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Claude Shannahan was named for three of his dad's brothers who had died of pneumonia in Canada. Shannahan was born in...

During the second Truk raid Alex Vraciu was on a morning hop escorting bombers when they were attacked by a group of...

Emmett Kaylor's time in basic training was his first time in the South where they talked a little different. Their...

Joseph Townsend was born in April 1926 in Shreveport, Louisiana. He grew up in Shreveport. He had two brothers and two...

Archibald Rackerby joined the Marine Corps on 27 December 1941 and went to boot camp in San Diego [Annotator's Note:...

Raymond Urban was called back for Korea but spent his time at Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California]...

Joseph L. Harrison was in Yokosuka [Annotator's Note: Yokosuka, Japan] in November [Annotator's Note: November 1945]....

Donald Marsaglia’s next stop was Deming, New Mexico where bombardiers and dead reckoning navigators [Annotator’s Note:...

George Colburn used the G.I. Bill to attend the Franklin Institute of Boston [Annotator's Note: Benjamin Franklin...

Robert Erskine Hendrick [Annotator's Note: with Battery B, 6th Marine Defense Battalion on Eastern Island, Midway...

Leon Williamson believed the PBYs [Annotator's Note: Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat] did a good job locating the...

Gravois didn't get any sleep during the 2 nights he was on Tarawa. The Japanese tried to infiltrate their lines, but...

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