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Daniels, Don Japan Surrenders
[Annotator's Note: Don Daniels was part of a Marine machine gun crew during the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japan.] He says...
Scherer, Monroe Japan Surrenders
[Annotator's Note: Monroe Scherer survived Typhoon Louise on Okinawa, Japan on 9 October 1945.] Some groups rebuilt the...
Abadie, Melvin Japan Then Going Home
The ship Melvin Abadie was assigned to [Annotator's Note: USS Appalachian (AGC-1)] was one of 18 ships that took troops...
Joslin, Harold Japanese Guards and War's End
Harold Joslin and his fellow prisoners of war tried to keep their humor up. There was a Japanese guard who marched them...
Gorman, Ted Japanese Prisoners on Saipan
[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...
Mc Murray, Steve Japanese Surrender
Everybody in the tent [Annotator's Note: at Camp Maui in Hawaii] with Steve McMurray was listening to the radio when...
Bellecci, John Japanese Surrender and Occupation Duty
The war had ended but John Bellecci did not know. His company [Annotator’s Note: 1383rd Engineer Petroleum Distribution...
Gulotta, James Japanese Surrender and Occupation Duty
James Gulotta was training to hit Tokyo when the war ended. His unit was to land near Yokohama but the war ended before...
Hirabayashi, Grant Japanese Surrender in China and Going Home
Grant Jiro Hirabayashi recalled preparing to go to Japan for an invasion, but he also knew from interrogating many...
Gorman, Ted Japanese Were Brutal
[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...
DiSabatino, Eugene Joining the Manhattan Project
Eugene DiSabatino was born in 1922 in Wilmington, Delaware. He grew up and attended school there. His family owned an...
Miller, Rudolph Joining the Navy
Rudolph C. Miller had no place to go and nowhere to live when he was 16. He tried to forge his certificate [Annotator's...
Lewis, Noah Joining the Navy and Overseas Deployment
Noah Lewis was drafted and inducted into the Navy in Lafayette, Louisiana. He was examined by military doctors and then...
Duff, Clarence Kamikazes
Clarence Robert Duff recalled picking up survivors from the USS Franklin (CV-13) during the kamikaze attacks off...
Robinson, Stewart Kamikazes, Typhoons and the VJ-Day
As an Air Captain aboard ship [Annotator's Note: USS Hornet (CV-12)], Stewart W. Robinson was responsible for...
Gallichant, Normand Kanton Island and Postwar
Normand F. Gallichant was preparing to hit the beaches of Japan just before the war ended. Defenses in Japan would have...
Walker, Mort Killing is not the Answer
While in Italy, Mort Walker had heard about the holocaust but did not know much about it. It was not until later that...
Urban, Raymond Korea and Discharge
Raymond Urban was called back for Korea but spent his time at Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California]...
Kafka, T. Korean War
After World War 2, T. Toby Kafka reenlisted into the Women's Army Corps (WAC) Reserves and was attached to an...
Bederson, Benjamin Landing a Physicist's Job
While Benjamin Bederson's buddies were being deployed overseas, he was being interviewed by three "obvious scientists"...
Montalbano, Mickey Landing on Okinawa
The war in the Pacific was still raging when Mickey Montalbano shipped out on the USS Jason (AR-8). He stopped in...
Aust, Abner Last Ace of the War
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Abner Aust to describe the mission where he shot down three Japanese Franks -...
Fitch, Mason Last Mission, War's End and Reflections
The last mission for Mason Brownell Fitch really sticks out in his mind. Reaching into his little blue book [Annotator'...
Carlson, Harry Last Missions, Going Home, Getting Married and Separating from Service
Harry Carlson feels his most eventful missions were the nighttime missions over Japan. They were frightening at times...
Bellecci, John Last Thoughts
John Bellecci does not think that American society today understands World War 2. Education is what won that war for us...
Hardy, George Last Thoughts on the War
George Hardy came back [Annotator's Note: From Vietnam] in the spring of 1971. He had a physical and failed so he lost...
Taylor, Charles Learning About Submarines
Charles Taylor was assigned to the USS Absecon (AVP-23) as the catapult officer, even though he had no training in this...
Kiefer, Keith Learning About Wars
Keith Kiefer was born in January 1957 in Longview, Texas. In school, he did not get taught about World War 2 until...
Hanson, Wilfred Learning of the Atomic Bomb
Captain Hunt [Annotator's Note: US Marine Corps Captain George P. Hunt] was no longer in command of K Company [...
Harris, Robert "Bob" Leaves and Returning to America
In September or October 1944, Robert H. "Bob" Harris left India to return to the United States. He completed 150...
Surratt, Carey Leaving the Navy and Reflections
Carey Suratt left the Navy when his enlistment time was completed. In 1950, someone recommended Suratt join a new Army...
Clark, Earl Legacy of the 10th Mountain Division
Earl Ervin Clark and the 10th Mountain Division were returning by sea when they heard about the United States dropping...
Bridgforth, Carolyn Letters Back and Forth
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Carolyn Bridgforth what the letters exchanged with her husband while he was at...
Smith, Arthur Liberating Kuching
Arthur Smith and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 13 (MTBRon 13)] set up their shore base in...
Serna, Fernando Liberation
Fernando Serna was liberated from a prisoner of war camp after the war. He was treated by doctors and nurses following...
Balaza, Charles Liberation
For Charles Balaza, flights of American planes over the prison camp foretold the oncoming victory. The end was near....

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