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Hilson, Doyle In the Navy
Doyle “Bill” C. Hilson entered the Navy in May 1945 at the age of 17 and did basic training at Great Lakes Naval...
Thompson, Judge In the Navy
Judge Gordon Thompson was born in June 1926 in Perry County, Alabama. He grew up with two sisters on a hundred-acre...
Amore, Frederick Incidentals and Postwar Life
Frederick Amore was transferred to Payne Field in Cairo, Egypt and, because there were too many mechanics there, he did...
Fisch, Robert Indifferent People
Robert Fisch witnessed in the camps an older man talking to the younger people. He personally did not "give a damn"...
Stern, Herbert Indochina
When Herbert Stern and his unit were on the way down from the north of Germany, the rubble in Frankfurt, Germany was...
Dietrick, Alfred Injured out of Combat
Alfred Dietrick took a patrol [Annotator's Note: of men from Company B, 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th...
Edwards, Mary Inspection by Harry Truman and Others
Mary Edwards met Harry Truman [Annotator's Note: President Harry S. Truman] when he was a congressman in charge of the...
Hardy, George Integration of the Air Force
The Japanese surrendered while George Hardy was on a ship returning home. He and his outfit landed shortly after that...
Schraub, Jesse Interest in Chemistry
Jesse Schraub was born in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs in New York, New...
Noe, Leanne Interned Life in the Philippines
Leanne Blinzler Noe attended classes with several other children where they learned Tagalog [Annotator's Note: an...
Sawada, Lily Internment Camp
Lily Sawada and her family arrived in Poston, Arizona [Annotator’s Note: this was part of the relocation of Japanese-...
Matsumoto, Roy Internment Camps
Roy H. Matsumoto listened to news reports from Japan on his shortwave radio. He could tell some of it was propaganda,...
Doi, Jimmy Internment, Defense Plants and Experiencing Racism
Jimmy Doi and his family were informed in March [Annotator's Note: March 1942] that they were being sent to an...
Halberg, Norma Interviewed for the WASPs
When the WASPs [Annotator's Note: Women Airforce Service Pilots] first started out, they had to have 200 hours [...
Murphy, Thomas Into the Army and Taking a POW
Thomas Murphy graduated from high school on 6 June 1944 and was inducted into the military two days later. He took his...
Garbo, William Into the War
William Garbo was born in 1924 in Laurel, Mississippi. He was in high school when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor....
Yatsu, Lawrence Introduction and Early Life
Lawrence Yatsu served as a replacement with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Company C, 100th Infantry Battalion. He...
Kelley, Archie Island Hopping, MacArthur, and MIT
Tarawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Tarawa, 20 to 23 November 1943 at Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands] was a morale...
Samet, Judah Israel, Life Lessons and Reparations
Judah Samet had a difficult time connecting with Israel as an Orthodox Jew. He was eight years old at the time he...
Samet, Judah Israeli Defense Force
Judah Samet was a willing fighter in the Israeli Defense Force. Jews have been warriors since the time of Abraham. The...
McCowen, William Italians, Home, and War's End
In Italy, William McCowen [Annotator's Note: a member of the US Army Air Forces] would only see Italians when he was...
Ronson, Harold Iwo Jima
When Harold Ronson got onto the beach at Iwo [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945, Iwo...
Dyson, Freeman J. Robert Oppenheimer
Freeman Dyson met J. Robert Oppenheimer when the latter was the Director of the Institute for Advanced Study [Annotator...
Jones, James Jackie Robinson and Racism
The racism James B. Jones experienced was bad. He thought it was worse for northerners who went to the south. In 1935...
Warne, Therese Japan Invades the Philippines
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: an American child living in the Philippines during World War 2] was eating...
Fitzmorris, James Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor
James Fitzmorris grew up in Depression-era New Orleans, Louisiana in the Irish Channel neighborhood. They did not know...
Iguchi, Takeo Japanese Military Society
Takea Iguchi thought Japan had a superior identity. Iguchi was in middle school when Tokyo [Annotator’s Note: Tokyo,...
Ignatius, Paul Japanese Surrender
Paul Ignatius was assigned to Composite Squadron 80 (VC-80) aboard the USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) as the squadron’s...
Imahara, Walter Japanese-Americans Working as Translators
Walter Imahara had an uncle who farmed with his father in Florin outside of Sacramento. His uncle had a lot of children...
Imahara, Walter Jerome War Relocation Center
They [Annotator's Note: Walter Imahara and many of the other Japanese-Americans held at the Fresno Assembly Center]...
Cawley, David J. Jig Dog Ramage and Postwar Life
[Annotator's Note: David Cawley, a gunner with Bombing Squadron 10 (VB-10) aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6), is very...
Baumgarten, Aaron Job Descriptions
During the war, Aaron Baumgarten worried less about meeting up with the Japanese than he was of coming to a bad end...
Payne, Robert Joining 101st Airborne Division
Robert Payne's father was a flyer in World War 1. He had his own biplane after the war, and they would fly together....
Hairston, Joseph Joining a Segregated Army
Joseph Hairston was born in May 1922 in a log cabin just outside of Martinsville, Virginia. He stayed in Virginia for...
Stoops, Robert Joining the 263rd Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
Robert Stoops reported to Fort Sam Houston [Annotator's Note: San Antonio, Texas] for one month and then went to Camp...
Shima, Terry Joining the 442nd Regimental Combat Team
Terry Shima's older brother had been drafted before the war and served in the 100th Infantry Battalion [Annotator's...

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