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Charles Martin did not want to be drafted into the Army. He tried to enlist in the Air Force cadet school. He passed...

Later on, Thomas Edward Pugh sailed through a storm. He landed in Auckland, New Zealand and was put on a truck that...

Donald Herbert Shown joined the Navy and completed boot camp in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] in...

James Salerno believes that World War 2 made him a better person. It made him feel lucky to be alive. He feels like it...

It was routine that every morning and every night, Frederick Ellis would go to general quarters. In Leyte Gulf, [...

George Mouton's oldest brother was drafted. The second oldest brother was in submarines. The third brother was in the...

Life was rather simple in Honolulu, Hawaii when Ray Emory got there in October 1941. He didn't drink in those days, so...

Arles E. Cole missed breakfast and woke a few minutes before eight o’clock in the morning [Annotator’s Note: Cole was a...

On 22 December [Annotator's Note: 22 December 1941], James Morehead headed south from San Francisco, California for...

Lowell Rodrigue [Annotator's Note: after joining the crew of the USS Zeilin (APA-3)] headed north to Kiska in the...

[Annotators Note: Frank Guidone served in the US Marine Corps as a member of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.]Guidone...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. was on lookout duty with hi-powered binoculars when the first invasion attempt on Wake Island...

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