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Samuel Spector thought the Kachin people were diverse. They were from various areas. Some were very smart and others...

Grant Jiro Hirabayashi recalled preparing to go to Japan for an invasion, but he also knew from interrogating many...

Lester Shapiro could have stayed in the service and been a Warrant Officer. He was discharged at Fort Dix [Annotator's...

One of Crump’s friends was on watch on a ship that was torpedoed. Crump’s convoy had about 35 percent casualties. The...

Cleveland Peterson landed in Karachi, India. There was a British airbase with a huge dirigible hanger. The P-40s [...

What Joseph McGuire took to India was all he had for the duration of his duty. Many of the crews had no cold weather...

Towards the end of the war, they [Annotator's Note: the British officers] were telling them [Annotator's Note: Masaji...

John Symons was born in Calumet, Michigan in July 1915. He graduated from Calumet High School. He moved to Detroit [...

Gus Gikas and two other men swam about a mile from the sinking HMT Rhona to the Pioneer [Annotator's Note: USS Pioneer...

Frank R. Burnside [Annotator's Note: worked ferrying planes as a pilot stateside with the 4th Ferrying Group, and then...

George Rudloff was sent to India via Australia. He arrived at Chandigarh which was a staging area in India. From there...

Marshall Burnett does not remember much excitement on the occasion of VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day...

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