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George A. Damiano recalls that the local population [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa, Japan] was happy to have the...

Robert Kenneth “Bob” Boehm was born in August 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri. He grew up there until he enlisted in the...

Claud Neal Fristoe, Jr. took tests and examinations [Annotator's Note: for entry into aviation training in the United...

Archie Kelley realized he was a raw ensign [Annotator's Note: lowest rank of commissioned officer in the US Navy and...

James Bollich was going to work [Annotator's Note: Bollich was a prisoner of war in Mukden, Manchuria, China] when he...

Salvador Guercia tells the tale of how he went with friends to see a guy that made corn liquor on Leyte [Annotator's...

Alvin Barnes was drafted into the military and was able to select the Navy as his service branch. He grew up during the...

Lloyd Guillory's most notable recollection of the war occurred on the day when he thought he was going to die. His...

[Annotator's Note: William Leibold served in the Navy as a Chief Boatswain's Mate and made all five war patrols aboard...

Jack Linscott was 16 years old when the war broke out. He did not know there was something going on in the Pacific. The...

Paul Fair was assigned to the Heavy Weapons Headquarters Company in the 6th Infantry Division. They were supposed to...

When the 12 ships in his squadron hit Diamondhead [Annotator's Note: the volcanic crater on Oahu, Hawaii], 6 went south...

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