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Holly Rees was born in January 1926 in Prescott, Arizona. Although he grew up during the Great Depression, his father...

After spending months trying to kill Japanese, Oran Harris now had to live with them. He felt sorry for the civilians,...

Rowland Elliott Ball reported to San Antonio Cadet Classification Center [Annotator’s Note: San Antonio, Texas] where...

The ship [Annotator's Note: the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13)] wasn't at Pearl Harbor for long before heading...

Lloyd Dendy was in the hospital with malaria and did not return to Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Peleliu, Palau]. He had...

Robert Brant and his unit [Annotator's Note: 71st Naval Construction Battalion] invaded Bougainville [Annotator's Note...

[Annotator's Note: Video and sound freeze throughout this clip.] Leo Bednarczyk was born in Chicago, Illinois in June...

On that Saturday [Annotator's Note: 6 December 1941], Archie Kelley's uncle Bruce [Annotator's Note: US Navy Commander...

Charles Bruce did not come across any enemy planes or ships out in the open waters [Annotator's Note: while serving...

Richard Witaker experienced much the same climate on Okinawa as he knew at home. There were pine trees and cultivated...

Theodore Marolda has had to pay out of his own pocket for medical expenses because veteran benefits would take too long...

Morris Semiatin was born in June 1926 in Baltimore, Maryland. He knew in the late 1930s that there was war going on. He...

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