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There was no homecoming reception in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California], other than some high...

Noah Lewis thinks the white servicemen were promoted to better positions than their black counterparts. He knows in the...

When Blanchard's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Franklin, CV-13] was attacked he didn't realize how close they were to...

Besides the flag raising, Dave Severance's most vivid memory was the loss of troops. They knew that the Japanese were...

Gerald Wayne Lux met his wife Alice at a dance during college. [Annotator’s Note: Alice Lux participates in this...

Phoutrides took part in the Normandy invasion. He knew what was happening but couldn't understand the enormity of the...

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

Willie Roy Hebert joined the Marine Corps due to their reputation. He came out of boot camp as a PFC [Annotator's Note...

Jake Ussery was born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas which is a small town north of Little Rock. His mother's parents lived...

Earl Conklin was born in September 1921 in Saint Louis, Missouri. He was a "depression boy" whose father worked for the...

Lenwood Steglich joined the Navy [Annotator’s Note: enlisting in September 1942] because all his friends were going...

Allen Lamm was concerned for his safety on Okinawa. He did not realize that the splatters in the water were coming from...

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