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After World War 2, Rex James Bates matured and became a more responsible person. He remarks about his time at the...

Karen K. Lewis never suffered from post-traumatic stress after her experiences in an internment camp. She was never...

When John Caraway boarded the USS Bridge (AF-1), he found it to be not only one of the oldest ships in the Navy's fleet...

Martin Sherbecoe was born in 1920 in Stamford, Connecticut. His father was a skilled mechanic and from a very early age...

Gerald V. West was born in Glens Falls, New York in October 1919. His family owned a farm of about 140 acres and West's...

In early April [Annotator's Note: April 1943], second lieutenants were asked to volunteer for duty in the Pacific....

One night, Floyd James Reissig called general quarters while sailors were sleeping on the deck. There was an...

Dr. Robert Beynon thinks the war changed him. He was right out of high school. He learned that you always have a boss....

Robert Powers never saw his comrade who was captured again. He knew that if he were captured he would be killed. If...

Frank Campisano was told he would be in the first wave for the invasion of Japan. He departed for his old camp on...

James J. Bollich was born on a farm south of Eunice [Annotator's Note: Eunice, Louisiana]. His family primarily grew...

When Robert Powers invaded Guam, he did not go in on one of the new amphibious tractors [Annotator's Note: Landing...

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