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Archie Kelley landed at Abemama [Annotator's Note: Abemama Atoll, Kiribati]. They were told there were Japanese...

James Buckley was born in March 1923 in Sharon, Connecticut. He attended school in his house until high school. He went...

Benjamin Hagans was on a PT boat [Annotator’s Note: patrol torpedo boat] that brought MacArthur [Annotator's Note:...

Armando Galella's duties changed when he became battalion sergeant major, working at headquarters and answering only to...

Irwin Schneider was ill prepared to be a naval officer when he went on active duty. He was sent to Fort Schuyler, New...

Looking back on the war, Peter Gallo said World War 2 was a "necessary evil," and he did what he had to do. He believes...

Lloyd Guillory had a very successful and lucrative career as an architect. It allowed him to enjoy ownership of...

James Shelton Scales was in the Marine Corps when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...

Jimmie Dyer went overseas on a ship that was designed as a tanker. It was a sorry piece of machinery. It was a tough...

When Company I came to the relief of a decimated Company K, George Peto, who served as a forward mortar observer,...

Marvin Hill had a famous bandleader aboard his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Harry E. Hubbard (DD-748)]. Eddie Duchin...

A month after fighting on Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, September to...

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