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James Gulotta landed in the Philippines on Leyte on the Ormoc Peninsula. This is where he did most of his fighting....

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

James Richard O'Rorke worked in the factory [Annotator's Note: in a steel mill in Ōsaka, Japan as a prisoner of war]...

After returning from his leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time], James W. Metcalf...

Ben Kuroki grew up with Caucasian friends. There were only a few Japanese American families around at the time. The...

Virginia Wilterdink was born near the Canadian border in Woodland, Maine in October 1922. She was one of five children...

Anthony Costa was born in Concord, California in January 1920. At the time, Concord was a small farm town. His father...

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

Vernon Henry Moret returned to Maryland after he was discharged from the Army and lived with his parents. He attended...

William Smith went to the Pacific theater as a Second Lieutenant. He flew from Townsville [Annotator's Note: Townsville...

The bombing of Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941] was a...

[Annotator's Note: Raymond Urban was working in Santa Ana, California when Marine Fighter Squadron 212 (VMF-212) was...

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