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Boot camp for Louis Smith took place at Parris Island, South Carolina and he found it tough. They shaved his head to...

Jimmy Doi was born in Oxnard, California in 1925. Growing up in California was great until the war started. Doi was 16...

Teddy Kirkpatrick reflects on the events in his life during World War 2, beginning with the attack on Pearl Harbor. He...

James Armstrong was born in Bradenton, Florida and attended high school there [Annotator's Note: he doesn't specify his...

On the troop ship out of Pearl Harbor, Holly Rees said there was little to do, and the soldiers played cards and got...

Yeu Foon, who changed his Chinese name to Johnny Ngai after the war, started out in North Africa [Annotator's Note: the...

Beverly Coleman Oates Rougas was relieved when the war ended. Everyone felt safe and happy. Rougas thinks it is...

After his discharge, Ray Emory went to college to study architecture and graduated from the University of Washington....

Jack Yusen still frequently thinks about the men who died [Annotator's Note: when his ship, the USS Samuel B. Roberts (...

Gene Alair went into Lingayen Gulf [Annotator's Note: Invasion of Lingayen, Philippines, 6 January 1945], the spot...

Jules Levin remembered he knew he would be drafted once the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred. He received his draft...

During the last few days of the war there was very little action. Most of the Germans were figuring out a way to...

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