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After they were liberated, Thomas Crosby's mother wanted to return to the United States. They were able to sail on a...

Salvador Guercia tells the tale of how he went with friends to see a guy that made corn liquor on Leyte [Annotator's...

Elmer Spraker was born in April 1927 in Malden, Massachusetts, the second of two children. After his mother died...

Clifford Albert Hahn entered basic training at Fort Lee, Virginia [Annotator's Note: he had enlisted in July 1942]....

John Burr was on watch and he could spot anything on watch at night. He wanted to be on his watch at least five minutes...

There were little pockets of resistance [Annotators Note: during the first days on Okinawa]. His company started...

Donald Draxler was brought back to Hawaii [Annotator's Note: after being wounded during the Battle of Saipan] and...

The first time William J. Twigger took fire from the Japanese was on 18 May [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of...

Back in Hawaii, Richard Nummer participated in the preparations for the invasion of Japan. One of Nummer's fellow...

Sterling Cale received several different military decorations. He received multiple Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star, and a...

Socrates Dendrinelis was in Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: Okinawa, Japan] for some time. He came back to San Francisco [...

Robert Kenneth “Bob” Boehm returned from the war and was happy that the G.I. Bill was available [Annotator's Note: the...

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