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James Gaffney was born in 1924 in Texarkana, Texas. His family moved to several places in Texas. By the time he was six...

Charles J. Alvarez Sr. was assigned to the USS Guam (CB-2) as a fireman during his service in World War 2. When the...

Marvin Hill can recall many anecdotes from his military career, ranging from boot camp to discharge. He had no...

Wilbur Rogers moved easily from civilian to military life because his pre-enlistment days were more strenuous than that...

When Ira Schilling and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st Battalion, 18th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division...

Robert S. Gibbs was born in December 1923 in Cedarhurst, New York. He had one sister who was older than him. His family...

Theodore Marolda returned to the United States via San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California]. It was...

By the time the United States dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Robert Leese had completed his...

The division [Annotator's Note: 31st Infantry Division] was then transferred to the island of Morotai [Annotator's Note...

John Edward Campbell was born in August 1920 in Porterville, California. His mother died in 1930 when he was ten years...

John Geiger [Annotator’s Note: a member of the 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit known as the Alamo Scouts]...

Jimmie Dyer does not recall having any feelings one way or the other against the Japanese at the time, although he...

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