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Sutcliffe, Albert The War Ends
Albert G. Sutcliffe was taken from the Battle of Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26...
Zilliacus, Patrick The War Ends
Patrick Zilliacus corresponded with his family. It was censored twice but he corresponded throughout the war with his...
Burrell, Joseph The War Ends
Joseph Burrell could see all of the damage from Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...
McCormick, Bruce The War Ends
Bruce McCormick was in a convoy when the war ended. The fleets mustered in the Philipines. Then they got together to go...
Weber, Ed The War Ends
When Ed Weber first got overseas, the war was not going well. In August 1942 when the Marines took Guadalcanal [...
O'Hara, Richard The War Ends
Richard O'Hara was pissed off that he was not going home when the war ended. His wife, who was his high school...
Gorman, Ted The War Ends and Postwar Service
[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...
Cristiano, Nick The War Is Over
Nick Cristiano feels that his Japanese prison guards did not know the war was coming to an end. They were brainwashed....
Sutcliffe, Albert The West Loch Disaster
Albert G. Sutcliffe was sent to Pearl Harbor's [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] in preparation for going to the...
Kelley, Archie The West Virginia Torpedoed
Archie Kelley thought much more time was going by than really was [Annotator's Note: onboard the now-torpedoed USS West...
Ernest, Malcolm The Will to Live
[Annotator's Note: Malcolm Ernest was a prisoner of war at Hoten Camp, Mukden, Manchuria; present day China.] Ernest...
Nakagawa, Ittsei They Were All Burned
[Annotator's Note: Ittsei Nakagawa was in a factory in Hiroshima, Japan when the atomic bomb exploded over the city on...
Dunlavy, Jack Third Fleet Actions
On 16 April [Annotator's Note: 16 April 1945], the Third Fleet was off the coast of Japan and sent planes out to hit...
Tatum, John Third Wave on Guadalcanal
John Wesley Tatum was in Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division when they landed on...
Jackson, Arthur Thoughs on the World Today
America is the only country and society in the world, in Arthur Jackson's opinion, equipped to take on the dictators of...
Connelly, James Thoughts About the War
The invasion of the Admiralty Islands [Annotator's Note: Admiralty Islands Campaign, Operation Brewer, 29 February to...
Caudle, John Thoughts and Discharge
John Caudle has had a lot of thoughts over the years. Especially when he came home out of the service and did not have...
Lowe, Robert Thoughts and Reflections
Robert Lowe says war has its sadness. So many lost. It is always good to find some humor in a situation. That is what...
Goodwin, Hersey Thoughts on Combat
Hersey Goodwin and the gunners spent a lot of time with flight recognition. When the plane flew into the one in front,...
Werner, Jack Thoughts on Combat
Jack Werner was the highest ranking non-commissioned officer of his company [Annotator's Note: H...
Nelson, Walter Thoughts on Flying
Walter Nelson had a different pilot for his first raid. The pilot’s name was Lieutenant Womper [Annotators Note: unsure...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Thoughts on Service
Charles Wesley Borders retired from the United States Air Force on 1 September 1971. He got to be a Wing Commander...
Whitman, Melvin Thoughts on Service
Melvin C. Whitman thinks the servicemen who returned [Annotator's Note: from World War 2] were able to teach their kids...
Marich, Robert Thoughts on the War
After the war, Robert Marich worked in television. A show he produced featured couples who had been married a long time...
Alair, Gene Thoughts on the War
Gene Alair's most memorable experience of the war was being back on board the USS Astoria (CA-34), below decks...
Lawrence, Paul Thoughts on the War
When Paul Lawrence arrived in New Guinea, the fighting had gone further up the coast. They did see some Bettys [...
Mason, Leslie Thoughts on the War Criminals
[Annotator's Note: Leslie B. Mason, Junior served in the Army as a guard at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan prior to the...
Colburn, George Thoughts on War
Being in a hole with Jimmy Grimes when he got shot through the head, and Harrington got his belly split open stands out...
Baker, Sterling Thoughts on War
Sterling Baker was in the National Youth Administration and trained to be a carpenter. He was also in charge of the...
Kolesa, Thomas Thoughts On War and Life
Thomas Kolesa feels he had the best education he could have ever gotten from the Marine Corps. When he got into...
Haslauer, Warren Thoughts on War and MacArthur
Warren J. Haslauer's lasting memory of World War 2 is how damned unnecessary the whole thing was. It was a colossal...
Frisco, Paul Threats to the USS Cushing (DD-797)
Paul J. Frisco and his fellow crewmen were not intimidated by the threat of kamikazes because of their supreme...
George, Carroll Three Ships
Carroll George felt extremely safe [Annotator's Note: in his general quarters station in the engine room aboard the USS...
Tyson, Marvin Three Typhoons
Marvin Tyson went to college under the G.I. Bill at New York University [Annotator's Note: in New York, New York]. He...
Colburn, George Thrown in the Brig and Going Home
The Chinese would grab people on the streets and hand them over to the Americans if they were Japanese. George Colburn...
Brown, Jules Time in China
Jules Desloge Brown [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS PCE(R)-855] was stationed at Shanghai [Annotator's Note: Shanghai...

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