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After Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945 at Iwo Jima, Japan], Robert Erskine...

William Goldsborough was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in January 1926 and grew up in the rural community of...

Clint Quirk tried to get into the Navy, but he needed seaman papers. The longshoremen told him to go to the Army...

Oscar Culp was born in May 1925 in Charlotte, North Carolina. As a young African-American, he saw some of the biases...

Ellis Whaley does not remember where he had basic training. He was sent to California for special training. It was a...

Robert Dickinson boarded the newly commissioned USS Queenfish (SS-393) as a Seaman Second Class. It didn't seem like he...

Gene Alair was assigned to a Transport Division Staff, CTD8, as a flag secretary and navigator aboard the USS Astoria (...

Carrol Smith was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in March 1925. He grew up outside of town. It was a good place to grow...

Warren J. Haslauer and his men [Annotator's Note: Company M, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division]...

Aboard ship, the head [Annotator's Note: naval slang for toilet or bathroom] was full. Nobody showed any fear...

Wilbur Rogers' ship [Annotator's Note: USS Foote (DD-511)] and crew were preparing for the invasion of Japan, but the...

John Kelley was born in Dalton, Georgia in June 1924. He grew up in Atlanta [Annotator's Note: Atlanta, Georgia] where...

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