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After being discharged from service in World War 2, James D. Comeaux adjusted easily to civilian life and attended...

Ellis Whaley does not remember where he had basic training. He was sent to California for special training. It was a...

After Willie D. Knippers spent a year in Hawaii, he was shipped to Guam [Annotator’s Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] where...

When the 2nd Marine Division shipped out from New Zealand only the battalion commanders knew the specifics of the...

Lionel Lopez had an M1 [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as the M1 Garand]. He had a...

James Gaffney discusses the details of the type of torpedo used on the PT Boat on which he was assigned as a crewman....

John Kelley was born in Dalton, Georgia in June 1924. He grew up in Atlanta [Annotator's Note: Atlanta, Georgia] where...

Henry Bourgeois was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He first flew when he was about seven years old. After...

David Heath was born in November 1921 in Toppenish, Washington. When he was seven, his family moved to Montana. While...

The B-25 [Annotator's Note: North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber] appealed to William Smith as an airplane. The...

Hugh Ettinger was assigned to an LST [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] in the Pacific Theater. After a couple of...

Albert G. Sutcliffe was sent to Pearl Harbor's [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] in preparation for going to the...

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