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Sam L. Miller was born in September 1926 and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He was an only child because his mother could...

John Edward Love was born in Clovis, New Mexico in August 1922. His father abandoned his family during the Great...

Mahlen Arledge was married on 24 December 1942. He was 18 and his new wife was 16 years old. She was still in high...

Richard Bennett remembers that it was in the Palau Islands that his vessel had their most memorable encounters with the...

Cleatus Lebow believes that, although the contents of the crate they carried to was top secret, speculation among the...

Claude Shannahan's worst memories from Guadalcanal were largely from Bloody Ridge. With the Japanese approaching from...

James Billingsley got extra points for his medals towards coming home. He went into a depot and had to take everything...

Bill Norberg [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6)] paid a visit to the Kwajalein Islands [Annotator's...

Basilone [Annotator's Note: Medal of Honor recipient John Basilone] and his guys went ashore in the third wave. William...

Donald Hoff was regularly assigned to fly with Ensign Stone. Hoff was used to flying with him and felt like they were a...

On 2 July 1942, Jack Holder [Annotator’s Note: serving with Patrol Squadron 23 (VP-23)] was deployed to Noumea, New...

Crump was lucky making the transition from military to civilian life. He had worked in the shipyards prior to military...

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