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It was Walter Bank's first time in the Pacific, and he found it "different." Few Japanese spoke English, and he had to...

Stanley Stewart was born in July 1924 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He lived in that model small town, where his father...

When Anna McCalla Noren arrived on Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands] on 3 August 1945 with...

Asked if the war changed him in any way, Cleatus Lebow said it helped him have a little more faith, and mentioned that...

Alfred Rodrigues wanted to be an engineer in the Navy. He found that the engine room was very hot and he passed out in...

They [Annotator’s Note: Charles Borders and his fellow pilots in the 82nd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 71st...

Michael Mervosh kept his binoculars in his pack the rest of the battle and he is thankful that he did. About a week...

James Warren David explains how the LCVPs [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel or LCVP] loaded up troops...

Alvin Barnes rode out a typhoon off Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan]. The ship [Annotator's Note: USS Purdy (...

They loaded the back of their rig. They took the ballast off and put the goods in there so they did not go hungry. They...

The Battle of the Driniumor River ended in August of 1944 after the Japanese 18th Army had been completely decimated....

[Annotator's Note: William G. Roy served in the Navy as a Photographer's Mate 2nd Class aboard the aircraft carrier USS...

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