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Harold “Hal” Leith arrived in Kunming, China by airplane. His aircraft was successful in reaching the destination, but...

Richard Witaker was apprehensive about going ashore before Okinawa. He had seen his first indications of war while at...

[Annotator's Note: William Leibold served in the Navy as a Chief Boatswain's Mate and made all five war patrols aboard...

Lester Hecht says there a couple of stories he cannot tell. [Annotator's Note: Hecht laughs.] When his ship pulled into...

Leon Williamson was transferred back to the United States and was sent to Cherry Point [Annotator's Note: Marine Air...

Rob Roy Ratliff was born in 1923 in Webb City, Missouri. He recalled playing in the fields near the old mines as a boy...

James H. "Jim" Pritchard's unit [Annotator's Note: 28th Infantry Regiment, 5th Marine Division] was sent to Sasebo on...

Thomas Paris went from radio school to Houston [Annotator’s Note: Houston, Texas] in order to go to Alaska. He got his...

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

Wilfred Hanson [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] ran to the...

Clayton Fisher spent the next two and a half years in the training command. Once, Fisher was chasing fighters and...

Paul J. Frisco felt comfortable around some of the officers on the USS Cushing (DD-797). With others, he was not as...

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