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Alexander Vraciu wanted to fly fighters. If he had not been given fighters when he was going through training at Corpus...

Embarking on their journey to the Pacific, Richard Bennett's squadron [Annotator's Note: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 31...

Walter Jacobs was born in Mississippi. His father worked a variety of jobs. Jacobs grew up on a farm that did not have...

Lyle Mitchell was born in September 1918 in New York. He had a sister and a brother. His sister is two years younger...

After the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941],...

Greg Woodham found that no one inquired about his time in the Philippines and when he was older, they only desired an...

John Singlaub returned to Kunming and was met by an officer at the airplane. Orders were received from OSS [Annotator's...

Dave Severance thought they would be sent home once they took the mountain [Annotator's Note: Mount Suribachi on Iwo...

As Charles Wesley Borders' squadron [Annotator's Note: 82nd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 71st Tactical...

Nevin Sledge remembers that everything was secretive. One of the generals was killed by a sniper. A Marine general took...

There has not been three and a half years of William J. Twigger's life that have had such a profound effect on him as...

Floyd Annas was born in March 1925 in Granite Falls, North Carolina. He moved to a farm when he was 12 years old. Annas...

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