry Watson said describing life aboard a submarine can be confusing to someone who isn't qualified. Once qualified, a...

Arthur Pendleton participated in a lot of covert operations. It was interesting work. Pendleton did not know the...

Following the Japanese surrender, Jack Skaggs and his fellow POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] made an American...

William Burkett recalls that the Army was segregated. Court martials were given based on rules dating from 1912. Then...

Ewalt "Walt" Shatz was serving stateside near the war's end. He was assigned to shore patrol in Hollywood [Annotator's...

Olaf Rose became acquainted with, and courted, his future wife by mail from the Pacific. When he came home on a 30 day...

Walter Bowsher was sent to Guam [Annotator's Note: after his liberation from a prisoner of war camp in Japan] where he...

Asked what he thought about the Japanese at the time, Frederick Stent said he thought they were "foolish" to be...

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