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Roger Amidon recalls how his second stint in basic training, this time in Texas, helped him drop 70 pounds.
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Roger Amidon describes how "everybody got sick" when his military transport ship traveled through a typhoon.
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Roger Amidon recalls his first "shipping orders" (to Biloxi, Mississippi) after only three days in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
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Roger Amidon describes his training in the use of teletypes, machines used to send typed messages during and after World War II.
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Roger Amidon recalls the duties assigned to him after his induction into the U.S. Army Air Corps.
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Roger Amidon describes how his father was called up for military service in the U.S. Coast Guard after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
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Roger Amidon describes how returning soldiers vied for work in the first years after the war.
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Roger Amidon describes widespread destruction from American bombs in Nagoya, Japan, where his military unit was posted after the war.
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Roger Amidon describes the benefits of working the night shift, "midnight to eight," while he was posted in Japan after the war.
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Roger Amidon explains how serving in the military enabled him to fulfill a childhood dream of going to sea.
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Roger Amidon describes how his father obtained a gas ration stamp, or "C" stamp, during World War II.
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Roger Amidon says the best way to survive in the military is to "keep your mouth shut, and your ears open."
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Roger Amidon describes the range of benefits available to returning soldiers through the G.I. Bill after World War II.
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Roger Amidon describes how his military unit helped to restore telephone lines in postwar Japan.
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Roger Amidon describes the desperate situation of many Japanese civilians after the war.
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Roger Amidon describes his surprisingly swift departure from Japan when his period of service there was complete.
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