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William Earl Gast remembers the first time he changed into new clothes. He was staying in a house and slept in the...

Jacklyn Lucas likes the life he is living. He liked being in the military. He has done well for himself and has a good...

George A. Damiano was born in Riverside, California in 1924. He grew up in a little town called Murrieta, California...

Grant H. Ichikawa was born in April 1919. His father had come to the United States from Japan. People from Japan were...

Armando Galella insists that the men and women in today's armed forces deserve the best Americans can give them,...

In January 1943, Frank M. Heuer Sr. enlisted in the Navy with his younger brother, Edward. Heuer, his brother, and...

William Hall had no extreme feelings about the Japanese even though he knew some of the harsh and brutal things they...

In the early summer of 1945, Jack D. Owen [Annotator’s Note: assigned to the USS Colusa (APA-74) as the radar striker]...

After he was discharged, Thomas Tizzard looked for a job. He worked in New Orleans, Louisiana as a conductor on a...

Frank V. Tarkington was fortunate to have a mild and unexcitable experience in the war. He got a break by having...

Deployment overseas for William Pierce was originally to be to Saipan. Because that battle had ended, Pierce's ship was...

Raymond Birdsall [Annotator's Note: a Torpedoman 3rd Class on the USS Batfish (SS-310)] was 17 years old when he joined...

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