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John Cassidy majored in mining engineering during his first year at the University of Alabama, but he eventually...

James Buckley was assigned to the USS LST-1013, a Landing Ship, Tank. It was as long as football field and 50 feet wide...

Wahlen said he hesitated talking about the war when he came home, but sometimes the pressure was put on him to talk....

In boot camp, George Vincent Ross was initially treated as a low-life by the DI [Annotator's Note: drill instructor]....

William Beaman thinks young people should be taught the history of World War 2, and believes it is important that there...

Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] was cold. At night on the northern end of the island, Louis R. Lepore...

When Edward F. Kent went into combat in Europe, he carried a carbine [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic...

When the ship he returned home aboard was approaching San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California], James...

John Kelley's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when he took part in liberating the Los Baños Prison Camp [...

Rollins Rosenzweig continued to fly missions over Okinawa after the attack on the Japanese battleship Yamato. Missions...

Charles Chartier was sworn in in Detroit [Annotator’s Note: Detroit, Michigan]. He went to basic training at Fort Bragg...

James Stewart Rosenbaum heard about the surrender of Germany while he was fighting in Okinawa [Annotator's Note:...

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