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Louis Conter left boot camp in San Diego, California with the knowledge that he was to be assigned to the battleship...

Many years after the war, James Goodrich went back to Iwo Jima. The visit helped him a lot with his own feelings about...

Ittsei Nakagawa never wanted to talk about it [Annotator's Note: surviving the atomic bomb detonation over Hiroshima,...

[Annotator's Note: Arthur McHardy was stationed in Tientsin, China with the 1st Marine Division.] He was sent to guard...

When Calvin Moore arrived at Camp Lejeune [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North...

Clyde Nordstrom went to Fort Snelling [Annotator's Note: in Hennepin County, Minnesota] and said he wanted to enlist....

During the Invasion of Leyte [Annotator's Note: Battle of Leyte, 17 October to 26 December 1944], Robert Marich and his...

Salvatore Famularo went to Maui in the Hawaiian islands. He went into the 4th Marine Division [Annotator's Note:...

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

Robert Cahoon was drafted into the Army on his 21st birthday. When he reported to Camp Shelby [Annotator's Note: near...

Thomas Tizzard decided to separate having survived two ships being torpedoed. He had had enough combat. Once on Guam,...

Jack Dunlavy came back for Navy Day [Annotator's Note: 27 October 1945]. He thought he wanted to stay in the Navy but...

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