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Robert D. Shaner was born in February of 1924 in Porterville, California and grew up during the Depression [Annotator's...

The LST-700 [Annotator's Note: USS LST-700] eventually made it back to the Philippines. Carey Suratt needed repair...

John Stiles boarded the USS General Harry Taylor (AP-145). It was a troop ship and it was an interesting experience....

Clarence Strobel believes his service in World War 2 was necessary. He made good friends and realized that he was a...

[Annotator's Note: William Cart was a student at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston,...

[Annotator's Note: Horace Trahan serevd in the Navy aboard the USS Briscoe (APA 65) in the Pacific.] They stopped in...

Kenneth T. Snyder, Sr. arrived on Kwajalein [Annotator's Note: Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands] and was met by a...

Emiline Ann Bourgeois was stationed at West Point [Annotator's Note: as an Army nurse at the hospital of the United...

Jack Yusen ran into Bud Comet one day in Seattle. The Navy was launching the USS Copeland (FFG-25). Comet found Yusen...

William Burkett left the States in August 1945. He was in an eight-ship convoy. They left from San Francisco [Annotator...

Arthur Killam was born in San Francisco and lived there until he was six years old when he moved to San Jose,...

After the war, Wiley did meet the island chief's grandson and granddaughter. The relatives of the chief came to the US...

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