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James L. Wheeler was born in Los Angeles, California, in February 1926. His father was a dairy man, and his mother was...

Robert Powers was born in June 1924 in St. Paul, Minnesota, but grew up in Hopkins, Minnesota. Growing up, he lived...

In 1954, John Kreutzberg was drafted once more, this time into the Army. He was married at the time, so his wife went...

By the time they [Annotator's Note: Harlan Twible and the others in his group of survivors of the USS Indianapolis (CA-...

Delewski took part in the Normandy operation. That was the first time the Laffey saw action. He was put in charge of...

Jack Dunlavy was born In Avery, Mississippi in June 1925. It was a small town. His father was a millwright at the...

Adolfo V. Celaya returned to the United States and joined his father in a one-bedroom apartment in Tucson [Annotator’s...

By the night of 5 August [Annotator’s Note: 1945], Paul J. Murphy had been in the sea for five nights and four days [...

Forrest Villarrubia was in combat with General MacArthur [Annotator's Note: US Army General Douglas MacArthur] on Leyte...

Lionel Lopez would have followed his captain anywhere. He was half-Indian. He was a fighting man. Lopez carried an M1 [...

The day after the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot [Annotators Note: the Battle of the Philippine Sea] Alexander Vraciu was...

Theodore M. "Ted" Robinson kept moving north until he made it to Vella Lavella [Annotator's Note: Vella Lavella,...

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