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For the invasion of Japan, Richard Nummer and the American troops were issued wool blankets and green fatigues to fight...

Benjamin Hagans remembers they were in the sea and the Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese]...

Coming home from Japan was a joyous time for Don Daniels. His brother was already out of the service. They tried to get...

Frank Faust was born in January 1916 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. His father worked for...

Ray Eshelman did not take long to transition back to civilian life. He was looking forward to it. He did not miss the...

After the war, James Allen lost contact with many of his friends from the war. He was busy with college and did not...

During the second Truk raid Alex Vraciu was on a morning hop escorting bombers when they were attacked by a group of...

Asked what he thought about the Japanese, Earl Conklin said they were "pretty vicious," but conceded that combat makes...

Robert Frederick Reed's squadron [Annotator's Note: Marine Bombing Squadron 612 (VMB-612)] did training dropping...

George Peto produced some paintings and pieces of propaganda that were based on his unit during battle in the Pacific....

While off Okinawa, the USS Wisconsin [Annotator’s Note: USS Wisconsin BB-64] picked up some British POWs, which were...

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