Oral history interview of William Koch. William B. Koch was drafted into WWII (1945-1946) in the Army, 32nd Infantry Division and the 24th Infantry Division. He was a T-5 and acted as a rifleman and cannoneer. He saw action in the Pacific Theater, including Nagasaki and Kokura, Japan and Kusu Island. He was in Japan one month after the surrender, with the occupation troops.