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Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. was on Wake Island with the 12 airplanes of VMF-211 [Annotator's Note: Marine Fighting...

Besides the attack from the Japanese scout, Carroll Harris did not have any other combat experiences with the Japanese...

Olaf Rose said he suffered no lasting effects from the war, and had no trouble transitioning from sailor to civilian....

Clarence Becker was promoted to G-3, Operations Officer, in January 1945. He had been a Flight Commander until that...

The war changed George Peto. After the war he was reluctant to make close friends. The separation of servicemen during...

When Noah Lewis got to Hawaii, there was only one hotel near Waikiki Beach [Annotator's Note: Honolulu, Hawaii], but he...

Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: an American child living in the Philippines during World War 2] and her...

Fred Gemmel [Annotator's Note: a Torpedoman 2nd Class assigned to the USS Laffey (DD-724)] saw kamikazes [Annotator's...

In February or March 1943, Myers Bernard Rosenbloom went to Camp Pendleton[Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp...

The Marines knew they would be getting into a yellow jacket's nest if they had to invade Japan. When the war ended,...

In 1943, Frank Pantuso reported to the local recruiting station on his 18th birthday and joined the Marine Corps. He...

Edward Bale witnessed the pre-landing bombardment of Saipan. The Navy had learned from previous experiences. The...

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