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When he was still 100 miles out from his carrier [Annotator's Note: USS Enterprise (CV-6)], the primitive radar in...

Sidney Philips remembers the whole platoon being sent away to Lejeune. Most of the men were put into the 1st Regiment....

Earnest was born in Richmond, Virginia. He was born on April 1st, 1917. HIs father was in the Light Infantry Blue,...

Oscar Culp was able to write home during the time of his military service. The cost of postage has risen sharply over...

Robert Hammond had to deal with his own health when he was on leave in Philadelphia. He had an appendectomy, and while...

While off the coast of Washington state, there were large logs floating in the water. Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade tried...

After his brother was drafted into the infantry, Donald F. Goyette was accompanied by his parents when he went off for...

Joseph A. Vater was born in March 1917, in Pittsburgh [Annotator's Note: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]. He was drafted into...

Salvatore Famularo remembers it was an all-out war when he went. His most memorable moment was getting out of Iwo Jima...

Lloyd Guillory was born in Berwick, Louisiana in 1925 and lived there until 1935. He had three older sisters. In 1935,...

Wanda Damberg and her fellow internees witnessed three young men from their group attempt an escape [Annotator’s Note:...

From 20000 feet the Japanese carriers could be seen maneuvering below. The carriers could be identified by their size...

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