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Edmond Guidry went to San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] on the Texas [Annotator's Note: USS...

Robert Hammond was sent to Great Lakes, Illinois in the dead of winter for boot camp. He was prepared for the cold, but...

James Allen remembers Henry Glinski coming aboard with him. Glinski was a couple years older than Allen. Allen had...

After Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], F. Lincoln Grahlfs received orders to tow away the USS Hugh W. Hadley...

Leisey shook hands with Eleanor Roosevelt in Pago Pago [Annotators Note: Samoa] when she came through the hospital he...

[Annotator's Note: Throughout the segment, a chirp sound can be heard.] Albert "Al" Machaud was born in November 1928...

Mahlen Arledge grew up as a result of World War 2. He understood what life meant. When he went into the service, he...

Louis John Walter was first assigned to the SS James Buchanan [Annotator's Note: as a seaman in the Merchant Marine]....

[Annotators Note: James Smith served in the USMC as a radioman and rifleman in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.] The...

In paratrooper training, John Mikus, Jr. was trained as infantry. They had special weapons. In boot camp, they used the...

James Bollich was on one of the first ships to take prisoners from the Philippines. The Japanese put 2,000 men into a...

Bruno S. Rinas remained in Mariveles [Annotator's Note: Mariveles, Luzon, Philippines] for a day before being marched...

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