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Walter Groth was discharged in Texas. He turned in everything. The war was over. The war had ended when they got out....

The ship would reposition at Ulithi [Annotator's Note: Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands]. Occasionally, Japanese planes...

Gerry Jones was born in September 1926 in Logansport, Indiana. His family was badly affected by the Great Depression....

[Annotator's Note: Someone off camera interjects at various points.] As his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Suwannee (...

Barbara Butler's first installation was on Leyte. Her living quarters were very close to the beach where General...

Walter Bud Gafford was born in April 1920. He joined the United States Navy in March 1941 so that he could see the...

After the Battle of Peleliu, Romus Burgin was one of four men from the 5th Marine Regiment to be considered for a field...

Roy Stewart and his unit [Annotator's Note: in the 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division] entered the "amphitheater...

Thomas J. Smith, Junior was at Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego County,...

Allen Horton had a long leave on Ulithi, where the mail that had been collecting for some time finally reached the...

Irwin Schneider arrived at Hollandia just after the landings there. There was no opposition to the assault. He had not...

Donald H. "Don" Bee saw his first action [Annotator's Note: as a crewman aboard the USS Intrepid (CV-11)], when a...

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