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On his way back home, Lincoln Piazzo was relieved to be leaving the scene of the war. He admitted that he was...

Eugene Tarrant went to join the military when he was 18. He was in good shape, about 175 pounds. A sergeant asked him...

The war made Harry McKnight appreciate being a Marine and the freedom he has in this country [Annotator's Note: The...

Gene Alair received some schooling at government expense back when he was married. He had been sent back to Harvard...

Schuyler Lininger was sent to the Pacific in August 1945. He was part of the replacement troops coming in for the...

James Wilson recuperated and was taken to New Caledonia [Annotator's Note: after being wounded during the Guadalcanal...

Carey Suratt trained at Great Lakes, Illinois. Boot camp lasted five weeks. He enjoyed boot camp. The trainees learned...

Robert D. Shaner came into New Guinea and his ship, the LST-475 [Annotator's Note: USS LST-475], was not there so he...

Connick and the USS Lander [Annotator's Note: APA-178] brought supplies to Naha Beach on Okinawa. At one point they...

Robert Taylor arrived in Samoa in April 1942. The Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] campaign...

Austin H. Kiplinger was born in 1918 and raised in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding regions in Virginia and...

Wiley stayed on the Portland [Annotator's Note: US Navy heavy cruiser USS Portland, CA-33] for 2 days and slept on the...

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