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Pete Brock's most memorable experience of World War 2 was the surrender of the Japanese in 1945 and when his crew...

Joe Clapper's unit [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] landed on...

The United States came together in the Second World War, Edward Allesandro said, and he is sure that the soldiers'...

James L. Wheeler was sent to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Northern Mariana Islands] to train for the Battle of Japan....

Claude Bufford Shaw spent his entire wartime service in the Pacific, except for two short trips to the United States to...

Charles Nathan Lane considers himself extremely fortunate and thinks that he had a guardian angel with him when he was...

For Allen Tillery, returning to civilian life was not much of an adjustment because it happened so fast. He thought for...

Roger Shaw returned to the United States by way of Northern Ireland. The SS George Gayle sailed alone before reaching...

William Barnes was born and raised in Clarksdale, Mississippi. After high school he attended Bowling Green Business...

John Caraway's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Bridge (AF-1)] was anchored in the harbor at Okinawa when he heard about the...

Rex James Bates was assigned to the 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Will Rogers Field in Oklahoma. The squadron...

Ralph Marcarelli was aboard an LST [Annotator's Note: landing ship, tank] when he ventured around many islands to...

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