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During the surrender, Bruno S. Rinas was sick, or he would have run into the hills. He discussed it with some comrades...

[Annotator's Note: James Allen served in the Navy as a Fireman 2nd Class in the submarine service and was aboard the...

Charles "Chuck" Schmetzer was born in August 1926 in Louisville, Kentucky. His father owned a sheet metal business and...

Lenwood Steglich never talked about his time in the Navy. His family never asked him about it. His three grandchildren...

William Pierce was in Parris Island boot camp for eight weeks. He did what he was told and experienced the rigors of...

George Peto has doubts about the mental toughness of today's generation and its ability to wage a war as deadly and...

Clarence Robert Duff remarked on the times when they interacted with Japanese pilots. Duff remembered they came across...

Jimmie Dyer does not recall having any feelings one way or the other against the Japanese at the time, although he...

William Pierce never fired a rifle until he was in the Marine Corps. He became a marksman and then an expert rifleman....

The war changed George Peto. After the war he was reluctant to make close friends. The separation of servicemen during...

Clarence Robert Duff remembered that during World War 2, his ship rode out three typhoons. The last one was in December...

Jimmie Dyer returned to the United States in July 1946. He wanted to surprise his family. His uncle was the undertaker...

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