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Melvin C. Whitman was surprised the Japanese did not fight back against the invasion [Annotator's Note: Battle of...

Richard Nummer entered service in November 1943 at 17 years old. He went to San Diego for boot camp. That was his first...

During his interrogation, Fiske Hanley was asked some military questions, but the Japanese interest centered mostly on...

Joseph Burrell could see all of the damage from Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...

Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] only had black sand in the southern part of the island. Iwo Jima means...

Alfred Taddeo was involved in combat over Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian, Mariana Islands] and Saipan [Annotator's...

Edgar Harrell was floating in the Pacific Ocean with a life jacket while other were not [Annotator's Note: after he...

Walter Bowsher was sent to Hokkaido, Japan to a prisoner of war, or POW, camp. He arrived at Hakodate Number 2 prison...

Marvin A. Roslansky [Annotator's Note: a US Marine] was assigned to Insular Patrol [Annotator's Note: with the Guam...

Robert W. "RW" Pratt's most memorable experience was 7 April [Annotator's Note: 7 April 1945, during Battle of Okinawa...

Howard Cain was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin in November 1926. At age seven, the family moved to Chicago [Annotator’s...

Bailey had been walking around the ship [Annotator's Note: the ship that was taking him to the invasion of Okinawa]. He...

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