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After Parris Island, William Pierce went to Hingham, Massachusetts which housed a huge naval ammunition manufacturing...

James Bowie was stationed in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] for boot camp. He lived in a tent in...

Patrick Zilliacus thinks that the variety of odd jobs he held before being drafted helped him in duties on a submarine...

George Mouton went to San Pedro, California, and reported aboard the USS Bosque (APA-135). From there he went to Pearl...

Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in Scouting...

Wesley Waggoner remembers the Pearl Harbor attack [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7...

James "Jim" Tubach was sent to a little town outside of Tokyo [Annotator's Note: Tokyo, Japan] called Fukiya [Annotator...

John Mikus, Jr. almost got shot when he got back to the United States. He wanted to call home. The women Marines had...

Lyle Bird was assigned as a signalman and bugler aboard the USS Okanogan (APA-220) in the Pacific at the end of the war...

Walter Jacobs thought the BAR [Annotator's Note: Browning Automatic Rifle] was a good weapon but required a lot of...

James Ramage and other pilots were ready to go [Annotator's Note: Ramage is talking about attacking Japanese aircraft...

Selwyn Gilmore and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 52nd Bombardment Squadron, 29th Bombardment Group, 314th Bombardment...

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