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

George Peto had a unique experience there [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa] one time while watching kamikazes hitting...

After being assigned to the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) [Annotator's Note: sometimes referred to as "Indy"], Edgar Harrell...

Roger A. Lewis left Wallis Island [Annotator's Note: Wallis and Futuna] and returned first to American Samoa, and then...

Robert Leese was based on New Guinea [Annotator's Note: with the 822nd Bombardment Squadron, 38th Bombardment Group,...

Frank Savage's first duty was to acclimate to the climate and patrol up the coast of New Guinea. The Japanese had moved...

After the war, Robert Lents hated the Japanese. He said the Australians took over the island on which he had been kept...

At the conclusion of World War 2, Richard R. Ruess had 85 points [Annotator's Note: a point system was devised based on...

Jacques Brewster Smith says Elmer Fryar [Annotator's Note: phonetic spelling] was the company [Annotator's Note:...

Willis Mills was attending Hayward High [Annotator’s Note: Hayward High School in Hayward, California] when he decided...

[Annotator's Note: There is a person in the background moving about the room throughout this clip.] Bette C. Horstman...

Norman Hatch does not think of his experiences on Tarawa or Iwo Jima continuously. Rather, his experiences flood back...

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