The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John H. Butterfield. Butterfield was drafted in November, 1942 into the Army and trained as an antiaircraft gunner. In March, 1943 he was shipped to Hawaii. Soon, he was assigned to a gun battery at Pearl City. He also learned to operate the radar and describes its activity. Butterfield describes being transported across the Pacific in an LST and participating in the assault on Makin Island. Butterfield and crew set up their antiaircraft guns there after the atoll was secure. Eventually, his outfit was transported back to Pearl Harbor in July, 1944. In April, 1945, Butterfield's antiaircraft unit was attached to the Tenth Army and went to Ie Shima. Butterfield also speaks about witnessing the Japanese surrender delegation arriving on Ie Shima. After the war, he was discharged and returned home, married and resumed farming.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John H. Butterfield. Butterfield was drafted in November, 1942 into the Army and trained as an antiaircraft gunner. In March, 1943 he was shipped to Hawaii. Soon, he was assigned to a gun battery at Pearl City. He also learned to operate the radar and describes its activity. Butterfield describes being transported across the Pacific in an LST and participating in the assault on Makin Island. Butterfield and crew set up their antiaircraft guns there after the atoll was secure. Eventually, his outfit was transported back to Pearl Harbor in July, 1944. In April, 1945, Butterfield's antiaircraft unit was attached to the Tenth Army and went to Ie Shima. Butterfield also speaks about witnessing the Japanese surrender delegation arriving on Ie Shima. After the war, he was discharged and returned home, married and resumed farming.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Trubach. Trubach was drafted into the Army in December of 1944. In March of 1945 he traveled to Luzon, Philippines. His job was to go out on reconnaissance missions into the hills of Luzon to locate any remaining Japanese soldiers in the caves. Trubach provides some detail of these missions and of jungle life. He then traveled to Fukaya, Japan to help clean up an ammunition storage area and destroy Japanese weapons. He was then transferred over to a medical detachment with the Army Air Forces. They traveled around Japan administering vaccinations and then he was placed into a communication detachment until early 1946. He then served as telephone operator, corresponding with other bases around Japan. Trubach was discharged in November of 1946.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Trubach. Trubach was drafted into the Army in December of 1944. In March of 1945 he traveled to Luzon, Philippines. His job was to go out on reconnaissance missions into the hills of Luzon to locate any remaining Japanese soldiers in the caves. Trubach provides some detail of these missions and of jungle life. He then traveled to Fukaya, Japan to help clean up an ammunition storage area and destroy Japanese weapons. He was then transferred over to a medical detachment with the Army Air Forces. They traveled around Japan administering vaccinations and then he was placed into a communication detachment until early 1946. He then served as telephone operator, corresponding with other bases around Japan. Trubach was discharged in November of 1946.