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Going overseas was scary for Walter Sapp. He was three decks below seeing daylight. They were in a huge convoy and the...

Abner Aust was at Iwo Jima, Japan when the Japanese formally surrendered. He was the first pilot to go home on 11...

Norman Kinsey had a good basis of organization. One of the things learned in the military is that he was not an...

James Bollich's younger brother never made it overseas. One brother died in a fighter pilot accident and the other died...

News that the war had ended seemed to daze Randall Edwards and his fellow prisoners of war initially. Once they got...

Wilbur Thomas felt that World War 2 did not change his life but opened his eyes to new experiences. Thomas remarks that...

Vernon Henry Moret recalled a banzai attack on Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipain, Northern Mariana Islands]. The...

Timothy Mahoney only went on a flight after he did repairs to the radar equipment. The pilots did not like doing those...

Tokuji Yoshihashi was drafted and went to Camp Blanding, Florida for 17 weeks of basic training. He was trained on...

Joseph Diamond was under mortar attack when he was wounded. A mortar shell exploded about 20 yards away and he felt a...

Holloman was born in Saint Louis, Missouri in 1924. His father worked for the US Postal Service from 1919 until 1969.As...

Leonard Spivey was born on a farm five or six miles north of Artesia, New Mexico. At a very young age Spivey was on the...

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