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Kenneth Theis completed midshipman training in two months and was commissioned an ensign in the Navy in November 1943....

Butch O'Hare [Annotator's Note: Edward Henry Butch OHare] really invented the Thatch Weave and Thatch's name was...

James Anthony Saint Julien, Senior [Annotator's Note: deployed to the Philippines with the 766th Engineer Dump Truck...

After the war, Richard H. Kerr enlisted into the regular Navy and remained in service for 30 years. His first...

Fred Wesighan and his unit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Company, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division] left...

The next morning, Jack Yusen was heading down to get some food when the call to battle stations came over the intercom...

George Colburn only heard scuttlebutt [Annotator's Note: a period slang term for a rumor]. He was just a Private and...

When Calvin Moore arrived at Camp Lejeune [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North...

Bill Toledo saw his first combat on 1 November 1943. He landed on the island of Bougainville [Annotator's Note:...

Donald Stratton is from Red Cloud, Nebraska. His family was farmers early on in their lives. Stratton had one sister...

Marvin Martin served at the end and immediately after World War 2. He had several friends who were eager to join the...

William Barnes got orders to get off at Bougainville. He was ordered to get back to the United States the best way he...

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