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When they landed on New Caledonia they were told they were going to march off their sea legs with a thirty mile hike....

Caroline Bailey Pratt was born in June 1932 in Manila, the Philippines. Her father worked for the National Bank and...

The first thing they [Annotator's Note: Martin Carmody and his rear seat gunner John Liska] needed was water. Behind...

They [Annotator's Note: Louis Zamperini, his pilot and their tail gunner] spent 47 days fighting off sharks, the...

Frederick Ellis's points were up, and he was entitled to go home. He got a new officer on board [Annotator's Note: USS...

Everett Hyland was on the radio gang on the Memphis [Annotator's Note: USS Memphis (CL-13)]. They picked up 200...

Ewalt "Walt" Shatz was serving stateside near the war's end. He was assigned to shore patrol in Hollywood [Annotator's...

After he left the Army [Annotator's Note: in 1947], Allen Ray Sibley took a test for his GED [Annotator's Note: acronym...

Charles J. Alvarez Sr. was assigned to the USS Guam (CB-2) as a fireman during his service in World War 2. When the...

Samuel Malta had difficulties after his discharge from the service. He did not like taking orders from civilians. He...

[Annotator's Note: George Joseph Sullivan was captured by the Japanese during the Battle of Peleliu.] There was nothing...

Roger Shaw arrived in Bahia, Brazil aboard the SS George Gayle. He had met some associates previously in Bahia, but he...

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