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After the war, Frank V. Tarkington [Annotator's Note: a radioman in the US Navy] had good reasons to stay in the...

After bootcamp, Carrel Reavis was sent to Hawaii, where he stayed for the whole war. All he did was load and unload...

By the time Kenneth A. Lafleur had enough points to go home, he had flown 41 missions in the Pacific. Lafleur remarked...

Jack Leaming and his pilot were taken to Yokohama. [Annotator's Note: Leaming was the rear gunner in the Douglas SDB...

David Harvey would be assigned liberty depending on what side of the ship he was on, port or starboard. Passes were...

Susan Magnuson Devoe remembers being liberated [Annotator's Note: from the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila...

James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] and the American officers at Cabanatuan [Annotator's Note:...

After eight weeks of boot camp, James Goodrich was sent to Camp Elliot. Camp Pendleton was not around at that time....

Byron Herbert Meader received very little military training when he was assigned to the 3462nd Ordnance Medium...

When the ceremony was over [Annotators Note: the Japanese surrender ceremony on 2 September 1945] the sky was filled...

At the end of the battle [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], Louis R. Lepore was brought back to the beach and given a...

John Bradley [Annotator's Note: born in Manila, Philippines to an American father and Australian mother in 1936] would...

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