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Richard Witaker spent six months in China with the 6th Marine Division after the war. He returned to the United States...

Charles Wesley Borders was home when the Japanese surrendered. He celebrated for a week. Borders fell in love with...

In early September 1944, James Stewart Rosenbaum shipped out for the Pacific from San Diego [Annotator's Note: San...

Joseph F. McGee Junior's most vivid memory of World War 2 is the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the...

James Buckley was assigned to the USS LST-1013, a Landing Ship, Tank. It was as long as football field and 50 feet wide...

James Ramage started his career in the US Navy aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6). The non-aviators in the Navy at the...

The fighters rendezvoused with the SBDs [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD "Dauntless" dive bomber], then had to look after...

After Norman Elliott was discharged from the Navy, he did not go back to school. He joined the 52-20 club [Annotator's...

James Goodrich wanted to join the Marine Corps as soon as he saw his first Marine Corps poster. He also enjoyed the...

During the surrender, James Bollich destroyed his weapons and threw them into the water. When he was falling back, he...

Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] was cold. At night on the northern end of the island, Louis R. Lepore...

Remi Kidder was born in 1926 in Arnaudville, Louisiana. Raised on a farm, Kidder's father was always busy with the...

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