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While approaching Wana Draw on Okinawa, George Peto noticed some movement in the brush off to his left. He realized...

They [Annotator's Note: Louis Zamperini, his pilot and their tail gunner] spent 47 days fighting off sharks, the...

Thomas Francis Schicker was told he was ready to go overseas. At Area 13 [Annotator's Note: location on Marine Corps...

Richard Nummer experienced the brutality of war on Iwo Jima. He and his buddies witnessed Japanese soldiers lying with...

Arthur L. Eads [Annotator's Note: as a 1st class shipfitter for the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion] was on a ship...

Otis Kight grew up near Atlanta [Annotator's Note: Atlanta, Georgia] and nearby Stone Mountain [Annotator's Note: Stone...

Robert L. Rorschach was born in Tulsa [Annotator's Note: Tulsa, Oklahoma] in August 1922. It was a small town at the...

The Laffey was in a rough state. She had been hit a number of times from a number of direction. Everything from the...

When John H. Cole got home, he returned to the farm and realized it was not the way he would make his living. He tried...

James Goodrich thinks that people had a greater hatred for the Japanese than the Germans in America. He credits hearing...

Among his fellow officers, Earl Conklin thought there were a couple who were marvelous fellows and he has kept in touch...

World War 2 changed Francis Bucher's life for the better. He matured a lot faster. He had a better understanding of...

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