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Donald Witmer didn't know what his fate would be. He thought he was drifting toward the beach, one that was held by the...

James Lee's most memorable experience of World War 2 is the attack itself [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on...

Donald Dean was born in March 1926 in Salina, Kansas. His father was in the insurance business, and the family moved...

Joe G. Casillas was born in San Pedro, California in October 1925. He grew up around Pacoima [Annotator's Note: Pacoima...

Frank Forcinella was born in February 1925 in Rensselaer, New York. His childhood was good. They had hard times and...

Herb McClure was born in March 1924 in Neodesha, Kansas, the only male and oldest of five siblings. His father had an...

The ship [Annotator's Note: the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13)] wasn't at Pearl Harbor for long before heading...

Joseph L. Harrison was in Yokosuka [Annotator's Note: Yokosuka, Japan] in November [Annotator's Note: November 1945]....

Gene Alair went into Lingayen Gulf [Annotator's Note: Invasion of Lingayen, Philippines, 6 January 1945], the spot...

Robert Oplinger remembers receiving the first Japanese sword of surrender on the home islands as being his most...

After combat on Tinian ended and the island was secured, Ira Schilling was sent to Hawaii. First, however, he reported...

Henry A. Tacket began training at Treasure Island in San Francisco for his assignment to a new destroyer. That was...

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