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James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] became sick with diarrhea [Annotator's Note: loose, watery...

After Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte, Philippines] was secured [Annotator's Note: on 14 January 1945], John H. Cole...

Robert L. Donovan did not want to be in the infantry. He was working at the Goodrich Company when he learned that the...

Still in the Philippines, Clem Thrift's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Holt (DE-706)] moved on to bombarding the...

Kenneth Theis reached Pearl Harbor and discovered that he was to be the Supply and Disbursement Officer on the USS...

Richard Witaker was awarded the Purple Heart for being wounded on Okinawa. He was leaving Sugar Loaf Hill when a buddy...

Thomas Crosby described the internee committee for the internment camp [Annotator's Notes: the Santo Tomas Internment...

Roger Shaw boarded another ship after his assignment as captain of the Army transport. The ship had a radio operator...

Among his fellow officers, Earl Conklin thought there were a couple who were marvelous fellows and he has kept in touch...

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

World War 2 changed Francis Bucher's life for the better. He matured a lot faster. He had a better understanding of...

Julian Trist Bringier McConnell was born in Memphis, [Annotator's Note: Memphis, Tennessee], where his father was...

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