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Wahlen was an E-5, Pharmacists Mate 2nd class when he got out of the Navy. His US Army career was over twenty years.He...

As the American advance through the Pacific moved closer and closer to the Japanese mainland, enemy resistance grew...

Bruno Rinas thought Camp O’Donnell [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war camp] was a hell hole. There was no water for...

Alfred Taddeo was involved in combat over Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian, Mariana Islands] and Saipan [Annotator's...

The boats were scattered around little islands, each with a pier, and Richard McEwen said the sailors ate their meals...

When general quarters were announced, Francis Borrell had to be in his position as fast as possible. He would sit at...

Edward Riedl was waiting for his girlfriend to come out of her house when he was told Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...

On several occasions, Robert Lents and his fellow prisoners outmaneuvered their Japanese captors. [Annotator's Note:...

The 24th [Annotator's Note: 24 December 1941] was the same; no water and no food. They could barely talk. On the...

James Gaffney discusses the details of the type of torpedo used on the PT Boat on which he was assigned as a crewman....

After the war ended, Thomas J. Smith, Junior and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine...

On the 1 April [Annotator's Note: 1 April 1942] they passed under the Golden Gate Bridge. The men were all excited...

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