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Paul Ignatius did not have post-traumatic stress or nightmares from his experiences in World War 2. He is proud of his...

Normand F. Gallichant was born in March 1921 in Danielson, Connecticut. He had four brothers. His father was a mechanic...

Ed Weber went into the service on 5 December 1942 and went to the San Diego Marine Corps base [Annotator's Note: Marine...

Prior to landing in New Guinea DeMers' unit was never given any jungle training. In Australia they were trained how to...

Sumner Whitten arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, west of Honolulu. The mess from the attack on Pearl Harbor was...

Benjamin Clark Amsden [Annotator's Note: a Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter pilot with Fighting Squadron 22 (VF-22) aboard...

According to John Smith, ammunition supplies were not a problem, and the Allies had air and sea superiority by the time...

Ewalt "Walt" Shatz was born in April 1923 in Visalia, California. During the Great Depression, his father worked for...

In December 1942, Frank H. O'Leary was on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] when his platoon...

Monroe Scherer was shipped from Saipan to Guam [Annotator's Note: both in the Mariana Islands] for a few days before...

Louis Block used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was enacted...

Emil Schoonejans was in Portsmouth, New Hampshire when the war ended. They had been sent back to the United States for...

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