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William Smith was dating the sister of a friend, but it did not last long because he went overseas. He really never saw...

James Smith went home on 2 September 1945. He had a good job in New Zealand where he stayed for the rest of the war [...

Clint Quirk was not assigned to a ship. [Annotator’s Note: Quirk was in the Merchant Marines]. He went into the union...

Ellis Whaley's training had been in engineering. He was given a transit and laid out roads and a cemetery. He had some...

[Annotator's Note: A person appears in the background throughout this segment.] Andrew Petrus was born in Bridgeville,...

Billy Grieves made 11 runs on the submarine Thresher [Annotator's Note: USS Thresher (SS-200)]. He left the Thresher...

When John Wicklund went for classification at Keesler Field [Annotator's Note: now Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi,...

Lynward Joseph "Buddy" or "Bud" Adams was a Navy Armed Guard and guarded US Merchant Marine ships during World War 2....

After World War 2 ended, William H. Greason was sent to Japan for occupation duty. The Japanese people treated him and...

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

Walter Bowsher made two separate cemeteries because he had to bury Russians. [Annotator's Note: Bowsher was assigned to...

Earl Dean Browning holds up a book that he put together after he came home from the service [Annotator's Note: in...

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