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In 1944 as a senior in high school, Howard Cain avoided the draft by enlisting in the Army Air Force. He was gung-ho...

Vernon Henry Moret flew into Japan with his unit [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 105th Infantry Regiment,...

Mervin Jensen was born in 1926 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. There were ten kids in the family. His mom and dad raised them...

Astley Blackwell’s ship [Annotator's Note: the USS St. Lo (CVE-63)] was sunk on 25 October [Annotator's Note: 25...

George A. Damiano graduated from high school shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...

Further into the fighting on Iwo Jima, and while going through a sniper-infested thicket, the call came for an "advance...

Connick and the USS Lander [Annotator's Note: APA-178] brought supplies to Naha Beach on Okinawa. At one point they...

After dropping his bomb, Sumner Whitten turned to get away from the Haruna's [Annotator's Note: Imperial Japanese Navy...

The engines on the plane that Thatcher was working with were in phenomenal shape due to the diligence they displayed in...

Shortly after the attack on the ammunition ship at Darwin, Australia, Richard Micklich [Annotator’s Note: serving as a...

Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade does not know how World War 2 changed him. After he left the service, he wanted to go back to...

John Singlaub completed his mission with the French resistance in France. His proposal for a mission to organize French...

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