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Trinidad Ledesma was drafted into the Army. He went to take his physical and two men in front of him got 4F [Annotator'...

Thomas Kolesa got married. He went to Edwardsville [Annotator's Note: Edwardsville, Illinois] and his mother was crying...

John Ream had to learn what war was. He thought the hike to Camp John Hay [Annotator’s Note: Camp John Hay in Baguio,...

James Gaffney never spotted any Japanese while patrolling Bougainville. They did observe and report a bright light on...

Robert G. Aldous went to Wichita Falls, Texas to Sheppard Field in August [Annotator's Note: August 1943] and it was "...

Joseph Townsend wanted to join the Marine Corps. His mother objected. His father had served in the Army in the First...

Oran Harris said the Americans went first by sea in pursuit of the Japanese that had retreated into the mountains of...

Charles Gubish did not know much about what was going on with the war in the Pacific. Marine Corps boot camp was tough...

During the battle Commander Becton [Annotator's Note: Admiral F. Julian Becton] was very calm. He gave orders to the...

Ralph Morse covered medicine and all the important doctors after World War 2. He covered Broadway until the space...

Melvin Munch had a 15 day leave following his basic training in the United States Navy. It took four days each way for...

Harry Walker Wellford [Annotator's Note: while serving as radar officer aboard the USS Harrison (DD-573)] remembers...

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