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Thomas J. Bostick's most memorable experience of World War 2 was getting off the ship and going right into combat. When...

Sterling Baker was in the National Youth Administration and trained to be a carpenter. He was also in charge of the...

The strike groups began hitting Guam and Saipan on the 12th [Annotator's Note: 12 June 1944] in preparation for the...

Harold “Hal” Leith [Annotator’s Note: as a member of the Office of Strategic Service (OSS), the forerunner of the...

The Laffey escorted a ship named the Dashing Wave [Annotator's Note: SS Dashing Wave] all the way back to the States [...

Jack Dye [Annotator's Note: as a crewman aboard the USS LSM-232] landed at various islands both during the battles...

Louis Zamperini was converted in 1949. In 1951, he returned to Japan, particularly to visit Sugamo Prison because he...

Annotator’s Note: Video and sound are very choppy throughout this segment. You can also hear chattering in the...

Leonard Brooks had Filipino friends who he continued to visit throughout his time on house arrest. One friend put on...

Arthur Jackson was born in Cleveland and grew up in Canton, Ohio. His father was a watch maker and eventually ended up...

When he was on the front line, Kenneth Dwight Wells saw people, Japanese soldiers and Okinawan civilians alike, as a...

Walter J. Latiolais, Sr has seen the interest in World War 2 become stronger in the last few years. To him, his career...

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