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Martin Banyas sailed all the islands [Annotator's Note: a Marine gunner on USS Santa Fe (CL-60)] including Saipan [...

[Annotator's Note: Pedro Parra was assigned to the 854th Engineer Aviation Battalion in February 1943.] They did not...

After the conclusion of World War 2, William Riggs' only thought upon arriving home was to seek out a job away from the...

When Claire Maddox went into the service [Annotator's Note: in the summer of 1943], he had the option to pick any of...

By 1944 Harold Ward had added some stripes to his arm. Ward was transferred to an AK ship, a big liberty ship [...

When Donald Hoff's plane went into its dive, it did not last long. At 250 miles per hour the dive goes by quick. When...

The operation on Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Peleliu Island, Palau] was supposed to be in conjunction with the offensive...

[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom answer questions...

At 11 years in the Navy, Randall Edwards decided to make a career of the military. In 1946, he had an unfortunate...

Jack Yusen still frequently thinks about the men who died [Annotator's Note: when his ship, the USS Samuel B. Roberts (...

The trip overseas for Richard Witaker was difficult because so many of his fellow Marines got seasick on the 31 day...

The USS Princeton (CV-37) could not get close to the island [Annotator's Note: Johnston Atoll, United States Minor...

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