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Richard Hebert, Sr.’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was during basic training. One of the trainees suffered...

In the summer of 1945, Robert Jarvis’ unit [Annotator’s Note: 534th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment, 4th Engineer...

Walter Broll saw the raid on Bari, Italy start at about 7:30 at night while the Grace Abbott's cargo was being...

Lester Hecht and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Marine Aircraft Group 32 (MAG-32)] trained pilots in Honolulu [Annotator...

Gerard V. Radice and the 7th Infantry Division left the Philippines to invade Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan...

Thomas Francis Schicker and the men [Annotator's Note: of Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine...

After basic training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Curtis Winfred Wise went to Fort Rucker, Alabama to a new company...

James Bowie joined the Marine Corps. He only knew what he saw in the newsreels. He had an uncle who served in the Navy...

Eugene Corson went to Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, 1 April to 22 June...

Harry Bender [Annotator's Note: an assistant BAR man, or Browning Automatic Rifleman, with Company K, 3rd Battalion,...

Monroe Scherer was the chess champion of not only basic, but later training. He was at Fort Belvoir, Virginia which was...

Sidney Philips remembers someone being perfect. He was handsome, young, and the girls loved him. Phillips tells...

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