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Roger Shaw made a big mistake in his first opportunity as a ship's captain. He was assigned to an Army transport and...

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

Clark Wackerman was born in March 1926 in Brighton, New York, the oldest of three children. His father worked as a...

Lionel Lopez had an M1 [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as the M1 Garand]. He had a...

After the war, Robert Marich worked in television. A show he produced featured couples who had been married a long time...

Robert Templet was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in September 1920. At the age of five years old, his family moved to...

Lawrence Wulf enlisted in the US Army Air Force. He was sent to Victory Field in Vernon, Texas. His instructor was...

Milton Rackham was born in Riggs, Idaho in April 1925 and grew up in nearby Rigby. [Annotator’s Note: Internet...

Bailey and the Marines got there [Annotator's Note: Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa] on the 11th [Annotator's Note: 11 June 1945...

Mervin Jensen was ready for discharge. They were unloading a ship that had oxygen cylinders on it. They were used for...

On the day American forces arrived [Annotator's Note: 3 February 1945 at the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila...

James Thomas Jackson was 15 years old and in high school when Pearl Harbor was attacked [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...

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