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Marvin Hill was born in November 1925 in Louisa County, Virginia, the only male child of six children. His father was...

[Annotator's Note: Richard R. Ruess served as a navigator in the 1st Mapping Group.] He received orders [Annotator's...

Windom Joseph Burton was aboard the Enterprise [Annotator's Note: USS Enterprise (CV-6)] when it was hit by enemy...

Ben Steele worked two miles underground in a Japanese coal mine. It was very tight because of the way the ground...

Philip Mayer was born in June 1925 in Hollister, California where his family had a ranch. In 1930, his family moved to...

Samuel Goss had no idea that he would become a boat officer. Before he graduated as an ensign [Annotator's Note: lowest...

James W. Metcalf was born in Toledo, Ohio in September 1924. When he was still an infant, Metcalf’s father moved the...

Wim de Jonge accompanied an officer to Jakarta. They traveled alone in a jeep through the mountains without convoy...

When the 12 ships in his squadron hit Diamondhead [Annotator's Note: the volcanic crater on Oahu, Hawaii], 6 went south...

Michael Mervosh kept his binoculars in his pack the rest of the battle and he is thankful that he did. About a week...

[Annotator's Note: Wendall Woodall served in the US Army Air Forces as a blister gunner on a Boeing B-29 Superfortress...

Bruno S. Rinas believes some of his unit [Annotator's Note: 3rd Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group] may have been on...

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